2004 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2004 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota (8th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (8th title)
MVP Glen Perkins Minnesota
2004 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‡‍y 21–21 .500  38–23 .623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 19–12 .613  36–25 .590
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19–13 .594  34–26 .567
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 19–13 .594  33–26 .559
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17–14 .548  29–28 .509
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 17–15 .531  28–29 .491
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14–18 .438  26–28 .481
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12–20 .375  20–35 .364
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–21 .344  22–33 .400
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9–22 .290  25–30 .455
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2004 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota2110.677
–
1
Ohio State1912.613
2
2
Michigan1913.594
2.5
3
Michigan State1913.594
2.5
4
Purdue1714.548
4
5
Penn State1715.531
4.5
6
Northwestern1418.438
7.5
–
Iowa1220.375
9.5
–
Illinois1121.344
10.5
–
Indiana922.290
12
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Michigan 7     1 Minnesota 6  
  6 Penn State 2     5 Purdue 1    
      1 Minnesota 16              
      3 Michigan 3              
  4 Michigan State 5     2 Ohio State 4          
  5 Purdue 6     3 Michigan 10        
        1 Minnesota 2 7
Loser's Bracket       2 Ohio State 3 3
  6 Penn State 7        
  4 Michigan State 8          
      2 Ohio State 8        
      4 Michigan State 3          
            5 Purdue 4              
          2 Ohio State 6              
      3 Michigan 2    
    2 Ohio State 14  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGlen PerkinsMinnesota
PJay GagnerMinnesota
PJeffrey CarrollOhio State
CDerek KinnearOhio State
1BAndy HunterMinnesota
2BChris GetzMichigan
SSMatt FornasiereMinnesota
3BRonnie BourquinOhio State
OFRyan BashamMichigan State
OFSteve CarvattiOhio State
OFJacob HowellOhio State
DHBrandon RobertsMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Glen Perkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2004". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 6, 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 April 6, 2013.
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