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1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament


The 1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 12 through 14. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest Missouri State won the tournament for the sixth time. The Bears would leave the conference after the 1990 season, the first time they did not win the Tournament.[2]

1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthwest Missouri State (6th title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (6th title)
MVPEarnie Johns (Southwest Missouri State)
  • ← 1988
  • AMCU baseball tournament
  • 1990 →
1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700 24 – 21 – 0   .533
UIC  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 33 – 29 – 0   .532
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8 – 0   .273 14 – 32 – 1   .309
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x‍‍‡‍ 8 – 2 – 0   .800 41 – 10 – 0   .804
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 31 – 19 – 0   .620
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300 20 – 18 – 0   .526
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 13 – 37 – 0   .260
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1989[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the second round.

Blue Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Cleveland State 7 3 .700 — 1B
UIC 5 4 .556 1.5 2B
Valparaiso 3 8 .273 4.5 —
Gray Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Southwest Missouri State 8 2 .800 — 1G
Eastern Illinois 6 2 .750 1 2G
Western Illinois 3 7 .300 5 —
Northern Iowa 1 7 .125 6 —

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1BCleveland State3
2GEastern Illinois2
1BCleveland State3
1GSouthwest Missouri State6
1GSouthwest Missouri State1
2BUIC0
1GSouthwest Missouri State45
2GEastern Illinois61
Lower round 1Lower final
1BCleveland State3
2GEastern Illinois122GEastern Illinois410
2BUIC6

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
Scott Asche Cleveland State
Dale Bowling Southwest Missouri State
Dan Briese Eastern Illinois
Jim Clinton UIC
Jim Cseh Cleveland State
Corby Fister Southwest Missouri State
Dan Hargis Eastern Illinois
Earnie Johnson Southwest Missouri State
Matt Legaspi Eastern Illinois
Dana Leibovitz Eastern Illinois
Ken O’Rell Cleveland State
Jim Phillos UIC
Julius Smith Eastern Illinois
Chris Steil Eastern Illinois

Tournament Most Valuable Player

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Earnie Johns of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.

References

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  1. ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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