1991 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1991 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1991
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Trautman Field
Columbus, OH
Champions Ohio State (1st title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (1st title)
MVP Keith Klodnick (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1990  1992»
1991 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#21 Ohio State †‡y 20 – 8   .714     53 – 13   .803
Minnesota y 18 – 10   .643     37 – 27   .578
Indiana 15 – 12   .556     38 – 23   .623
Northwestern 15 – 12   .556     27 – 28   .491
Michigan 15 – 13   .536     34 – 23   .596
Purdue 14 – 14   .500     35 – 21   .625
Illinois 13 – 15   .464     26 – 30   .464
Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     28 – 25   .528
Iowa 11 – 17   .393     26 – 28   .481
Wisconsin 6 – 22   .214     16 – 36   .308
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1991[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 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 eleventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[1]

Format and seeding

The 1991 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Indiana claimed the third seed and Northwestern earned the fourth seed by tiebreakers over Michigan.[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 20 8 .714
–
1
Minnesota 18 10 .643
2
2
Indiana 15 12 .554
4.5
3
Northwestern 15 12 .554
4.5
4
Michigan 15 13 .554
4.5
–
Purdue 14 14 .500
6
–
Illinois 13 15 .464
7
–
Michigan State 12 16 .429
8
–
Iowa 11 17 .393
9
–
Wisconsin 6 22 .214
14
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Ohio State 10  
4  Northwestern 9  
  1  Ohio State 15  
  2  Minnesota 5  
2  Minnesota 15
3  Indiana 11  
  1  Ohio State 3 —
  2  Minnesota 2 —
4  Northwestern 10  
3  Indiana 6  
  3  Minnesota 7
  4  Northwestern 5  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Pos Name School
P Tim Smith Ohio State
P Tom Schwarber Ohio State
C Joe Perona Northwestern
1B Jeff Monson Minnesota
2B Jeff Anderson Ohio State
SS Brent Gates Minnesota
3B Jamie Taylor Ohio State
OF Jeff Kopfer Minnesota
OF Darren Schwankl Minnesota
OF Mike Stein Northwestern
OF Keith Klodnick Ohio State
DH Tom Sandt Northwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Keith Klodnick was named Most Outstanding Player. Klodnick was an outfielder for Ohio State.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1991". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.