1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament


The 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1988 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 forty-second year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-second tournament's champion was Stanford coached by Mark Marquess. The Most Outstanding Player was Lee Plemel of Stanford.

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. In 1988, for the first time, the NCAA seeded all six teams in each regional. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.

Northeast Regional at [New Britain, CT]

East Regional at [Tallahassee, FL]

Atlantic Regional at [Coral Gables, FL]

Central Regional at Austin, TX">Austin, Texas">Austin, TX

Midwest Regional at [Stillwater, OK]

South Regional at Starkville, MS">Starkville, Mississippi">Starkville, MS

West I Regional at [Fresno, CA]

West II Regional at [Tempe, AZ]

College World Series

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

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

Notable players


Tournament notes