1985 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

1985 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Champions	Minnesota  (2nd title)
Winning coach	John Anderson  (2nd title)
MVP	John Beckman (Minnesota)
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1985 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‍y	14	–	2	–	0		.875			55	–	10	–	0		.846
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Purdue  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			33	–	25	–	0		.569
Indiana  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			57	–	19	–	1		.747
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	2	–	14	–	0		.125			22	–	35	–	0		.386
West
Illinois  x‍‍‍	12	–	4	–	0		.750			46	–	21	–	0		.687
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y	9	–	7	–	0		.563			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Iowa  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			40	–	20	–	0		.667
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0		.438			40	–	18	–	0		.690
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	3	–	13	–	0		.188			28	–	25	–	2		.527
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1985 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 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 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament ^[3]

Format and seeding

The 1985 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. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers. ^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Michigan	14	2	.875	–	1E
Ohio State	8	8	.500	6	2E
Purdue	8	8	.500	6	–
Indiana	8	8	.500	6	–
Michigan State	2	14	.125	12	–
West Division
Illinois	12	4	.750	–	1W
Minnesota	9	7	.563	3	2W
Iowa	9	7	.563	3	–
Northwestern	7	9	.438	5	–
Wisconsin	3	13	.188	9	–

Tournament

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Michigan

10

2W

Minnesota

11

2W

Minnesota

8

Winner's bracket

2E

Ohio State

5

1W

Illinois

2

2E

Ohio State

3

2W

Minnesota

5

—

2E

Ohio State

3

—

1E

Michigan

11 11

1W

Illinois

10

2E

Ohio State

3

Loser's bracket

1E

Michigan

1

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Mike Clarkin	Minnesota
P	Bill Cunningham	Ohio State
C	Greg Ivarone	Illinois
1B	Alex Bauer	Minnesota
2B	C. J. Beshke	Michigan
SS	Barry Larkin	Michigan
3B	Mike Pherson	Minnesota
OF	John Beckman	Minnesota
OF	Jim Orsag	Illinois
OF	Pat Pohl	Minnesota
DH	Ken Hayward	Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Jon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota. ^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.