1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team

American college baseball season

1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball
National champions Missouri Valley Conference champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	68-16 (13-5 MVC)
Head coach	Gene Stephenson (12th year)
Home stadium	Eck Stadium
Seasons← 19881990 →

1989 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Wichita State ‍†‍‍	13	–	5	.722	68	–	18	.791
No. 22 Indiana State ‍‍‡‍	13	–	7	.650	48	–	21	.696
Illinois State ‍‍‍	10	–	10	.500	26	–	34	.433
Creighton ‍‍‍	9	–	11	.450	37	–	26	.587
Bradley ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	35	–	22	.614
Southern Illinois ‍‍‍	6	–	14	.300	26	–	38	.406

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1989 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium. The team was coached by Gene Stephenson in his 12th season at Wichita State.

The Shockers won the College World Series, defeating the Texas Longhorns in the championship game.

Roster

1989 Wichita State Shockers roster

Pitchers

16 Jeff Williams
18 Charlie Giaudrone
21 Greg Brummett
25 Jeff Bluma
26 Phil Mendelson
28 Tyler Green
29 Darrin Paxton
30 Brian Buzard
33 Pat Cedeno
34 Jim Newlin
35 Morgan LeClair

Infielders

1 Pat Meares
2 Mike Jones
5 Mike Lansing
9 P.J. Forbes
11 Tommy Tilma
13 Guy Goodman
15 Bryant Winslow
23 Mike Wentworth
27 Paul Cheatum

Outfielders

3 Jim Audley
6 Mike McDonald
7 Jay Haffley
8 Jeff Bonacquista
14 Joey Wilson
19 Todd Dreifort

Catchers

22 Eric Wedge

Schedule

1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	MVC record
February 19	Arkansas	1-5	0-1	–
February 25	Kearney State	9-0	1-1	–
February 25	Kearney State	10-2	2-1	–
February 26	Kearney State	17-0	3-1	–

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	MVC record
March 3	TCU	16-2	4-1	–
March 8	Fort Hays State	11-10	5-1	–
March 8	Fort Hays State	11-0	6-1	–
March 9	Loyola Marymount	16-5	7-1	–
March 9	Loyola Marymount	28-0	8-1	–
March 11	at Oral Roberts	21-3	9-1	–
March 12	at Oral Roberts	11-2	10-1	–
March 13	at New Mexico	9-3	11-1	–
March 14	at New Mexico	21-4	12-1	–
March 15	vs. Colorado State	7-4	13-1	–
March 15	at New Mexico	20-2	14-1	–
March 16	vs. Colorado State	23-3	15-1	–
March 16	at New Mexico	28-2	16-1	–
March 18	Texas Tech	8-4	17-1	–
March 19	Georgia Tech	13-2	18-1	–
March 20	Georgia Tech	7-2	19-1	–
March 21	Texas Tech	16-4	20-1	–
March 21	Texas Tech	8-2	21-1	–
March 23	Northern Iowa	29-6	22-1	–
March 25	vs. Lewis & Clark	10-1	23-1	–
March 26	vs. Portland State	8-4	24-1	–
March 26	at Hawaii	2-7	24-2	–
March 27	vs. Hawaii-Hilo	6-1	25-2	–
March 28	vs. Fordham	11-1	26-2	–
March 29	vs. Hawaii-Hilo	5-3	27-2	–
March 29	at Hawaii	4-3	28-2	–
March 30	vs. Portland State	6-0	29-2	–
March 31	vs. Lewis & Clark	2-4	29-3	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	MVC record
April 1	vs. Fordham	8-4	30-3	–
April 4	Oral Roberts	4-1	31-3	–
April 5	Oral Roberts	10-9	32-3	–
April 8	Indiana State	13-3	33-3	1-0
April 8	Indiana State	1-3	33-4	1-1
April 9	Indiana State	4-11	33-5	1-2
April 10	Indiana State	7-1	34-5	2-2
April 11	Kansas Wesleyan	28-0	35-5	–
April 12	Nebraska	3-0	36-5	–
April 15	Illinois State	8-7	37-5	3-2
April 15	Illinois State	4-5	37-6	3-3
April 16	Illinois State	26-3	38-6	4-3
April 16	Illinois State	4-6	38-7	4-4
April 19	Oklahoma State	6-11	38-8	–
April 20	at Kansas	9-2	39-8	–
April 22	at Bradley	14-3	40-8	5-4
April 23	at Bradley	4-0	41-8	6-4
April 25	Kansas State	17-5	42-8	–
April 26	at Oklahoma State	12-4	43-8	–
April 27	Kansas	14-0	44-8	–
April 29	at Southern Illinois	12-4	45-8	7-4
April 29	at Southern Illinois	1-4	45-9	7-5
April 30	at Southern Illinois	5-2	46-9	8-5
April 30	at Southern Illinois	6-4	47-9	9-5

