| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Michigan (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bud Middaugh (1st title) |
| MVP | Gerry Hool (Michigan) |
| 1981 Big Ten Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan x‡y | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 41 | – | 20 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 34 | – | 30 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 34 | – | 18 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 23 | – | 28 | .451 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 23 | – | 25 | .479 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota x | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 37 | – | 16 | .698 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 35 | – | 26 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 44 | – | 21 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 24 | – | 36 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 17 | – | 33 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1981 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1981 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 17. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the first such event sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won the first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament [3]
The 1981 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 | 10 | 4 | .714 | – | 1E |
| Purdue | 8 | 6 | .567 | 2 | 2E |
| Ohio State | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4 | – |
| Michigan State | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | – |
| Indiana | 5 | 9 | .367 | 5 | – |
| West Division | |||||
| Minnesota | 13 | 3 | .813 | – | 1W |
| Illinois | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1 | 2W |
| Iowa | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | – |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 13 | .188 | 10 | – |
| Northwestern | 3 | 13 | .188 | 10 | – |
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Michigan | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Purdue | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Minnesota | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Purdue | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Michigan | 10 | — | |||||||||||
| 2E | Minnesota | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| 2W | Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Purdue | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Minnesota | 8 | ||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [3]
| Pos | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Steve Ontiveros | Michigan |
| P | Bob Hallas | Purdue |
| C | Gerry Hool | Michigan |
| 1B | Greg Beno | Purdue |
| 2B | Mike Ledna | Purdue |
| 3B | Chris Sabo | Michigan |
| SS | Bill Piwnica | Minnesota |
| OF | Jim Paciorek | Michigan |
| OF | Greg Schulte | Michigan |
| OF | Terry Steinbach | Minnesota |
| DH | John Young | Michigan |
Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan. [3]
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