1983 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1983 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 20 through 22. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

1983 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (2nd title)
Winning coachBud Middaugh (2nd title)
MVPBarry Larkin (Michigan)
1983 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
No. 4 Michigan  xy 1320 .8675090 .847
Michigan State   860 .57122320 .407
Indiana   670 .46226210 .553
Purdue   5110 .31321340 .382
Ohio State   390 .25024210 .533
West
Minnesota  x 1220 .85727210 .563
Iowa   770 .50032310 .508
Northwestern   690 .40032202 .611
Illinois   680 .42923242 .490
Wisconsin   6100 .37522170 .564
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1983 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan132.867
1E
Michigan State86.571
4.5
2E
Indiana67.462
6
Purdue511.313
8.5
Ohio State39.250
8.5
West Division
Minnesota122.857
1W
Iowa77.500
5
2W
Northwestern69.400
6.5
Illinois69.400
6.5
Wisconsin610.375
7

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan1
2WIowa0
1EMichigan10
1WMinnesota9
1WMinnesota14
2EMichigan State1
1EMichigan12
2WIowa3
Lower round 1Lower final
1WMinnesota0
2WIowa62WIowa2
2EMichigan State2

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PPaul RieksIowa
PRich StollMichigan
1BKen HaywardMichigan
2BJeff JacobsonMichigan
SSBarry LarkinMichigan
OFCraig ContiIowa
OFTim SnowbergerIowa
OFDale SklarMichigan
OFTerry SteinbachMinnesota
DHChuck FroningMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Barry Larkin was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
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