1985 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1985 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Minnesota  (2nd title)
Winning coach John Anderson  (2nd title)
MVP John Beckman (Minnesota)
1985 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Michigan  xy1420 .87555100 .846
Ohio State  880 .50029240 .547
Purdue  880 .50033250 .569
Indiana  880 .50057191 .747
Michigan State  2140 .12522350 .386
West
Illinois  x1240 .75046210 .687
Minnesota  y970 .56333230 .589
Iowa  970 .56340200 .667
Northwestern  790 .43840180 .690
Wisconsin  3130 .18828252 .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]

Contents

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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan 142.875
1E
Ohio State 88.500
6
2E
Purdue 88.500
6
Indiana 88.500
6
Michigan State 214.125
12
West Division
Illinois 124.750
1W
Minnesota 97.563
3
2W
Iowa 97.563
3
Northwestern 79.438
5
Wisconsin 313.188
9

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1E Michigan 10
2W Minnesota 11
2WMinnesota8
2EOhio State5
1W Illinois 2
2E Ohio State 3
2WMinnesota5
2EOhio State3
Lower round 1Lower final
2EOhio State3
1EMichigan11 11 1EMichigan1
1WIllinois10

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PMike ClarkinMinnesota
PBill CunninghamOhio State
CGreg IvaroneIllinois
1BAlex BauerMinnesota
2BC. J. BeshkeMichigan
SS Barry Larkin Michigan
3BMike PhersonMinnesota
OFJohn BeckmanMinnesota
OFJim OrsagIllinois
OFPat PohlMinnesota
DHKen HaywardMichigan

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. 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 9, 2013.