1983 Texas Longhorns baseball team

1983 Texas Longhorns baseball
Conference Southwest Conference
1983 record 66-14 (18–3 SWC)
Head coach Cliff Gustafson (17th year)
Assistant coach Bill Bethea
Assistant coach Clint Thomas
Home stadium Disch-Falk Field
1983 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Texas y 18 3   .857     66 14   .825
#24 Arkansas y 13 8   .619     44 21   .677
Houston 13 8   .619     43 15   .741
Baylor 8 7   .533     20 9   .690
Rice 2 11   .154     9 12   .429
Texas Tech 8 13   .381     18 23   .439
TCU 6 15   .286     26 25   .510
Texas A&M 4 17   .190     24 21   .533
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1983[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1983 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas in the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Disch-Falk Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 17th season at Texas.

The Longhorns won the College World Series, defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship game.

Roster

1983 Texas Longhorns roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

  • 5 Johnny Sutton
  • 8 Mike Trent
  • 11 Mike Simon
  • 13 Bud Ray
  • 14 Kirk Killingsworth
  • 15 Doug Hodo

Catchers

Schedule

1983 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

Awards and honors

Billy Bates
Mike Brumley
Jeff Hearron
Kirk Killingsworth
Calvin Schiraldi
Jose Tolentino

Longhorns in the 1983 MLB Draft

The following members of the Texas Longhorns baseball program were drafted in the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Roger ClemensRHP1st19thBoston Red Sox
Calvin SchiraldiRHP1st27thNew York Mets
Mike BrumleySS2nd33rdBoston Red Sox
Jeff HearronC4th89thToronto Blue Jays
Kirk KillingsworthRHP7th161stTexas Rangers
Jose Tolentino1B7th163rdOakland Athletics
Mike CapelRHP13th320thChicago Cubs
Bryan Hurrows3B33rd778thPittsburgh Pirates

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1950". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CWS Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2010 Texas Longhorns baseball Media Guide". TexasSports.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/22/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.