1995 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1995 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of 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]

1995 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (3rd title)
Winning coachBob Todd (3rd title)
MVPShane Gunderson/Scott Kaczmar (
Minnesota/Ohio State)
1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 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

Format and seeding

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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

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State2
4Purdue3
4Purdue3
2Minnesota26
2Minnesota9
3Northwestern8
2Minnesota
1Ohio State
Lower round 1Lower final
4Purdue3
1Ohio State161Ohio State8
3Northwestern15

All-Tournament Team

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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

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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

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  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. ^ 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 23, 2013.