1982 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1982 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Old Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 21 through 23. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

1982 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (1st title)
MVPTerry Steinbach/Jeff King (Minnesota/Ohio State)
1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Ohio State  x‍‍‍ 13 3 0   .813 45 14 0   .763
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 3 0   .813 44 10 0   .815
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 36 23 0   .610
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 25 29 0   .463
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 2 14 0   .125 25 28 0   .472
West
Illinois  x‍‍‍ 14 2 0   .875 49 23 0   .681
No. 26 Minnesota  ‍‍y 8 8 0   .500 33 22 1   .598
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7 9 0   .438 25 27 1   .481
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 23 28 0   .451
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 11 0   .313 31 23 0   .574
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1982[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 1982 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. Ohio State claimed the top seed from the East by winning the season series over Michigan. 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
Ohio State 13 3 .813
1E
Michigan 13 3 .813
2E
Purdue 6 10 .375
7
Michigan State 6 10 .375
7
Indiana 2 14 .083
11
West Division
Illinois 14 2 .875
1W
Minnesota 8 8 .500
6
2W
Northwestern 7 9 .438
7
Wisconsin 6 10 .375
8
Iowa 5 11 .313
9

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EOhio State5
2WMinnesota3
1EOhio State7
2EMichigan2
1WIllinois2
2EMichigan4
1EOhio State75
2WMinnesota87
Lower round 1Lower final
2EMichigan4
2WMinnesota82WMinnesota5
1WIllinois3

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Jeff Innis Illinois
P Bill Cunningham Ohio State
C Jeff King Ohio State
1B Tim Richardson Illinois
2B Gary Jost Minnesota
SS Bill Piwnica Minnesota
OF Jim Paciorek Michigan
OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota
OF John Orkis Ohio State
OF Kirk Dixon Ohio State
DH Tim Steinbach Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

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Terry Steinbach and Jeff King were named co-Most Outstanding Players. Steinbach was an outfielder for Minnesota while King was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.