1987 Big Ten baseball tournament

1987 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Champions	Michigan (5th title)
Winning coach	Bud Middaugh (5th title)
MVP	Greg Everson (Michigan)

1987 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 23 Michigan  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	3		.813			52	–	12		.813
Purdue  ‍‍‍^y	10	–	6		.625			36	–	24		.600
Indiana  ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			43	–	17		.717
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	6	–	10		.375			34	–	20		.630
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	4	–	12		.250			19	–	27		.413
West
Minnesota  ^x‍‍‍	12	–	4		.750			36	–	25		.590
Iowa  ‍‍‍	9	–	7		.563			29	–	28		.509
Illinois  ‍‍‍	9	–	7		.563			32	–	24		.571
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313			23	–	20		.535
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313			28	–	24		.538
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1987 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. Iowa claimed the second seed from the West by tiebreaker.[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Michigan	13	3	.813	–	1E
Purdue	10	6	.625	3	2E
Indiana	7	9	.438	6	–
Michigan State	6	10	.375	6	–
Ohio State	4	12	.250	9	–
West Division
Minnesota	12	4	.750	–	1W
Iowa	9	7	.563	3	2W
Illinois	9	7	.563	3	–
Northwestern	5	11	.313	7	–
Wisconsin	5	11	.313	7	–

Tournament

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Michigan

4

2W

Iowa

9

2W

Iowa

0

2E

Purdue

4

1W

Minnesota

3

2E

Purdue

9

2E

Purdue

2

2

1E

Michigan

5

4

Lower round 1

Lower final

2W

Iowa

1

1E

Michigan

9

1E

Michigan

7

1W

Minnesota

8

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Greg Everson	Michigan
P	Chris Lutz	Michigan
P	Andy Swain	Purdue
C	Darrin Campbell	Michigan
1B	Phil Price	Michigan
2B	Bob Gerhard	Purdue
SS	Arci Cianfrocco	Purdue
3B	Bill St. Peter	Michigan
OF	Jeff Allison	Purdue
OF	Jeff Durham	Michigan
OF	Luis Ramirez	Iowa
DH	Brett Roach	Purdue

Most Outstanding Player

Greg Everson was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.