| Year: | 1983 |
| Division: | Division III |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Pioneer Park |
| City: | Marietta, Ohio |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Tournament Link: | NCAA Division III Baseball Championship |
The 1983 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the eighth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was, who defeated for the championship.[1]
The 24 competing teams were:
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | Tournament appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive tournament appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 2 | National Champion (1976, 1977) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 8th | 8 | National Champion (1982) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 8th | 8 | National Champion (1980) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 8th | 8 | National Champion (1981) | |||||||
| 4th | 2 | Regional Runner-Up (1982) | |||||||
| 3rd | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1976) | |||||||
| 4th | 2 | World Series Third place (1976) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Fourth place (1981, 1982) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 5th | 4 | Regional Runner-Up (1982) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | Regional Third place (1981) | |||||||
| 4th | 4 | Regional Third place (1980, 1981) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 5th | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1980) | |||||||
| 8th | 8 | Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981) | |||||||
| 7th | 6 | World Series Third Place (1980) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Third Place (1982) | |||||||
| 4th | 3 | World Series Sixth place (1982) | |||||||
| 5th | 5 | World Series Third place (1981) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
Turlock, CA (Host: Stanislaus State College)
Stanislaus State (3–2),La Verne (2–3)
Montclair, NJ (Host: Montclair State College)
Montclair State (3–1),William Paterson (3–2),Upsala (1–2),Salem State (0–2)
North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1),Lynchburg (2–2),Methodist (1–2),Salisbury State (0–2)
Ithaca, NY (Host: Ithaca College)
Eastern Connecticut State (3–0),Ithaca (2–2),Ramapo (1–2),Worcester State (0–2)
Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Otterbein (3–1),Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3–2),Concordia (MN) (1–2),Washington-St. Louis (0–2)
Burlington, IA
Marietta (4–0),North Park (3–2),Ohio Northern (2–2),Luther (1–2),Elizabethtown (0–2),Monmouth (IL) (0–2)
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | World Series appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive World Series appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 4 | National Champion (1981) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 3rd | 3 | Fourth place (1981, 1982) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | National Champion (1982) | |||||||
| 6th | 2 | National Champion (1976, 1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Third place (1976) |
Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)