1995 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1995 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (3rd title)
Winning coach Bob Todd  (3rd title)
MVP Shane Gunderson/Scott Kaczmar (
Minnesota/Ohio State)
1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 26 Ohio State  y1810 .6434023 .635
Minnesota  1612 .5713127 .534
Northwestern  1513 .5363619 .655
Purdue  1513 .5362829 .491
Penn State  1313 .5002529 .463
Illinois  1414 .5002531 .446
Iowa  1315 .4642924 .547
Indiana  1216 .4293323 .589
Michigan State  1216 .4292427 .471
Michigan  1016 .3852429 .453
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1995 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 fifteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1995 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State 1810.643
1
Minnesota 1612.571
2
2
Northwestern 1513.536
3
3
Purdue 1513.536
3
4
Penn State 1313.500
4
Illinois 1414.500
4
Iowa 1315.464
5
Indiana 1216.429
6
Michigan State 1216.429
6
Michigan 1016.385
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Ohio State 2
4 Purdue 3
4Purdue3
2Minnesota26
2 Minnesota 9
3 Northwestern 8
1Ohio State1911
2Minnesota136
Lower round 1Lower final
4Purdue3
1Ohio State161Ohio State8
3Northwestern15

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBob SpearsOhio State
PMike HeadmanPurdue
CShane GundersonMinnesota
1BRob SmithMinnesota
2BMark CarekOhio State
SSChris WilliamsOhio State
3BMike EstepOhio State
OFWes DenningMinnesota
OFShane McCarthyMinnesota
OFScott KaczmarOhio State
DHJake SuffianNorthwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Gunderson and Scott Kaczmar were named co-Most Outstanding Player. Gunderson was a catcher for Minnesota, while Kaczmar was an outfielder for Ohio State. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1995". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.