1984 Big Ten baseball tournament

1984 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (3rd title)
Winning coachBud Middaugh (3rd title)
MVPKurt Zimmerman (Michigan)
1984 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 11 – 5 – 0   .688 43 – 20 – 0   .683
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 32 – 26 – 0   .552
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 30 – 17 – 0   .638
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 44 – 20 – 0   .688
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 29 – 26 – 0   .527
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 31 – 20 – 0   .608
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 1   .594 44 – 18 – 1   .706
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 31 – 26 – 0   .544
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 1   .464 25 – 25 – 1   .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 22 – 32 – 0   .407
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 18 through 20. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1984 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. 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
Michigan 11 5 .688
–
1E
Michigan State 8 7 .533
2.5
2E
Ohio State 8 8 .500
3
–
Indiana 6 9 .400
4.5
–
Purdue 6 10 .375
5
–
West Division
Minnesota 11 5 .688
–
1W
Northwestern 9 6 .600
1.5
2W
Iowa 7 8 .467
3.5
–
Wisconsin 6 7 .464
3
–
Illinois 3 10 .231
6.5
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan13
2WNorthwestern1
1EMichigan6
1WMinnesota3
1WMinnesota8
2EMichigan State7
1EMichigan28
2WNorthwestern63
Lower round 1Lower final
1WMinnesota2
2WNorthwestern92WNorthwestern10
2EMichigan State4

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Scott Kamieniecki Michigan
P John Trautwein Northwestern
C Rich Blair Michigan
1B Ken Hayward Michigan
1B Mike Eddington Michigan State
2B Tom Hildebrand Northwestern
SS Barry Larkin Michigan
3B John Stewart Northwestern
OF Jeff Minick Michigan
OF Kurt Zimmerman Michigan
OF Mike Whitman Michigan State
DH Ed Tompa Northwestern
DH Tim McIntosh Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Kurt Zimmerman was named Most Outstanding Player. Zimmerman was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.