1982 Big Ten baseball tournament

1982 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Illinois Field (1884) Champaign, IL
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (1st title)
MVP	Terry Steinbach/Jeff King (Minnesota/Ohio State)

1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Ohio State  ^x‍‍‍	13	–	3	–	0		.813			45	–	14	–	0		.763
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	3	–	0		.813			44	–	10	–	0		.815
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			36	–	23	–	0		.610
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			25	–	29	–	0		.463
Indiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	14	–	0		.125			25	–	28	–	0		.472
West
Illinois  ^x‍‍‍	14	–	2	–	0		.875			49	–	23	–	0		.681
No. 26 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	8	–	0		.500			33	–	22	–	1		.598
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0		.438			25	–	27	–	1		.481
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			23	–	28	–	0		.451
Iowa  ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0		.313			31	–	23	–	0		.574
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1982[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1982 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Old Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 21 through 23. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1982 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. Ohio State claimed the top seed from the East by winning the season series over Michigan. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Ohio State	13	3	.813	–	1E
Michigan	13	3	.813	–	2E
Purdue	6	10	.375	7	–
Michigan State	6	10	.375	7	–
Indiana	2	14	.083	11	–
West Division
Illinois	14	2	.875	–	1W
Minnesota	8	8	.500	6	2W
Northwestern	7	9	.438	7	–
Wisconsin	6	10	.375	8	–
Iowa	5	11	.313	9	–

Tournament

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Ohio State

5

2W

Minnesota

3

1E

Ohio State

7

2E

Michigan

2

1W

Illinois

2

2E

Michigan

4

1E

Ohio State

7

5

2W

Minnesota

8

7

Lower round 1

Lower final

2E

Michigan

4

2W

Minnesota

8

2W

Minnesota

5

1W

Illinois

3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos	Name	School
P	Jeff Innis	Illinois
P	Bill Cunningham	Ohio State
C	Jeff King	Ohio State
1B	Tim Richardson	Illinois
2B	Gary Jost	Minnesota
SS	Bill Piwnica	Minnesota
OF	Jim Paciorek	Michigan
OF	Terry Steinbach	Minnesota
OF	John Orkis	Ohio State
OF	Kirk Dixon	Ohio State
DH	Tim Steinbach	Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Terry Steinbach and Jeff King were named co-Most Outstanding Players. Steinbach was an outfielder for Minnesota while King was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.