1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1992 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota (4th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (4th title)
MVP Scott Bakkum Minnesota
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#19 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 20–8 .714  40–21 .656
#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

The 1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of The 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]

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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State208.714
–
1
Minnesota1810.643
2
2
Michigan State1711.607
3
3
Illinois1612.571
4
4
Indiana1414.500
6
–
Purdue1315.464
7
–
Iowa1216.429
8
–
Penn State1117.393
9
–
Michigan1117.393
9
–
Northwestern820.286
12
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Ohio State 5  
4 Illinois 10  
  4 Illinois 3*  
  2 Minnesota 4*  
2 Minnesota 5
3 Michigan State 0  
  2 Minnesota 11 —
  3 Michigan State 5 —
1 Ohio State 5  
3 Michigan State 10  
  4 Illinois 2
  3 Michigan State 4  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PKeith TorianiIllinois
PScott BakkumMinnesota
CDarren GrassMinnesota
1BGeorge BehrMinnesota
SSAndy SmallIllinois
3BAlex GaginMichigan State
OFLarry SuttonIllinois
OFSteve MoneyMichigan State
OFKeith KrenkeMinnesota
DHAdam SobocienskiMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Scott Bakkum was named Most Outstanding Player. Bakkum was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1992". 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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