1989 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

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1989 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Illinois  (1st title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido  (1st title)
MVPRich Capparelli (Illinois)
1989 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Michigan  y216 .7784916 .754
Iowa  1711 .6073720 .649
No. 24 Illinois  y1711 .6074216 .724
Ohio State  1612 .5713427 .557
Minnesota  1512 .5563122 .585
Northwestern  1513 .5362630 .464
Michigan State  1315 .4642526 .490
Purdue  1117 .3933425 .576
Wisconsin  919 .3212237 .373
Indiana  523 .1793426 .567
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1989 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 19 through 20. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the ninth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Illinois was the first team other than Michigan and Minnesota to win the event. [3]

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Format and seeding

The 1989 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan 216.778
1
Iowa 1711.607
4.5
2
Illinois 1711.607
4.5
3
Ohio State 1612.571
5.5
4
Minnesota 1512.556
6
Northwestern 1513.536
6.5
Michigan State 1315.464
7.5
Purdue 1117.393
10.5
Wisconsin 919.321
12.5
Indiana 523.179
16.5

Tournament

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Michigan 7
4 Ohio State 1
1 Michigan 1
Winner's bracket
3Illinois7
2 Iowa 7
3 Illinois 8
3Illinois2
1 Michigan 0
4Ohio State4
2 Iowa 2
1Michigan6
Loser's bracket
4 Ohio State 0

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PRich CapparelliIllinois
PRussell BrockMichigan
C Mark Dalesandro Illinois
1BTom EitermanOhio State
2BWil ParsonsIllinois
SSBob ChristensenIllinois
OFDon CuchranIllinois
OF Sean Mulligan Illinois
OFJim DurhamMichigan
DHKourtney ThompsonMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Rich Capparelli was named Most Outstanding Player. Capparelli was a pitcher for Illinois. [3]

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References

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  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1989". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
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