1983 Big Ten baseball tournament

1983 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Champions	Michigan  (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bud Middaugh  (2nd title)
MVP	Barry Larkin (Michigan)
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1983 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
No. 4 Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y	13	–	2	–	0		.867			50	–	9	–	0		.847
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	6	–	0		.571			22	–	32	–	0		.407
Indiana  ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	0		.462			26	–	21	–	0		.553
Purdue  ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0		.313			21	–	34	–	0		.382
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	3	–	9	–	0		.250			24	–	21	–	0		.533
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍	12	–	2	–	0		.857			27	–	21	–	0		.563
Iowa  ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0		.500			32	–	31	–	0		.508
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0		.400			32	–	20	–	2		.611
Illinois  ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0		.429			23	–	24	–	2		.490
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			22	–	17	–	0		.564
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1983 [1] [2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1983 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 20 through 22. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament ^[3]

Format and seeding

The 1983 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	13	2	.867	–	1E
Michigan State	8	6	.571	4.5	2E
Indiana	6	7	.462	6	–
Purdue	5	11	.313	8.5	–
Ohio State	3	9	.250	8.5	–
West Division
Minnesota	12	2	.857	–	1W
Iowa	7	7	.500	5	2W
Northwestern	6	9	.400	6.5	–
Illinois	6	9	.400	6.5	–
Wisconsin	6	10	.375	7	–

Tournament

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Michigan

1

2W

Iowa

0

1E

Michigan

10

1W

Minnesota

9

1W

Minnesota

14

2E

Michigan State

1

1E

Michigan

12

2W

Iowa

3

Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

Minnesota

0

2W

Iowa

6

2W

Iowa

2

2E

Michigan State

2

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Paul Rieks	Iowa
P	Rich Stoll	Michigan
1B	Ken Hayward	Michigan
2B	Jeff Jacobson	Michigan
SS	Barry Larkin	Michigan
OF	Craig Conti	Iowa
OF	Tim Snowberger	Iowa
OF	Dale Sklar	Michigan
OF	Terry Steinbach	Minnesota
DH	Chuck Froning	Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Barry Larkin was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop for Michigan. ^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.