1984 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1984 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1984
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Siebert Field
Minneapolis, MN
Champions Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (3rd title)
MVP Kurt Zimmerman (Michigan)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1983  1985»
1984 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Michigan x‡y 11 – 5 – 0   .688     43 – 20 – 0   .683
Michigan State 8 – 7 – 0   .533     32 – 26 – 0   .552
Ohio State 8 – 8 – 0   .500     30 – 17 – 0   .638
Indiana 6 – 9 – 0   .400     44 – 20 – 0   .688
Purdue 6 – 10 – 0   .375     29 – 26 – 0   .527
West
Minnesota x 11 – 5 – 0   .688     31 – 20 – 0   .608
Northwestern 9 – 6 – 0   .600     44 – 18 – 1   .706
Iowa 7 – 8 – 0   .467     31 – 26 – 0   .544
Wisconsin 6 – 7 – 0   .462     0 – 0 – 0   –
Illinois 3 – 10 – 0   .231     22 – 32 – 0   .407
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 18 through 20. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1984 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. 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
Michigan 11 5 .688
–
1E
Michigan State 8 7 .533
2.5
2E
Ohio State 8 8 .500
3
–
Indiana 6 9 .400
4.5
–
Purdue 6 10 .375
5
–
West Division
Minnesota 11 5 .688
–
1W
Northwestern 9 6 .600
1.5
2W
Iowa 7 8 .467
3.5
–
Wisconsin 6 7 .464
3
–
Illinois 3 10 .231
6.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E  Michigan 13  
2W  Northwestern 1  
  1E  Michigan 6  
  1W  Minnesota 3  
1W  Minnesota 8
2E  Michigan State 7  
  1E  Michigan 2 8
  2W  Northwestern 6 3
2W  Northwestern 9  
2E  Michigan State 4  
  1W  Minnesota 2
  2W  Northwestern 10  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Scott Kamieniecki Michigan
P John Trautwein Northwestern
C Rich Blair Michigan
1B Ken Hayward Michigan
1B Mike Eddington Michigan State
2B Tom Hildebrand Northwestern
SS Barry Larkin Michigan
3B John Stewart Northwestern
OF Jeff Minick Michigan
OF Kurt Zimmerman Michigan
OF Mike Whitman Michigan State
DH Ed Tompa Northwestern
DH Tim McIntosh Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Kurt Zimmerman was named Most Outstanding Player. Zimmerman was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
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