1985 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1985 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota (2nd title)
Winning coach John Anderson (2nd title)
MVP John Beckman Minnesota
1985 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‍y 14–2 .875  55–10 .846
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .500  29–24 .547
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .500  33–25 .569
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .500  57–19 .750
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 2–14 .125  22–35 .386
West
Illinois  x‍‍‍ 12–4 .750  46–21 .687
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 9–7 .563  33–23 .589
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–7 .563  40–20 .667
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438  40–18 .690
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3–13 .188  – –
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 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 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1985 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. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan142.875
–
1E
Ohio State88.500
6
2E
Purdue88.500
6
–
Indiana88.500
6
–
Michigan State214.125
12
–
West Division
Illinois124.750
–
1W
Minnesota97.563
3
2W
Iowa97.563
3
–
Northwestern79.438
5
–
Wisconsin313.188
9
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E Michigan 10  
2W Minnesota 11  
  2W Minnesota 8  
  2E Ohio State 5  
1W Illinois 2
2E Ohio State 3  
  2W Minnesota 5 —
  2E Ohio State 3 —
1E Michigan 11*  
1W Illinois 10*  
  2E Ohio State 3
  1E Michigan 1  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PMike ClarkinMinnesota
PBill CunninghamOhio State
CGreg IvaroneIllinois
1BAlex BauerMinnesota
2BC. J. BeshkeMichigan
SSBarry LarkinMichigan
3BMike PhersonMinnesota
OFJohn BeckmanMinnesota
OFJim OrsagIllinois
OFPat PohlMinnesota
DHKen HaywardMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Jon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 9, 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 9, 2013.
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