1991 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1991 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (1st title)
Winning coach Bob Todd  (1st title)
MVP Keith Klodnick (Ohio State)
1991 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Ohio State  y208 .7145313 .803
Minnesota  y1810 .6433727 .578
Indiana  1512 .5563823 .623
Northwestern  1512 .5562728 .491
Michigan  1513 .5363423 .596
Purdue  1414 .5003521 .625
Illinois  1315 .4642630 .464
Michigan State  1216 .4292825 .528
Iowa  1117 .3932628 .481
Wisconsin  622 .2141636 .308
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1991 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eleventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1991 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Indiana claimed the third seed and Northwestern earned the fourth seed by tiebreakers over Michigan. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State 208.714
1
Minnesota 1810.643
2
2
Indiana 1512.554
4.5
3
Northwestern 1512.554
4.5
4
Michigan 1513.554
4.5
Purdue 1414.500
6
Illinois 1315.464
7
Michigan State 1216.429
8
Iowa 1117.393
9
Wisconsin 622.214
14

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Ohio State 10
4 Northwestern 9
1Ohio State15
2Minnesota5
2 Minnesota 15
3 Indiana 11
1Ohio State3
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower final
3Minnesota7
4Northwestern104Northwestern5
3Indiana6

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PTim SmithOhio State
PTom SchwarberOhio State
CJoe PeronaNorthwestern
1BJeff MonsonMinnesota
2BJeff AndersonOhio State
SS Brent Gates Minnesota
3BJamie TaylorOhio State
OFJeff KopferMinnesota
OFDarren SchwanklMinnesota
OFMike SteinNorthwestern
OFKeith KlodnickOhio State
DHTom SandtNorthwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Keith Klodnick was named Most Outstanding Player. Klodnick was an outfielder for Ohio State. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". 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.