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	MVC record
May 2	at Nebraska	15-3	48-9	–
May 3	at Kansas	7-2	49-9	–
May 4	Kansas	6-9	49-10	–
May 6	Creighton	11-1	50-10	10-5
May 6	Creighton	9-2	51-10	11-5
May 7	Creighton	18-3	52-10	12-5
May 7	Creighton	4-3	53-10	13-5
May 10	Oklahoma Baptist	12-2	54-10	–
May 11	BYU	8-6	55-10	–
May 12	BYU	16-15	56-10	–
May 12	BYU	3-9	56-11	–
May 13	BYU	3-9	56-12	–

Post-season

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
May 19	vs. Southern Illinois	16-3	57-12
May 19	vs. Indiana State	1-4	57-13
May 20	vs. Southern Illinois	5-3	58-13
May 20	vs. Indiana State	7-12	58-14

NCAA tournament: West II Regional

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
May 26	vs. Portland	4-0	59-14
May 27	vs. Pepperdine	12-1	60-14
May 28	vs. Michigan	5-14	60-15
May 28	vs. Fresno State	6-4	61-15
May 29	vs. Michigan	3-2	62-15
May 29	vs. Michigan	9-5	63-15

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 2	vs. Arkansas	Rosenblatt Stadium	3-1	64-15
June 4	vs. Florida State	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-4	64-16
June 6	vs. Arkansas	Rosenblatt Stadium	8-4	65-16
June 7	vs. Florida State	Rosenblatt Stadium	7-4	66-16
June 9	vs. Florida State	Rosenblatt Stadium	7-4	67-16
June 10	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	5-3	68-16

Awards and honors

Jim Audley

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-MVC Second Team

Greg Brummett

College World Series Most Outstanding Player
All-America Second Team
MVC Pitcher of the Year
All-MVC First Team

Pat Cedeno

All-MVC Second Team

Todd Dreifort

College World Series All-Tournament Team

P.J. Forbes

All-MVC Second Team

Mike Lansing

All-America Second Team
All-MVC First Team

Mike McDonald

All-America Second Team
All-MVC First Team

Pat Meares

College World Series All-Tournament Team

Jim Newlin

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-MVC Second Team

Darrin Paxton

All-America Freshman Team

Eric Wedge

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-America First Team
MVC Player of the Year
All-MVC First Team

Bryant Winslow

All-MVC Second Team

Shockers in the 1989 MLB Draft

The following members of the Wichita State Shockers baseball program were drafted in the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Eric Wedge	C	3rd	83rd	Boston Red Sox
Mike Lansing	SS	9th	219th	Baltimore Orioles
Greg Brummett	RHP	11th	284th	San Francisco Giants
Jim Newlin	RHP	12th	299th	Seattle Mariners
Mike McDonald	OF	29th	752nd	San Francisco Giants
Brian Morrow	OF	53rd	1317th	Seattle Mariners

References

"College Baseball Conference Standings – 1989". Boyd's World. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
^ "Individual Honors" (PDF). GoShockers.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
"MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

v t e Wichita State Shockers 1989 College World Series champions
1 Pat Meares 5 Mike Lansing 9 P. J. Forbes 21 Greg Brummett (College World Series MOP) 22 Eric Wedge 28 Tyler Green
Head Coach: 10 Gene Stephenson
Regular season – NCAA tournament – College World Series

v t e Wichita State Shockers baseball
Venues	McAdams Field (1978) Eck Stadium (1978–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920–1921 1922 1923 1924–1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962–1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971–1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I baseball champions
1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC 1974 USC 1975 Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami 1983 Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona 1987 Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton 1996 LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice 2004 Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU 2010 South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida 2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 No tournament 2021 Mississippi State 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU 2024 Tennessee

NCAA Division I baseball champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina
2017: Florida
2018: Oregon State
2019: Vanderbilt
2020: No tournament
2021: Mississippi State
2022: Ole Miss
2023: LSU
2024: Tennessee

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