1992 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1992 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Minnesota  (4th title)
Winning coach John Anderson  (4th title)
MVP Scott Bakkum (Minnesota)
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Ohio State  y208 .7144021 .656
No. 25 Minnesota  y1810 .6434221 .667
Michigan State  1711 .6073619 .655
Illinois  1612 .5713620 .643
Indiana  1414 .5003520 .636
Purdue  1315 .4643025 .545
Iowa  1216 .4292628 .481
Penn State  1117 .3932424 .500
Michigan  1117 .3932132 .396
Northwestern  820 .2861838 .321
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 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 twelfth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1992 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
Ohio State 208.714
1
Minnesota 1810.643
2
2
Michigan State 1711.607
3
3
Illinois 1612.571
4
4
Indiana 1414.500
6
Purdue 1315.464
7
Iowa 1216.429
8
Penn State 1117.393
9
Michigan 1117.393
9
Northwestern 820.286
12

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Ohio State 5
4 Illinois 10
4Illinois3
2Minnesota4 12
2 Minnesota 5
3 Michigan State 0
2Minnesota11
3Michigan State5
Lower round 1Lower final
4Illinois2
1Ohio State53Michigan State4
3Michigan State10

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PKeith TorianiIllinois
PScott BakkumMinnesota
CDarren GrassMinnesota
1BGeorge BehrMinnesota
SSAndy SmallIllinois
3BAlex GaginMichigan State
OF Larry Sutton Illinois
OFSteve MoneyMichigan State
OFKeith KrenkeMinnesota
DHAdam SobocienskiMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Scott Bakkum was named Most Outstanding Player. Bakkum was a pitcher for Minnesota. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". 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.