1988 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

1988 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1988
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Muzzy Field
Bristol, CT
Champions St. John's (3rd title)
Winning coach Joe Russo (3rd title)
MVP Mike Weinberg (St. John's)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1987  1989»
1988 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Providence x 12 – 6 – 0   .667     22 – 29 – 0   .431
St. John's ‡y 9 – 9 – 0   .500     29 – 21 – 1   .578
Boston College 8 – 10 – 0   .444     15 – 16 – 0   .484
Connecticut 7 – 11 – 0   .389     24 – 18 – 0   .571
South Division
Villanova x 16 – 2 – 0   .889     32 – 22 – 0   .593
Seton Hall 12 – 6 – 0   .667     39 – 16 – 0   .709
Georgetown 4 – 13 – 0   .235     12 – 31 – 0   .279
Pittsburgh 3 – 14 – 0   .176     9 – 20 – 0   .310
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1988 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the fourth Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the St. John's Redmen. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the Redmen's third tournament championship in the first four.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1988 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.[3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
North Division
Providence 12 6 .667
–
1N
St. John's 9 9 .500
3
2N
Boston College 8 10 .444
4
–
Connecticut 7 11 .389
5
–
South Division
Villanova 16 2 .889
–
1S
Seton Hall 12 6 .667
4
2S
Georgetown 4 13 .235
11.5
–
Pittsburgh 3 14 .176
12.5
–

Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1N  Providence 2  
2S  Seton Hall 10  
  2S  Seton Hall 2  
  1S  Villanova 8  
1S  Villanova 7
2N  St. John's 1  
  1S  Villanova 6 5
  2N  St. John's 8 5
1N  Providence 6  
2N  St. John's 14  
  2S  Seton Hall 2
  2N  St. John's 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

Position Player School
1B Rick Petrone Villanova
2B Wally Heckel St. John's
3B Gary Scott Villanova
SS Kerry Cahill St. John's
C Brian McNamee St. John's
OF Robert Lambraia St. John's
OF Dana Brown Seton Hall
OF Mike Weinberg St. John's
DH Tom Dobson St. John's
P Tom Singer St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Mike Weinberg was the winner of the 1988 Jack Kaiser Award. Weinberg was an outfielder for St. John's.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 62. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1988". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 62–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.