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]

1999 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (6th title)
Winning coachGeoff Zahn (1st title)
MVPBobby Scales (Michigan)
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
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

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The 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
Ohio State 25 3 .893
1
Minnesota 21 7 .750
4
2
Illinois 15 12 .556
9.5
3
Michigan 15 13 .536
10
4
Indiana 14 14 .500
11
Penn State 12 15 .444
12.5
Michigan State 10 17 .370
13.5
Purdue 10 17 .370
13.5
Northwestern 10 18 .357
14
Iowa 6 22 .214
19

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State6
4Michigan8
4Michigan7
3Illinois6
2Minnesota9
3Illinois12
4Michigan
2Minnesota
Lower round 1Lower final
3Illinois3
1Ohio State12Minnesota9
2Minnesota10

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
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

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Bobby Scales was named Most Outstanding Player. Scales was a second baseman for Michigan.[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 – 1999". 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.