1998 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota (6th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (6th title)
MVP Mark Groebner Minnesota
1998 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Illinois  ‍†‍‍y 19–5 .792  39–19 .672
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 19–9 .679  43–13 .768
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  36–16 .692
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .577  28–24 .538
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14–14 .500  29–27 .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  19–27 .413
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  21–27 .438
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .357  27–26 .509
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  23–29 .442
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  25–27 .481
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1998 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Illinois195.792
–
1
Minnesota199.679
2
2
Ohio State189.667
2.5
3
Penn State1511.577
5
4
Indiana1414.500
7
–
Michigan915.375
10
–
Iowa915.375
10
–
Northwestern1018.357
11
–
Michigan State816.333
11
–
Purdue918.333
11.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Illinois 2  
4 Penn State 5  
  4 Penn State 5  
  2 Minnesota 14  
2 Minnesota 10
3 Ohio State 3  
  2 Minnesota 9 —
  1 Illinois 8 —
1 Illinois 9  
3 Ohio State 8  
  4 Penn State 5
  1 Illinois 11  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBen BirkMinnesota
PNate BumpPenn State
CJeremy MegenMinnesota
1BRobb QuinlanMinnesota
2BD. J. SvihlikIllinois
SSRick BrosseauMinnesota
3BCraig MarquieIllinois
OFDanny RhodesIllinois
OFDan O'NeillIllinois
OFMark GroebnerMinnesota
DHAdam HortonMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Mark Groebner was named Most Outstanding Player. Groebner was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.
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