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]

1987 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (5th title)
Winning coachBud Middaugh (5th title)
MVPGreg Everson (Michigan)
1987 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 23 Michigan  xy 133 .8135212 .813
Purdue  y 106 .6253624 .600
Indiana   79 .4384317 .717
Michigan State   610 .3753420 .630
Ohio State   412 .2501927 .413
West
Minnesota  x 124 .7503625 .590
Iowa   97 .5632928 .509
Illinois   97 .5633224 .571
Northwestern   511 .3132320 .535
Wisconsin   511 .3132824 .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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan133.813
1E
Purdue106.625
3
2E
Indiana79.438
6
Michigan State610.375
6
Ohio State412.250
9
West Division
Minnesota124.750
1W
Iowa97.563
3
2W
Illinois97.563
3
Northwestern511.313
7
Wisconsin511.313
7

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan4
2WIowa9
2WIowa0
2EPurdue4
1WMinnesota3
2EPurdue9
2EPurdue22
1EMichigan54
Lower round 1Lower final
2WIowa1
1EMichigan91EMichigan7
1WMinnesota8

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGreg EversonMichigan
PChris LutzMichigan
PAndy SwainPurdue
CDarrin CampbellMichigan
1BPhil PriceMichigan
2BBob GerhardPurdue
SSArci CianfroccoPurdue
3BBill St. PeterMichigan
OFJeff AllisonPurdue
OFJeff DurhamMichigan
OFLuis RamirezIowa
DHBrett RoachPurdue

Most Outstanding Player

Greg Everson was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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