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]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Michigan (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Bud Middaugh (2nd title) |
MVP | Barry Larkin (Michigan) |
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No. 4 Michigan x‡y | 13 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .867 | 50 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 8 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .571 | 22 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .462 | 26 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 5 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .313 | 21 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .250 | 24 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota x | 12 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .857 | 27 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 7 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .500 | 32 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 6 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .400 | 32 | – | 20 | – | 2 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 6 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .429 | 23 | – | 24 | – | 2 | .490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 22 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .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]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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East Division | |||||
Michigan | 13 | 2 | .867 | – | 1E |
Michigan State | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.5 | 2E |
Indiana | 6 | 7 | .462 | 6 | – |
Purdue | 5 | 11 | .313 | 8.5 | – |
Ohio State | 3 | 9 | .250 | 8.5 | – |
West Division | |||||
Minnesota | 12 | 2 | .857 | – | 1W |
Iowa | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | 2W |
Northwestern | 6 | 9 | .400 | 6.5 | – |
Illinois | 6 | 9 | .400 | 6.5 | – |
Wisconsin | 6 | 10 | .375 | 7 | – |
Tournament
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||
2W | Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 10 | ||||||||||||
1W | Minnesota | 9 | ||||||||||||
1W | Minnesota | 14 | ||||||||||||
2E | Michigan State | 1 | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 12 | — | |||||||||||
2W | Iowa | 3 | — | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
1W | Minnesota | 0 | ||||||||||||
2W | Iowa | 6 | 2W | Iowa | 2 | |||||||||
2E | Michigan State | 2 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Paul Rieks | Iowa |
P | Rich Stoll | Michigan |
1B | Ken Hayward | Michigan |
2B | Jeff Jacobson | Michigan |
SS | Barry Larkin | Michigan |
OF | Craig Conti | Iowa |
OF | Tim Snowberger | Iowa |
OF | Dale Sklar | Michigan |
OF | Terry Steinbach | Minnesota |
DH | Chuck Froning | Michigan |
Most Outstanding Player
Barry Larkin was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop for Michigan.[3]
References
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1983". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.