2004 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2004 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2004 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (8th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (8th title)
MVPGlen Perkins (Minnesota)
2004 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Minnesota  ‍y 21 21   .500 38 23   .623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 19 12   .613 36 25   .590
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19 13   .594 34 26   .567
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 19 13   .594 33 26   .559
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17 14   .548 29 28   .509
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 17 15   .531 28 29   .491
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14 18   .438 26 28   .481
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 20   .375 20 35   .364
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 21   .344 22 33   .400
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9 22   .290 25 30   .455
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2004 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Minnesota 21 10 .677
1
Ohio State 19 12 .613
2
2
Michigan 19 13 .594
2.5
3
Michigan State 19 13 .594
2.5
4
Purdue 17 14 .548
4
5
Penn State 17 15 .531
4.5
6
Northwestern 14 18 .438
7.5
Iowa 12 20 .375
9.5
Illinois 11 21 .344
10.5
Indiana 9 22 .290
12

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Minnesota6
3Michigan75Purdue1
6Penn State21Minnesota16
3Michigan3
2Ohio State4
4Michigan State53Michigan10
5Purdue6
1Minnesota27
2Ohio State33
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Michigan2
5Purdue42Ohio State14
2Ohio State82Ohio State6
6Penn State74Michigan State3
4Michigan State8

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Glen Perkins Minnesota
P Jay Gagner Minnesota
P Jeffrey Carroll Ohio State
C Derek Kinnear Ohio State
1B Andy Hunter Minnesota
2B Chris Getz Michigan
SS Matt Fornasiere Minnesota
3B Ronnie Bourquin Ohio State
OF Ryan Basham Michigan State
OF Steve Carvatti Ohio State
OF Jacob Howell Ohio State
DH Brandon Roberts Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

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Glen Perkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 6, 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 April 6, 2013.