1984 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1984 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (3rd title)
MVP Kurt Zimmerman Michigan
1984 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 11–5–0 .688  43–20–0 .683
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8–7–0 .533  32–26–0 .552
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8–8–0 .500  30–17–0 .638
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6–9–0 .400  44–20–0 .688
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6–10–0 .375  29–26–0 .527
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 11–5–0 .688  31–20–0 .608
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–6–0 .600  44–18–1 .706
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7–8–0 .467  31–26–0 .544
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6–7–0 .462  0–0–0 –
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 3–10–0 .231  22–32–0 .407
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 18 through 20. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1984 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.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan115.688
–
1E
Michigan State87.533
2.5
2E
Ohio State88.500
3
–
Indiana69.400
4.5
–
Purdue610.375
5
–
West Division
Minnesota115.688
–
1W
Northwestern96.600
1.5
2W
Iowa78.467
3.5
–
Wisconsin67.464
3
–
Illinois310.231
6.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E Michigan 13  
2W Northwestern 1  
  1E Michigan 6  
  1W Minnesota 3  
1W Minnesota 8
2E Michigan State 7  
  1E Michigan 2 8
  2W Northwestern 6 3
2W Northwestern 9  
2E Michigan State 4  
  1W Minnesota 2
  2W Northwestern 10  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PScott KamienieckiMichigan
PJohn TrautweinNorthwestern
CRich BlairMichigan
1BKen HaywardMichigan
1BMike EddingtonMichigan State
2BTom HildebrandNorthwestern
SSBarry LarkinMichigan
3BJohn StewartNorthwestern
OFJeff MinickMichigan
OFKurt ZimmermanMichigan
OFMike WhitmanMichigan State
DHEd TompaNorthwestern
DHTim McIntoshMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Kurt Zimmerman was named Most Outstanding Player. Zimmerman was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
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