1984 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1984 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 18 through 20. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

1984 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (3rd title)
Winning coachBud Middaugh (3rd title)
MVPKurt Zimmerman (Michigan)
1984 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Michigan  xy 1150 .68843200 .683
Michigan State   870 .53332260 .552
Ohio State   880 .50030170 .638
Indiana   690 .40044200 .688
Purdue   6100 .37529260 .527
West
Minnesota  x 1150 .68831200 .608
Northwestern   961 .59444181 .706
Iowa   780 .46731260 .544
Wisconsin   671 .46425251 .500
Illinois   3100 .23122320 .407
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1984 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
Michigan115.688
1E
Michigan State87.533
2.5
2E
Ohio State88.500
3
Indiana69.400
4.5
Purdue610.375
5
West Division
Minnesota115.688
1W
Northwestern96.600
1.5
2W
Iowa78.467
3.5
Wisconsin67.464
3
Illinois310.231
6.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan13
2WNorthwestern1
1EMichigan6
1WMinnesota3
1WMinnesota8
2EMichigan State7
1EMichigan28
2WNorthwestern63
Lower round 1Lower final
1WMinnesota2
2WNorthwestern92WNorthwestern10
2EMichigan State4

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PScott KamienieckiMichigan
PJohn TrautweinNorthwestern
CRich BlairMichigan
1BKen HaywardMichigan
1BMike EddingtonMichigan State
2BTom HildebrandNorthwestern
SSBarry LarkinMichigan
3BJohn StewartNorthwestern
OFJeff MinickMichigan
OFKurt ZimmermanMichigan
OFMike WhitmanMichigan State
DHEd TompaNorthwestern
DHTim McIntoshMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Kurt Zimmerman was named Most Outstanding Player. Zimmerman was an outfielder 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 – 1984". 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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