1994 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1994 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1994
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site C. O. Brown Stadium
Battle Creek, MI
Champions Ohio State (2nd title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (2nd title)
MVP Mike Repasky (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1993  1995»
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#11 Ohio State †‡y 25 – 2   .926     49 – 9   .845
#28 Minnesota y 21 – 7   .750     42 – 21   .667
Michigan 13 – 15   .464     29 – 29   .500
Michigan State 13 – 15   .464     26 – 29   .473
Iowa 13 – 15   .464     22 – 32   .407
Penn State 12 – 15   .444     25 – 24   .510
Indiana 12 – 16   .429     33 – 23   .589
Illinois 12 – 16   .429     26 – 26   .500
Northwestern 10 – 18   .357     34 – 22   .607
Purdue 8 – 20   .286     16 – 39   .291
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1994[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1994 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1994 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan and Michigan State claimed the third and fourth seeds, respectively, by tiebreakers.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 25 2 .926
–
1
Minnesota 21 7 .750
4.5
2
Michigan 13 15 .464
12.5
3
Michigan State 13 15 .464
12.5
4
Iowa 13 15 .464
12.5
–
Penn State 12 15 .444
13
–
Indiana 12 16 .429
13.5
–
Illinois 12 16 .429
13.5
–
Northwestern 10 18 .357
15.5
–
Purdue 8 20 .286
17.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Ohio State 12  
4  Michigan State 5  
  1  Ohio State 6  
  2  Minnesota 5  
2  Minnesota 8
3  Michigan 1  
  1  Ohio State 3* 9
  3  Michigan 4 7
4  Michigan State 1  
3  Michigan 5  
  2  Minnesota 2
  3  Michigan 4  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Ron Hollis Michigan
P Heath Murray Michigan
1B Jonathan Sweet Ohio State
2B Mark Merila Minnesota
SS Dave Veres Michigan State
3B Mike Estep Ohio State
OF Brian Simmons Michigan
OF Charlie Nelson Minnesota
OF Mark Repasky Ohio State
DH Scott Weaver Michigan
DH Brian Mannino Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Repasky was named Most Outstanding Player. Repasky was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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