1982 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1982 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1982
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Illinois Field (1884)
Champaign, IL
Champions Minnesota (1st title)
Winning coach John Anderson (1st title)
MVP Terry Steinbach/Jeff King (Minnesota/Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1981  1983»
1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Ohio State x 13 – 3 – 0   .813     45 – 14 – 0   .763
Michigan 13 – 3 – 0   .813     44 – 10 – 0   .815
Purdue 6 – 10 – 0   .375     36 – 23 – 0   .610
Michigan State 6 – 10 – 0   .375     25 – 29 – 0   .463
Indiana 2 – 14 – 0   .125     25 – 28 – 0   .472
West
Illinois x 14 – 2 – 0   .875     49 – 23 – 0   .681
#26 Minnesota ‡y 8 – 8 – 0   .500     33 – 22 – 1   .598
Northwestern 7 – 9 – 0   .438     25 – 27 – 1   .481
Wisconsin 6 – 10 – 0   .375     0 – 0 – 0   –
Iowa 5 – 11 – 0   .313     31 – 23 – 0   .574
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1982[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1982 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Old Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois from May 21 through 23. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1982 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. Ohio State claimed the top seed from the East by winning the season series over Michigan. 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
Ohio State 13 3 .813
–
1E
Michigan 13 3 .813
–
2E
Purdue 6 10 .375
7
–
Michigan State 6 10 .375
7
–
Indiana 2 14 .083
11
–
West Division
Illinois 14 2 .875
–
1W
Minnesota 8 8 .500
6
2W
Northwestern 7 9 .438
7
–
Wisconsin 6 10 .375
8
–
Iowa 5 11 .313
9
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E  Ohio State 5  
2W  Minnesota 3  
  1E  Ohio State 7  
  2E  Michigan 2  
1W  Illinois 2
2E  Michigan 4  
  1E  Ohio State 7 5
  2W  Minnesota 8 7
2W  Minnesota 8  
1W  Illinois 3  
  2E  Michigan 4
  2W  Minnesota 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Jeff Innis Illinois
P Bill Cunningham Ohio State
C Jeff King Ohio State
1B Tim Richardson Illinois
2B Gary Jost Minnesota
SS Bill Piwnica Minnesota
OF Jim Paciorek Michigan
OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota
OF Jeff Orkis Ohio State
OF Kirk Dixon Ohio State
DH Tim Steinbach Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Terry Steinbach and Jeff King were named co-Most Outstanding Players. Steinbach was an outfielder for Minnesota while King was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
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