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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Chicago
Champions	Southwest Missouri State (6th title)
Winning coach	Keith Guttin (6th title)
MVP	Earnie Johns (Southwest Missouri State)
← 1988 AMCU baseball tournament 1990 →

1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings

v t e	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

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

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1B

Cleveland State

3

2G

Eastern Illinois

2

1B

Cleveland State

3

1G

Southwest Missouri State

6

1G

Southwest Missouri State

1

2B

UIC

0

1G

Southwest Missouri State

4

5

2G

Eastern Illinois

6

1

Lower round 1

Lower final

1B

Cleveland State

3

2G

Eastern Illinois

12

2G

Eastern Illinois

410

2B

UIC

6

All-Tournament Team

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

Earnie Johns of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.