1989 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1989 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Illinois (1st title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido (1st title)
MVP Rich Capparelli Illinois
1989 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#12 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 21–6 .778  49–16 .754
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17–11 .607  37–20 .649
#24 Illinois  ‍‍‡‍y 17–11 .607  42–16 .724
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .571  34–27 .557
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  31–22 .585
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .536  26–30 .464
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13–15 .464  25–26 .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .393  34–25 .576
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .321  22–37 .373
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5–23 .179  34–26 .567
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1989[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 19 through 20. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the ninth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Illinois was the first team other than Michigan and Minnesota to win the event.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1989 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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan216.778
–
1
Iowa1711.607
4.5
2
Illinois1711.607
4.5
3
Ohio State1612.571
5.5
4
Minnesota1512.556
6
–
Northwestern1513.536
6.5
–
Michigan State1315.464
7.5
–
Purdue1117.393
10.5
–
Wisconsin919.321
12.5
–
Indiana523.179
16.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Michigan 7  
4 Ohio State 1  
  1 Michigan 1  
  3 Illinois 7  
2 Iowa 7
3 Illinois 8  
  3 Illinois 2 —
  1 Michigan 0 —
4 Ohio State 4  
2 Iowa 2  
  1 Michigan 6
  4 Ohio State 0  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PRich CapparelliIllinois
PRussell BrockMichigan
CMark DalesandroIllinois
1BTom EitermanOhio State
2BWil ParsonsIllinois
SSBob ChristensenIllinois
OFDon CuchranIllinois
OFSean MulliganIllinois
OFJim DurhamMichigan
DHKourtney ThompsonMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Rich Capparelli was named Most Outstanding Player. Capparelli was a pitcher for Illinois.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1989". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 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 16, 2013.
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