1990 Big Ten baseball tournament

1990 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois (2nd title)
Winning coachAugie Garrido (2nd title)
MVPBob Christensen (Illinois)
1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iowa  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 6   .786 38 – 19   .667
No. 23 Illinois  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 9   .679 43 – 21   .672
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 19 – 9   .679 36 – 24   .600
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 31 – 29   .517
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 33 – 24   .579
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 30 – 27   .526
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 28 – 24   .538
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 27 – 31   .466
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 16 – 41   .281
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 24 – 32   .429
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Duane Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa from May 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the tenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1990 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Iowa 22 6 .786
–
1
Illinois 19 9 .679
3
2
Minnesota 19 9 .679
3
3
Ohio State 16 12 .571
6
4
Michigan 14 14 .500
8
–
Indiana 14 14 .500
8
–
Michigan State 13 15 .464
9
–
Purdue 8 19 .296
13.5
–
Wisconsin 8 20 .286
14
–
Northwestern 6 21 .222
15.5
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Iowa6
4Ohio State4
1Iowa7
2Illinois11
2Illinois11
3Minnesota5
2Illinois14—
4Ohio State10—
Lower round 1Lower final
1Iowa5
4Ohio State64Ohio State8
3Minnesota4

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P John DeJarld Iowa
P Tim Schwarber Ohio State
C Mark Dalesandro Illinois
1B Tom Anderson Iowa
2B Wil Parsons Illinois
SS Bob Christensen Illinois
3B Keith Noreen Iowa
OF Larry Sutton Illinois
OF Chris Hatcher Iowa
OF Mike Mulligan Ohio State
DH Mike Durant Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Bob Christensen was named Most Outstanding Player. Christensen was a shortstop for Illinois.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 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 16, 2013.