1989 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1989 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the eleventh tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its eleventh year of existence. Stetson won their second consecutive and overall tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1989 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStetson (2nd title)
Winning coachPete Dunn (2nd title)
MVPMike Pinckes, Stetson
1989 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Stetson x‍†‍‡‍y 13–5 .722  38–23 .623
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ 12–6 .667  33–27 .550
Samford ‍‍‍ 7–11 .389  17–30 .362
Mercer ‍‍‍ 4–14 .222  16–35 .314
West
Centenary x‍‍‍ 10–6 .625  31–21 .596
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438  28–25 .528
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438  25–30 .455
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1989[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Stetson135.722—1E
Georgia Southern126.66712E
Samford711.3896—
Mercer414.2229—
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Centenary106.625—1W
Arkansas–Little Rock79.43832W
Hardin–Simmons79.4383—

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Stetson 8  
2W Arkansas–Little Rock 2  
  1E Stetson 10  
  1W Centenary 7  
1W Centenary 11
2E Georgia Southern 10  
  1E Stetson 4 510
  1W Centenary 8 4
2W Arkansas–Little Rock 0  
2E Georgia Southern 12  
  1W Centenary 8
  2E Georgia Southern 4  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

POSPlayerSchool
PGeorge TsamisStetson
Tom HickoxStetson
CRob FitzpatrickGeorgia Southern
1BTodd WilsonCentenary
2BDoug BarringtonCentenary
3BMike PinckesStetson
SSWes WegerStetson
OFMike SempelesStetson
Chris AbnerGeorgia Southern
Byron CopelandCentenary
Shawn McKennonCentenary
DHMike YuroGeorgia Southern

Most Valuable Player

Mike Pinckes was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pinckes was a third baseman for Stetson.[2]

References
  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
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