1987 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1987 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 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]
Teams | 4 |
---|---|
Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Michigan (5th title) |
Winning coach | Bud Middaugh (5th title) |
MVP | Greg Everson (Michigan) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Michigan x‡y | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 52 | – | 12 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue y | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 36 | – | 24 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 43 | – | 17 | .717 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 34 | – | 20 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 19 | – | 27 | .413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota x | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 36 | – | 25 | .590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 29 | – | 28 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 32 | – | 24 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 23 | – | 20 | .535 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 28 | – | 24 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
The 1987 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. Iowa claimed the second seed from the West by tiebreaker.[3]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Division | |||||
Michigan | 13 | 3 | .813 | – | 1E |
Purdue | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3 | 2E |
Indiana | 7 | 9 | .438 | 6 | – |
Michigan State | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6 | – |
Ohio State | 4 | 12 | .250 | 9 | – |
West Division | |||||
Minnesota | 12 | 4 | .750 | – | 1W |
Iowa | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 | 2W |
Illinois | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 | – |
Northwestern | 5 | 11 | .313 | 7 | – |
Wisconsin | 5 | 11 | .313 | 7 | – |
Tournament
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
---|---|---|
P | Greg Everson | Michigan |
P | Chris Lutz | Michigan |
P | Andy Swain | Purdue |
C | Darrin Campbell | Michigan |
1B | Phil Price | Michigan |
2B | Bob Gerhard | Purdue |
SS | Arci Cianfrocco | Purdue |
3B | Bill St. Peter | Michigan |
OF | Jeff Allison | Purdue |
OF | Jeff Durham | Michigan |
OF | Luis Ramirez | Iowa |
DH | Brett Roach | Purdue |
Most Outstanding Player
Greg Everson was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]
References
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.