1988 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1988 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 19 through 21. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

1988 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (3rd title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (3rd title)
MVPVince Palyan (Minnesota)
1988 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 20–8 .71448–19 .716
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 17–11 .60738–28 .576
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57141–20 .672
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57132–28 .533
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .53628–27 .509
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 14–14 .50029–25 .537
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .42926–20 .565
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .39339–29 .574
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .39328–28 .500
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8–20 .28626–34 .433
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1988 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan208.714
–
1
Minnesota1711.607
3
2
Michigan State1612.571
4
3
Ohio State1612.571
4
4
Wisconsin1513.536
5
–
Iowa1414.500
6
–
Illinois1216.429
8
–
Indiana1117.393
6
–
Northwestern1117.393
6
–
Purdue820.286
12
–

Tournament
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Michigan6
4Ohio State3
1Michigan1
3Michigan State4
2Minnesota5
3Michigan State10
3Michigan State43
2Minnesota175
Lower round 1Lower final
1Michigan2
4Ohio State23Minnesota4
2Minnesota6

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PTodd KrummMichigan State
PJim AbbottMichigan
CDan WilsonMinnesota
1BPaul WeinbergMinnesota
2BScott MeadowsOhio State
SSKevin DalsonMichigan State
3BJeff GoergenMinnesota
OFMike DavidsonMichigan State
OFJ. T. BruettMinnesota
OFVince PalyanMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Vince Palyan was named Most Outstanding Player. Palyan was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
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