1998 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Illinois Field
Champaign, IL
Champions Minnesota (6th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (6th title)
MVP Mark Groebner (Minnesota)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1997  1999»
1998 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Illinois †y 5 – 39   .114     19 –   1.000
Minnesota ‡y 19 – 9   .679     43 – 13   .768
Ohio State 18 – 9   .667     36 – 16   .692
Penn State 15 – 11   .577     28 – 24   .538
Indiana 14 – 14   .500     29 – 27   .518
Iowa 9 – 15   .375     19 – 27   .413
Michigan 9 – 15   .375     21 – 27   .438
Northwestern 10 – 18   .357     27 – 26   .509
Purdue 9 – 18   .333     23 – 29   .442
Michigan State 8 – 16   .333     25 – 27   .481
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1998 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
Illinois 19 5 .792
–
1
Minnesota 19 9 .679
2
2
Ohio State 18 9 .667
2.5
3
Penn State 15 11 .577
5
4
Indiana 14 14 .500
7
–
Michigan 9 15 .375
10
–
Iowa 9 15 .375
10
–
Northwestern 10 18 .357
11
–
Michigan State 8 16 .333
11
–
Purdue 9 18 .333
11.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Illinois 2  
4  Penn State 5  
  4  Penn State 5  
  2  Minnesota 14  
2  Minnesota 10
3  Ohio State 3  
  2  Minnesota 9 —
  1  Illinois 8 —
1  Illinois 9  
3  Ohio State 8  
  4  Penn State 5
  1  Illinois 11  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Ben Birk Minnesota
P Nate Bump Penn State
C Jeremy Megen Minnesota
1B Robb Quinlan Minnesota
2B D. J. Svihlik Illinois
SS Rick Brosseau Minnesota
3B Craig Marquie Illinois
OF Danny Rhodes Illinois
OF Dan O'Neill Illinois
OF Mark Groebner Minnesota
DH Adam Horton Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Mark Groebner was named Most Outstanding Player. Groebner was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". 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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