1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1992 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1992
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Trautman Field
Columbus, OH
Champions Minnesota (4th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (4th title)
MVP Scott Bakkum (Minnesota)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1991  1993»
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#19 Ohio State y 20 8   .714     40 21   .656
#25 Minnesota y 18 10   .643     42 21   .667
Michigan State 17 11   .607     36 19   .655
Illinois 16 12   .571     36 20   .643
Indiana 14 14   .500     35 20   .636
Purdue 13 15   .464     30 25   .545
Iowa 12 16   .429     26 28   .481
Penn State 11 17   .393     24 24   .500
Michigan 11 17   .393     21 32   .396
Northwestern 8 20   .286     18 38   .321
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 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 twelfth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[1]

Format and seeding

The 1992 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois.[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 20 8 .714
1
Minnesota 18 10 .643
2
2
Michigan State 17 11 .607
3
3
Illinois 16 12 .571
4
4
Indiana 14 14 .500
6
Purdue 13 15 .464
7
Iowa 12 16 .429
8
Penn State 11 17 .393
9
Michigan 11 17 .393
9
Northwestern 8 20 .286
12

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Ohio State 5  
4  Illinois 10  
  4  Illinois 3*  
  2  Minnesota 4*  
2  Minnesota 5
3  Michigan State 0  
  2  Minnesota 11
  3  Michigan State 5
1  Ohio State 5  
3  Michigan State 10  
  4  Illinois 2
  3  Michigan State 4  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Keith Toriani Illinois
P Scott Bakkum Minnesota
C Darren Grass Minnesota
1B George Behr Minnesota
SS Andy Small Illinois
3B Alex Gagin Michigan State
OF Larry Sutton Illinois
OF Steve Money Michigan State
OF Keith Krenke Minnesota
DH Adam Sobocienski Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Scott Bakkum was named Most Outstanding Player. Bakkum was a pitcher for Minnesota.[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 -- 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.