After an illness-plagued season-opening trip to Arkansas and a 3-7 start in the MIAC race, the Cobbers' hitting and pitching warmed up. The result was 10 wins in the last 11 games. The baseball team finished 10-8 in the MIAC, good enough for sixth place but just one game out of a four-way tie for third. The Cobbers were 16-17 overall.
The team was led by two veteran standouts from last fall's football team. Seniors Terry Horan, Willmar, Minn., and Doug Toivonen, Starbuck, Minn., brought their football all-conference credentials to the diamond and enjoyed similar results. Both were named to the MIAC's all-conference baseball team by league coaches. Toivonen was named Cobber Most Valuable Player on the strength of his .365 batting average, his 5-0 record and 1.10 earned-run average in his last five starts on the mound, and for some other minor things, such as leading the team in home runs and runs batted in. Horan earned NCAA all-region honors with his smooth .400 batting average and the fact that he was safe on 22 of 23 stolen base attempts. Wade Hanson '89 Willmar, completed an errorless MIAC season at second base and hit .515 in MIAC games.
Hanson achieved a rare sports double when he was named to the MIAC's
spring academic all-conference team. He had previously been named to the
winter academic all-conference team as a point guard for the basketball
team. He graduated in May with a 3.78 GPA in biology.
Roster
No Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown 19 Doug Toivonen Sr P/IF 6-2 Starbuck 30 Mike Leach Sr P 6-0 Grand Forks, ND 17 Terry Horan Sr OF 6-2 Willmar 28 Wade Hanson Sr 2B 5-10 Willmar 12 Chad Campbell Sr C 6-0 Princeton 20 Jack Gehrke Jr P 6-0 Jamestown, ND 29 Jay Sannes Jr P/IF 6-2 St. Cloud 11 John Hoien Jr SS 6-0 Litchfield 32 Mike Klindt Jr OF 6-1 Breckenridge 23 Ty Goschen Jr OF 6-0 Fargo, ND 25 Darin Miller Jr 3B 6-0 West Fargo, ND 27 Scott Bjerke Jr OF 6-3 Moorhead 13 Tim Peterson Fr SS 6-0 Wayzata 26 Rick Westra Jr P 6-1 Moorhead 21 Jay Peterson Jr C 6-0 Audubon 15 Dave Daniels Jr P 5-11 Bloomington 16 Shane Tahran So P 6-3 Dilworth 24 Scott Englemann So P 5-11 Glencoe 14 Brad Baker So 3B 6-2 Fargo, ND 10 Wade Beavers Fr OF 5-8 Hemet, CA 22 Jeff Morken Fr P 6-2 Pine Island
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1989 MIAC Race
1989 MIAC Baseball 1. St. Olaf 15-5 2. St. John's 13-6 3. Carleton 13-7 St. Thomas 13-7 5. Bethel 11-7 6. Concordia 10-8 7. St. Mary's 9-11 8. Gustavus 7-11 9. Augsburg 5-13 9. Hamline 5-14 10. Macalester 4-16
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Schedule
Date Opponent H/A Result 3/19 Southern Arkansas A L 4-6 3/19 Southern Arkansas A L 0-5 3/20 Southern Arkansas A L 6-9 3/20 Southern Arkansas A L 3-13 3/22 U of Central Arkansas A W 11-5 3/23 Arkansas Tech A L 4-6 3/23 Arkansas Tech A L 7-13 3/24 U of Central Arkansas A L 7-8 3/24 U of Central Arkansas A L 8-11 4/2 Valley City State A W 7-1 4/3 Mayville State H L 4-5 4/3 Mayville State H W 5-3 4/11 NDSU H W 6-3 4/12 St. John's H L 2-7 4/12 St. John's H L 5-9 4/15 St. Olaf A L 3-10 4/15 St. Olaf A L 4-8 4/18 Bethel H W 9-3 4/18 Bethel H L 14-15 4/22 Augsburg A W 11-1 4/22 Augsburg A L 2-6 4/23 St. Mary's H L 6-11 4/23 St. Mary's H W 5-4 4/29 Hamline H W 13-1 4/29 Hamline H W 5-3 5/8 UND H W 2-1 5/8 UND H W 12-5 5/10 Macalester A W 10-0 5/10 Macalester A W 6-4 5/13 Carleton H L 6-9 5/13 Carleton H W 6-4 5/14 St. Thomas A W 2-0 5/14 St. Thomas A W 4-3 Final Record 16-17, 10-8 MIAC
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Season Stats
1989 Final Baseball Batting Stats (33 games) Avg AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO HP SAC Mike Klindt .370 108 21 40 23 7 0 4 2 5 20 3 2 Scott Bjerke .344 93 18 32 23 4 0 3 4 17 16 1 3 Jay Peterson .320 50 5 16 11 3 1 0 0 3 4 1 0 Darin Miller .303 33 7 10 6 3 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 John Hoien .270 37 5 10 4 3 0 1 0 4 11 1 0 Ty Goschen .262 84 23 22 11 1 3 0 10 13 12 1 1 Jay Sannes .256 82 14 21 7 2 0 0 1 11 9 0 8 Tim Pederson .250 20 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Brad Baker .243 70 11 17 11 2 0 1 0 13 11 6 3 Wade Beavers .188 16 8 3 3 0 0 0 4 1 7 0 0 Scott Eng'man .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Westra ---- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team .371 927 198 294 165 46 8 14 45 123 129 18 22 Pitching Stats W L S ERA G IP R ER BB SO Rick Westra 4 3 0 4.61 7 41.0 29 21 14 32 Dave Daniels 1 0 0 5.17 6 15.7 9 9 5 6 Scott Engelmann 1 1 0 5.74 3 15.7 15 10 10 6 Jay Sannes 0 3 1 6.23 6 13.0 14 9 6 4 Shane Tahran 1 1 0 7.40 10 24.3 25 20 11 8 Jeff Morken 1 3 0 7.52 6 26.3 24 22 18 11 Team 16 17 4 6.13 - 215.7 190 147 109 115
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Career Stats
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