1999 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1999 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Michigan (6th title)
Winning coach Geoff Zahn (1st title)
MVP Bobby Scales Michigan
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#11 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 25–3 .893  50–14 .781
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 21–7 .750  46–18 .719
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  24–22 .522
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 15–13 .536  34–30 .531
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14–14 .500  37–17 .685
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  32–23 .582
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10–17 .370  28–25 .528
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 10–17 .370  24–30 .444
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .357  24–29 .453
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 6–22 .214  22–34 .393
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium 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 eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1999 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State253.893
–
1
Minnesota217.750
4
2
Illinois1512.556
9.5
3
Michigan1513.536
10
4
Indiana1414.500
11
–
Penn State1215.444
12.5
–
Michigan State1017.370
13.5
–
Purdue1017.370
13.5
–
Northwestern1018.357
14
–
Iowa622.214
19
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Ohio State 6  
4 Michigan 8  
  4 Michigan 7  
  3 Illinois 6  
2 Minnesota 9
3 Illinois 12  
  4 Michigan 10 12
  2 Minnesota 13 11
1 Ohio State 1  
2 Minnesota 10  
  3 Illinois 3
  2 Minnesota 9  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJ. J. PutzMichigan
PChad ClareyMinnesota
PKelly WernerMinnesota
CJosh HolthausMinnesota
1BRobb QuinlanMinnesota
2BBobby ScalesMichigan
SSJon AndersonIllinois
3BMike CervenakMichigan
OFJason AlcarazMichigan
OFBrian BushMichigan
OFJason KennedyMinnesota
DHAron AmundsonMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Bobby Scales was named Most Outstanding Player. Scales was a second baseman for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1999". 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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