1988 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1988 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 19 through 21. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota (3rd title) |
Winning coach | John Anderson (3rd title) |
MVP | Vince Palyan (Minnesota) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Michigan †y | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | 48 | – | 19 | .716 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota ‡y | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | 38 | – | 28 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | 41 | – | 20 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | 32 | – | 28 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | 28 | – | 27 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 29 | – | 25 | .537 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | 26 | – | 20 | .565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 39 | – | 29 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 28 | – | 28 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | 26 | – | 34 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
editThe 1988 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 |
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Michigan | 20 | 8 | .714 | – |
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Minnesota | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3 |
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Michigan State | 16 | 12 | .571 | 4 |
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Ohio State | 16 | 12 | .571 | 4 |
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Wisconsin | 15 | 13 | .536 | 5 |
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Iowa | 14 | 14 | .500 | 6 |
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Illinois | 12 | 16 | .429 | 8 |
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Indiana | 11 | 17 | .393 | 6 |
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Northwestern | 11 | 17 | .393 | 6 |
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Purdue | 8 | 20 | .286 | 12 |
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Tournament
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 10 | ||||||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 17 | 5 | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 2 | 3 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 6 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Todd Krumm | Michigan State |
P | Jim Abbott | Michigan |
C | Dan Wilson | Minnesota |
1B | Paul Weinberg | Minnesota |
2B | Scott Meadows | Ohio State |
SS | Kevin Dalson | Michigan State |
3B | Jeff Goergen | Minnesota |
OF | Mike Davidson | Michigan State |
OF | J. T. Bruett | Minnesota |
OF | Vince Palyan | Minnesota |
Most Outstanding Player
editVince Palyan was named Most Outstanding Player. Palyan was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ 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 16, 2013.