1981 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1981 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
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
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Michigan  xy104 .7144120 .672
Purdue  86 .5713430 .531
Ohio State  79 .4383418 .654
Michigan State  68 .4292328 .451
Indiana  59 .3572325 .479
West
Minnesota  x133 .8133716 .698
Illinois  113 .7863526 .574
Iowa  86 .5714421 .677
Wisconsin  313 .1882436 .400
Northwestern  313 .1881733 .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]

Contents

Format and seeding

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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan 104.714
1E
Purdue 86.567
2
2E
Ohio State 79.438
4
Michigan State 68.429
4
Indiana 59.367
5
West Division
Minnesota 133.813
1W
Illinois 113.786
1
2W
Iowa 86.571
4
Wisconsin 313.188
10
Northwestern 313.188
10

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1E Michigan 4
2W Illinois 3
1EMichigan7
2EPurdue6
1W Minnesota 0
2E Purdue 9
1EMichigan10
2EMinnesota6
Lower round 1Lower final
2EPurdue3
2WIllinois01WMinnesota8
1WMinnesota2

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
P Steve Ontiveros Michigan
PBob HallasPurdue
CGerry HoolMichigan
1BGreg BenoPurdue
2BMike LednaPurdue
3B Chris Sabo Michigan
SSBill PiwnicaMinnesota
OF Jim Paciorek Michigan
OFGreg SchulteMichigan
OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota
DHJohn YoungMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1981". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.