1993 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1993 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the thirteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. The title game was rained out, and Minnesota was declared champion by virtue of their 2–0 record through the first two rounds while Ohio State held a 2–1 record. The Gophers claimed their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also the first time the tournament was held outside the home venue of a conference member.[3]

1993 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (5th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (5th title)
MVPMatt Beaumont (Ohio State)
1993 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 19 9   .679 44 19   .698
Minnesota  ‍‍y 17 9   .654 43 18   .705
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 16 12   .571 36 22   .621
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 38 21   .644
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 27 27   .500
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 13   .500 32 20   .615
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 25 30   .455
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 31 23   .574
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 32 23   .582
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 23   .179 15 28   .349
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding edit

The 1993 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 19 9 .679
1
Minnesota 17 9 .654
1
2
Purdue 16 12 .571
3
3
Indiana 15 12 .556
3.5
4
Northwestern 15 13 .536
4
Iowa 13 13 .500
5
Michigan 13 14 .481
5.5
Michigan State 12 16 .429
7
Illinois 12 16 .429
7
Penn State 5 23 .179
14

Tournament edit

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State310
4Indiana2
1Ohio State2
2Minnesota11
2Minnesota8
3Purdue3
2Minnesota6[a]
1Ohio State710
Lower round 1Lower final
1Ohio State15
4Indiana114Indiana3
3Purdue9
  1. ^ Game 7 was rained out. Minnesota declared champion due to their 2–0 record through the first two rounds.

All-Tournament Team edit

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

Pos Name School
P Andy Hammerschmidt Minnesota
P Matt Beaumont Ohio State
C Darren Grass Minnesota
1B Jonathan Sweet Ohio State
2B Brad Young Ohio State
SS Bob Mobilla Minnesota
OF Ryan Lefebvre Minnesota
OF Charlie Nelson Minnesota
OF Mark Repasky Ohio State
DH Brian Mannino Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player edit

Matt Beaumont was named Most Outstanding Player. Beaumont was a pitcher for Ohio State.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1993". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 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 20, 2013.