1999 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1999 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium 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 eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Michigan (6th title) |
Winning coach | Geoff Zahn (1st title) |
MVP | Bobby Scales (Michigan) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Ohio State †y | 25 | – | 3 | .893 | 50 | – | 14 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota y | 21 | – | 7 | .750 | 46 | – | 18 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | 24 | – | 22 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan ‡y | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | 34 | – | 30 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 37 | – | 17 | .685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | 32 | – | 23 | .582 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | 28 | – | 25 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | 24 | – | 30 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | 24 | – | 29 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | 22 | – | 34 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
editThe 1999 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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Ohio State | 25 | 3 | .893 | – |
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Minnesota | 21 | 7 | .750 | 4 |
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Illinois | 15 | 12 | .556 | 9.5 |
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Michigan | 15 | 13 | .536 | 10 |
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Indiana | 14 | 14 | .500 | 11 |
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Penn State | 12 | 15 | .444 | 12.5 |
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Michigan State | 10 | 17 | .370 | 13.5 |
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Purdue | 10 | 17 | .370 | 13.5 |
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Northwestern | 10 | 18 | .357 | 14 |
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Iowa | 6 | 22 | .214 | 19 |
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Tournament
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 6 | |||||||||||
4 | Michigan | 8 | |||||||||||
4 | Michigan | 7 | |||||||||||
3 | Illinois | 6 | |||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 9 | |||||||||||
3 | Illinois | 12 | |||||||||||
4 | Michigan | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
3 | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 1 | 2 | Minnesota | 9 | ||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 10 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | J. J. Putz | Michigan |
P | Chad Clarey | Minnesota |
P | Kelly Werner | Minnesota |
C | Josh Holthaus | Minnesota |
1B | Robb Quinlan | Minnesota |
2B | Bobby Scales | Michigan |
SS | Jon Anderson | Illinois |
3B | Mike Cervenak | Michigan |
OF | Jason Alcaraz | Michigan |
OF | Brian Bush | Michigan |
OF | Jason Kennedy | Minnesota |
DH | Aron Amundson | Minnesota |
Most Outstanding Player
editBobby Scales was named Most Outstanding Player. Scales was a second baseman for Michigan.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.