1999 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1999 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Michigan  (6th title)
Winning coach Geoff Zahn  (1st title)
MVP Bobby Scales (Michigan)
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Ohio State  y253 .8935014 .781
Minnesota  y217 .7504618 .719
Illinois  1512 .5562422 .522
Michigan  y1513 .5363430 .531
Indiana  1414 .5003717 .685
Penn State  1215 .4443223 .582
Michigan State  1017 .3702825 .528
Purdue  1017 .3702430 .444
Northwestern  1018 .3572429 .453
Iowa  622 .2142234 .393
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium 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 eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1999 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State 253.893
1
Minnesota 217.750
4
2
Illinois 1512.556
9.5
3
Michigan 1513.536
10
4
Indiana 1414.500
11
Penn State 1215.444
12.5
Michigan State 1017.370
13.5
Purdue 1017.370
13.5
Northwestern 1018.357
14
Iowa 622.214
19

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Ohio State 6
4 Michigan 8
4Michigan7
3Illinois6
2 Minnesota 9
3 Illinois 12
4Michigan1012
2Minnesota1311
Lower round 1Lower final
3Illinois3
1Ohio State12Minnesota9
2Minnesota10

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
P J. J. Putz Michigan
PChad ClareyMinnesota
PKelly WernerMinnesota
CJosh HolthausMinnesota
1B Robb Quinlan Minnesota
2B Bobby Scales Michigan
SSJon AndersonIllinois
3B Mike Cervenak Michigan
OFJason AlcarazMichigan
OFBrian BushMichigan
OFJason KennedyMinnesota
DHAron AmundsonMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Bobby Scales was named Most Outstanding Player. Scales was a second baseman for Michigan. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999". 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.