1990 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1990 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Illinois  (2nd title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido  (2nd title)
MVP Bob Christensen (Illinois)
1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Iowa  y226 .7863819 .667
No. 23 Illinois  y199 .6794321 .672
Minnesota  199 .6793624 .600
Ohio State  1612 .5713129 .517
Michigan  1414 .5003324 .579
Indiana  1414 .5003027 .526
Michigan State  1315 .4642824 .538
Purdue  819 .2962731 .466
Wisconsin  820 .2861641 .281
Northwestern  621 .2222432 .429
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Duane Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa from May 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the tenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1990 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
Iowa 226.786
1
Illinois 199.679
3
2
Minnesota 199.679
3
3
Ohio State 1612.571
6
4
Michigan 1414.500
8
Indiana 1414.500
8
Michigan State 1315.464
9
Purdue 819.296
13.5
Wisconsin 820.286
14
Northwestern 621.222
15.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Iowa 6
4 Ohio State 4
1Iowa7
2Illinois11
2 Illinois 11
3 Minnesota 5
2Illinois14
4Ohio State10
Lower round 1Lower final
1Iowa5
4Ohio State64Ohio State8
3Minnesota4

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJohn DeJarldIowa
PTim SchwarberOhio State
C Mark Dalesandro Illinois
1BTom AndersonIowa
2BWil ParsonsIllinois
SSBob ChristensenIllinois
3BKeith NoreenIowa
OF Larry Sutton Illinois
OF Chris Hatcher Iowa
OFMike MulliganOhio State
DH Mike Durant Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Bob Christensen was named Most Outstanding Player. Christensen was a shortstop for Illinois. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 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 16, 2013.