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1989 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1989 throughout the world.
Champions
Major League Baseball
- World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4–0); Dave Stewart, MVP
| League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
| East | Toronto | 1 | |||||||
| West | Oakland | 4 | |||||||
| AL | Oakland | 4 | |||||||
| NL | San Francisco | 0 | |||||||
| East | Chicago Cubs | 1 | |||||||
| West | San Francisco | 4 | |||||||
- American League Championship Series MVP: Rickey Henderson
- National League Championship Series MVP: Will Clark
- All-Star Game, July 11 at Anaheim Stadium: American League, 5–3; Bo Jackson, MVP
Other champions
- Caribbean World Series: Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela)
- College World Series: Wichita State
- Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Kintetsu Buffaloes (4–3)
- Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Binggrae Eagles
- Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan
- Junior League World Series: Manatí, Puerto Rico
- Little League World Series: Trumbull National, Trumbull, Connecticut
- Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan
Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Most Valuable Player
- Cy Young Award
- Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City Royals (AL)
- Mark Davis, San Diego Padres (NL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Gregg Olson, Baltimore Orioles (AL)
- Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs (NL)
- Manager of the Year Award
- Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles (AL)
- Don Zimmer, Chicago Cubs (NL)
- Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Pat Hamilton, Toledo Mud Hens, International League
- Gold Glove Award
- Don Mattingly (1B) (AL)
- Harold Reynolds (2B) (AL)
- Gary Gaetti (3B) (AL)
- Tony Fernández (SS) (AL)
- Gary Pettis (OF) (AL)
- Kirby Puckett (OF) (AL)
- Devon White (OF) (AL)
- Bob Boone (C) (AL)
- Bret Saberhagen (P) (AL)
- Andrés Galarraga (1B) (NL)
- Ryne Sandberg (2B) (NL)
- Terry Pendleton (3B) (NL)
- Ozzie Smith (SS) (NL)
- Eric Davis (OF) (NL)
- Tony Gwynn (OF) (NL)
- Andy Van Slyke (OF) (NL)
- Benito Santiago (C) (NL)
- Ron Darling (P) (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
| American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Kirby Puckett MIN | .339 | Tony Gwynn SDP | .336 |
| HR | Fred McGriff TOR | 36 | Kevin Mitchell SFG | 47 |
| RBI | Rubén Sierra TEX | 119 | Kevin Mitchell SFG | 125 |
| Wins | Bret Saberhagen KCR | 23 | Mike Scott HOU | 20 |
| ERA | Bret Saberhagen KCR | 2.16 | Scott Garrelts SFG | 2.28 |
Major League Baseball final standings
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