1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

1984 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	1984
Teams	36
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Cal State Fullerton (2nd title)
Runner-up	Texas (22nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Augie Garrido (2nd title)
MOP	John Fishel (Cal State Fullerton)
← 1983  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1985 →

The 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirty eighth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Six regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while two regions included six teams, resulting in 36 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The thirty-eighth tournament's champion was Cal State Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was John Fishel of Cal State Fullerton.

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

• Arizona State
• Cal State Fullerton
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma State
• Texas

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, six consisting of four teams and two of six teams.^[2] The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Central Regional at Austin, TX

Mideast Regional at Mt. Pleasant, MI

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK

Northeast Regional at Orono, ME

South I Regional at Tallahassee, FL

South II Regional at Starkville, MS

West I Regional at Fresno, CA

West II Regional at Tempe, AZ

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona State	Pac-10	53–18 (23–7)	Jim Brock	12 (last: 1983)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	44–19
Cal State Fullerton	SCBA	61–19 (22–6)	Augie Garrido	3 (last: 1982)	1st (1979, 1984)	5–5
Maine	Eastern Collegiate	33–18 (n/a)	John Winkin	5 (last: 1983)	3rd (1964, 1982)	7–10
Miami (FL)	n/a	47–26 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	6 (last: 1982)	1st (1982)	13–10
Michigan	Big 10	43–16 (11–5)	Bud Middaugh	6 (last: 1983)	1st (1953, 1962)	12–10
New Orleans	n/a	45–24 (n/a)	Ron Maestri	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Oklahoma State	Big 8	58–13 (15–3)	Gary Ward	11 (last: 1983)	1st (1959)	24–21
Texas	SWC	57–12 (16–5)	Cliff Gustafson	21 (last: 1983)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)	48–36

Results

Bracket

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 1	Game 1	Texas	6–3	New Orleans
	Game 2	Cal State Fullerton	8–4	Michigan
June 2	Game 3	Arizona State	9–6	Miami (FL)
	Game 4	Oklahoma State	9–5	Maine
June 3	Game 5	New Orleans	11–3	Michigan	Michigan eliminated
	Game 6	Miami (FL)	13–7	Maine	Maine eliminated
June 4	Game 7	Texas	6–4	Cal State Fullerton
June 5	Game 8	Arizona State	23–12	Oklahoma State
June 6	Game 9	Cal State Fullerton	13–5	Miami (FL)	Miami eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma State	8–7 (10 innings)	New Orleans	New Orleans eliminated
June 7	Game 11	Texas	8–4	Arizona State	Texas qualified for final
June 8	Game 12	Cal State Fullerton	6–1	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
	Game 13	Oklahoma State	18–3	Texas
June 9	Game 14	Cal State Fullerton	10–2	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
June 10	Final	Cal State Fullerton	3–1	Texas	Cal State Fullerton wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
P	Eddie Delzer	Cal State Fullerton
	Greg Swindell	Texas
C	Bob Caffrey	Cal State Fullerton
1B	Rusty Richards	Texas
2B	Randy Whisler	Oklahoma State
3B	Blaine Larker	Cal State Fullerton
	Scott Raziano	New Orleans
SS	Gary Green	Oklahoma State
OF	Barry Bonds	Arizona State
	John Fishel (MOP)	Cal State Fullerton
	Oddibe McDowell	Arizona State
DH	Pete Incaviglia	Oklahoma State

Notable players

• Arizona State: Chris Beasley, Barry Bonds, Mike Devereaux, Shawn Gilbert, Doug Henry, Oddibe McDowell, Luis Medina, Don Wakamatsu
• Cal State Fullerton: John Fishel, Greg Mathews, José Mota, Shane Turner
• Maine: Mike Bordick, Bill Swift
• Michigan: Scott Kamieniecki, Barry Larkin, Hal Morris, Gary Wayne
• New Orleans: Jim Bullinger, Mark Higgins, Wally Whitehurst
• Oklahoma State: Jeff Bronkey, Doug Dascenzo, Carlos Diaz, John Farrell, Gary Green, Mike Henneman, Pete Incaviglia
• Texas: Billy Bates, Dennis Cook, Rusty Richards, Bruce Ruffin, Greg Swindell

Tournament Notes

Gary Green and Bill Swift appear in their fourth College World Series. Michigan's appearance was the last for the Big Ten until 2013 when Indiana made the College World Series.

See also

• 1984 NCAA Division I softball tournament
• 1984 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1984 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 1984 NAIA World Series

References