1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1986
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Siebert Field
Minneapolis, MN
Champions Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (4th title)
MVP Tim McIntosh (Minnesota)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1985  1987»
1986 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
#28 Michigan x‡y 13 – 3   .813     42 – 17   .712
Purdue 9 – 7   .563     37 – 27   .578
Indiana 7 – 9   .438     43 – 17   .717
Michigan State 7 – 9   .438     28 – 26   .519
Ohio State 4 – 12   .250     21 – 27   .438
West
Minnesota x 10 – 5   .667     40 – 19   .678
Wisconsin 10 – 6   .625     35 – 22   .614
Northwestern 9 – 7   .563     39 – 14   .736
Illinois 8 – 8   .500     34 – 19   .642
Iowa 2 – 13   .133     29 – 27   .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1986 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. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Michigan 13 3 .813
–
1E
Purdue 9 7 .563
4
2E
Indiana 7 9 .438
6
–
Michigan State 7 9 .438
6
–
Ohio State 4 12 .250
9
–
West Division
Minnesota 10 5 .667
–
1W
Wisconsin 10 5 .667
–
2W
Northwestern 9 7 .563
1.5
–
Illinois 8 8 .500
2.5
–
Iowa 2 13 .133
8
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E  Michigan 12  
2W  Wisconsin 11  
  1E  Michigan 10  
  1W  Minnesota 7  
1W  Minnesota 16
2E  Purdue 4  
  1E  Michigan 9 —
  1W  Minnesota 5 —
2W  Wisconsin 14  
2E  Purdue 10  
  1W  Minnesota 13
  2W  Wisconsin 3  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Jim Abbott Michigan
P Greg Mau Minnesota
C Brad Barsness Wisconsin
1B Scott Cepicky Wisconsin
2B Steven Finken Michigan
SS Mark Hess Minnesota
3B Jeff Goergen Minnesota
OF Casey Close Michigan
OF Tim McIntosh Minnesota
OF Bob Shoulders Purdue
DH Jay Kvasnicka Minnesota
DH Eddy Woolwine Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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