1992 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1992 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twelfth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site |
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Champions | Minnesota (4th title) |
Winning coach | John Anderson (4th title) |
MVP | Scott Bakkum (Minnesota) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Ohio State †y | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | 40 | – | 21 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Minnesota ‡y | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | 42 | – | 21 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | 36 | – | 19 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | 36 | – | 20 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 35 | – | 20 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | 26 | – | 28 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 24 | – | 24 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 21 | – | 32 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | 18 | – | 38 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1992[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
The 1992 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois.[3]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Ohio State | 20 | 8 | .714 | – | 1 |
Minnesota | 18 | 10 | .643 | 2 | 2 |
Michigan State | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3 | 3 |
Illinois | 16 | 12 | .571 | 4 | 4 |
Indiana | 14 | 14 | .500 | 6 | – |
Purdue | 13 | 15 | .464 | 7 | – |
Iowa | 12 | 16 | .429 | 8 | – |
Penn State | 11 | 17 | .393 | 9 | – |
Michigan | 11 | 17 | .393 | 9 | – |
Northwestern | 8 | 20 | .286 | 12 | – |
Tournament
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 5 | ||||||||||||
4 | Illinois | 10 | ||||||||||||
4 | Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 412 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 11 | — | |||||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 5 | — | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
4 | Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | Michigan State | 4 | |||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 10 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Keith Toriani | Illinois |
P | Scott Bakkum | Minnesota |
C | Darren Grass | Minnesota |
1B | George Behr | Minnesota |
SS | Andy Small | Illinois |
3B | Alex Gagin | Michigan State |
OF | Larry Sutton | Illinois |
OF | Steve Money | Michigan State |
OF | Keith Krenke | Minnesota |
DH | Adam Sobocienski | Minnesota |
Most Outstanding Player
Scott Bakkum was named Most Outstanding Player. Bakkum was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]
References
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.