The 1989 season was the West Coast Eagles' 3rd season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Eagles finished 11th out of 14 teams, the poorest performance of the club's three seasons to date.
List
Player changes
Pre-season
Trades
West Coast traded Alex Ishchenko and Mark Zanotti to the for selections 2 and 44 in the 1988 VFL Draft.
Draft selections
Pre-draft selections
1: Stevan Jackson
2: Don Pyke
3: Peter Sumich
4: Craig Turley
5: Scott Watters
1988 National draft
2: Todd Breman
10: Peter Higgins (re-drafted) 24: David Hynes 38: Jeremy Crough 44: Scott Williamson 52: Darren Bartsch 66: Matt Richardson 80: Damian Berto 94: Andrew Geddes 108: Peter Melesso
1989 pre-season draft
10: Shane Cable
24: Clinton Browning
38: Shane Ellis
52: Richard Geary
Panasonic Cup
The 1989 Panasonic Cup was played in a knock-out format. Matches were played during the months of February and March, before the regular season started. All matches were held at Waverley Park, in Mulgrave, Victoria. West Coast progressed to the semi-finals of the competition before being eliminated by , who went on to win the tournament.
Regular season
Home team's score listed in bold
Best on ground refers to the player who was awarded three votes in the Brownlow Medal