1983 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1983 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1983
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Ray Fisher Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Champions Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (2nd title)
MVP Barry Larkin (Michigan)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1982  1984»
1983 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
#4 Michigan x‡y 13 – 2 – 0   .867     50 – 9 – 0   .847
Michigan State 8 – 6 – 0   .571     22 – 32 – 0   .407
Indiana 6 – 7 – 0   .462     26 – 21 – 0   .553
Purdue 5 – 11 – 0   .313     21 – 34 – 0   .382
Ohio State 3 – 9 – 0   .250     24 – 21 – 0   .533
West
Minnesota x 12 – 2 – 0   .857     27 – 21 – 0   .563
Iowa 7 – 7 – 0   .500     32 – 31 – 0   .508
Northwestern 6 – 9 – 0   .400     32 – 20 – 2   .611
Illinois 6 – 8 – 0   .429     23 – 24 – 2   .490
Wisconsin 6 – 10 – 0   .375     0 – 0 – 0   –
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1983[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1983 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 20 through 22. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1983 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 13 2 .867
–
1E
Michigan State 8 6 .571
4.5
2E
Indiana 6 7 .462
6
–
Purdue 5 11 .313
8.5
–
Ohio State 3 9 .250
8.5
–
West Division
Minnesota 12 2 .857
–
1W
Iowa 7 7 .500
5
2W
Northwestern 6 9 .400
6.5
–
Illinois 6 9 .400
6.5
–
Wisconsin 6 10 .375
7
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E  Michigan 1  
2W  Iowa 0  
  1E  Michigan 10  
  1W  Minnesota 9  
1W  Minnesota 14
2E  Michigan State 1  
  1E  Michigan 12 —
  2W  Iowa 3 —
2W  Iowa 6  
2E  Michigan State 2  
  1W  Minnesota 0
  2W  Iowa 2  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Paul Rieks Iowa
P Rich Stoll Michigan
1B Ken Hayward Michigan
2B Jeff Jacobson Michigan
SS Barry Larkin Michigan
OF Craig Conti Iowa
OF Tim Snowberger Iowa
OF Dale Sklar Michigan
OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota
DH Chuck Froning Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Barry Larkin was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop 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 -- 1983". 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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