1981 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1981 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1981
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Ray Fisher Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Champions Michigan (1st title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (1st title)
MVP Gerry Hool (Michigan)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
  1982»
1981 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Michigan xy 10 4   .714     41 20   .672
Purdue 8 6   .571     34 30   .531
Ohio State 7 9   .438     34 18   .654
Michigan State 6 8   .429     23 28   .451
Indiana 5 9   .357     23 25   .479
West
Minnesota x 13 3   .813     37 16   .698
Illinois 11 3   .786     35 26   .574
Iowa 8 6   .571     44 21   .677
Wisconsin 3 13   .188      
Northwestern 3 13   .188     17 33   .340
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1981[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 15 through 17. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the first such event sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won the first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1981 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Michigan 10 4 .714
1E
Purdue 8 6 .567
2
2E
Ohio State 7 9 .438
4
Michigan State 6 8 .429
4
Indiana 5 9 .367
5
West Division
Minnesota 13 3 .813
1W
Illinois 11 3 .786
1
2W
Iowa 8 6 .571
4
Wisconsin 3 13 .188
10
Northwestern 3 13 .188
10

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E  Michigan 4  
2W  Illinois 3  
  1E  Michigan 7  
  2E  Purdue 6  
1W  Minnesota 0
2E  Purdue 9  
  1E  Michigan 10
  2E  Minnesota 6
2W  Illinois 0  
1W  Minnesota 2  
  2E  Purdue 3
  1W  Minnesota 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Steve Ontiveros Michigan
P Bob Hallas Purdue
C Gerry Hool Michigan
1B Greg Beno Purdue
2B Mike Ledna Purdue
3B Chris Sabo Michigan
SS Bill Piwnica Minnesota
OF Jim Paciorek Michigan
OF Greg Schulte Michigan
OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota
DH John Young Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1981". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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