1992 Big Ten baseball tournament

1992 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (4th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (4th title)
MVPScott Bakkum (Minnesota)
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 8   .714 40 – 21   .656
No. 25 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 10   .643 42 – 21   .667
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 36 – 19   .655
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 36 – 20   .643
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 35 – 20   .636
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 30 – 25   .545
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 26 – 28   .481
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 24 – 24   .500
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 21 – 32   .396
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 18 – 38   .321
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twelfth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1992 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
Ohio State 20 8 .714
–
1
Minnesota 18 10 .643
2
2
Michigan State 17 11 .607
3
3
Illinois 16 12 .571
4
4
Indiana 14 14 .500
6
–
Purdue 13 15 .464
7
–
Iowa 12 16 .429
8
–
Penn State 11 17 .393
9
–
Michigan 11 17 .393
9
–
Northwestern 8 20 .286
12
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State5
4Illinois10
4Illinois3
2Minnesota412
2Minnesota5
3Michigan State0
2Minnesota11—
3Michigan State5—
Lower round 1Lower final
4Illinois2
1Ohio State53Michigan State4
3Michigan State10

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Keith Toriani Illinois
P Scott Bakkum Minnesota
C Darren Grass Minnesota
1B George Behr Minnesota
SS Andy Small Illinois
3B Alex Gagin Michigan State
OF Larry Sutton Illinois
OF Steve Money Michigan State
OF Keith Krenke Minnesota
DH Adam Sobocienski Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Scott Bakkum was named Most Outstanding Player. Bakkum was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". 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.