2004 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2004 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2004 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (8th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (8th title)
MVPGlen Perkins (Minnesota)
2004 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‡‍y 21–21 .50038–23 .623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 19–12 .61336–25 .590
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19–13 .59434–26 .567
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 19–13 .59433–26 .559
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17–14 .54829–28 .509
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 17–15 .53128–29 .491
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14–18 .43826–28 .481
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12–20 .37520–35 .364
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–21 .34422–33 .400
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9–22 .29025–30 .455
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2004 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota2110.677
–
1
Ohio State1912.613
2
2
Michigan1913.594
2.5
3
Michigan State1913.594
2.5
4
Purdue1714.548
4
5
Penn State1715.531
4.5
6
Northwestern1418.438
7.5
–
Iowa1220.375
9.5
–
Illinois1121.344
10.5
–
Indiana922.290
12
–

Tournament
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Minnesota6
3Michigan75Purdue1
6Penn State21Minnesota16
3Michigan3
2Ohio State4
4Michigan State53Michigan10
5Purdue6
1Minnesota27
2Ohio State33
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Michigan2
5Purdue42Ohio State14
2Ohio State82Ohio State6
6Penn State74Michigan State3
4Michigan State8

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGlen PerkinsMinnesota
PJay GagnerMinnesota
PJeffrey CarrollOhio State
CDerek KinnearOhio State
1BAndy HunterMinnesota
2BChris GetzMichigan
SSMatt FornasiereMinnesota
3BRonnie BourquinOhio State
OFRyan BashamMichigan State
OFSteve CarvattiOhio State
OFJacob HowellOhio State
DHBrandon RobertsMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Glen Perkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
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