1995 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1995 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1995
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Trautman Field
Columbus, OH
Champions Ohio State (3rd title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (3rd title)
MVP Shane Gunderson/Scott Kaczmar (
Minnesota/Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1994  1996»
1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#26 Ohio State †‡y 18 – 10   .643     40 – 23   .635
Minnesota 16 – 12   .571     31 – 27   .534
Northwestern 15 – 13   .536     36 – 19   .655
Purdue 15 – 13   .536     28 – 29   .491
Penn State 13 – 13   .500     25 – 29   .463
Illinois 14 – 14   .500     25 – 31   .446
Iowa 13 – 15   .464     29 – 24   .547
Indiana 12 – 16   .429     33 – 23   .589
Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     24 – 27   .471
Michigan 10 – 16   .385     24 – 29   .453
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1995 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 fifteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1995 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 18 10 .643
–
1
Minnesota 16 12 .571
2
2
Northwestern 15 13 .536
3
3
Purdue 15 13 .536
3
4
Penn State 13 13 .500
4
–
Illinois 14 14 .500
4
–
Iowa 13 15 .464
5
–
Indiana 12 16 .429
6
–
Michigan State 12 16 .429
6
–
Michigan 10 16 .385
8
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Ohio State 2  
4  Purdue 3  
  4  Purdue 3  
  2  Minnesota 26  
2  Minnesota 9
3  Northwestern 8  
  2  Minnesota 13 6
  1  Ohio State 19 11
1  Ohio State 16  
3  Northwestern 15  
  4  Purdue 3
  1  Ohio State 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Bob Spears Ohio State
P Mike Headman Purdue
C Shane Gunderson Minnesota
1B Rob Smith Minnesota
2B Mark Carek Ohio State
SS Chris Williams Ohio State
3B Mike Estep Ohio State
OF Wes Denning Minnesota
OF Shane McCarthy Minnesota
OF Scott Kaczmar Ohio State
DH Jake Suffian Northwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Gunderson and Scott Kaczmar were named co-Most Outstanding Player. Gunderson was a catcher for Minnesota, while Kaczmar was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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