1998 Big Ten baseball tournament

1998 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (6th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (6th title)
MVPMark Groebner (Minnesota)
1998 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 5   .792 39 – 19   .672
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 9   .679 43 – 13   .768
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9   .667 36 – 16   .692
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 28 – 24   .538
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 29 – 27   .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 19 – 27   .413
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 21 – 27   .438
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 27 – 26   .509
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 23 – 29   .442
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 25 – 27   .481
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1998 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Illinois 19 5 .792
–
1
Minnesota 19 9 .679
2
2
Ohio State 18 9 .667
2.5
3
Penn State 15 11 .577
5
4
Indiana 14 14 .500
7
–
Michigan 9 15 .375
10
–
Iowa 9 15 .375
10
–
Northwestern 10 18 .357
11
–
Michigan State 8 16 .333
11
–
Purdue 9 18 .333
11.5
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Illinois2
4Penn State5
4Penn State5
2Minnesota14
2Minnesota10
3Ohio State3
2Minnesota
1Illinois
Lower round 1Lower final
4Penn State5
1Illinois91Illinois11
3Ohio State8

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Ben Birk Minnesota
P Nate Bump Penn State
C Jeremy Megen Minnesota
1B Robb Quinlan Minnesota
2B D. J. Svihlik Illinois
SS Rick Brosseau Minnesota
3B Craig Marquie Illinois
OF Danny Rhodes Illinois
OF Dan O'Neill Illinois
OF Mark Groebner Minnesota
DH Adam Horton Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Mark Groebner was named Most Outstanding Player. Groebner was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.