1985 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1985 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1985
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Ray Fisher Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Champions Minnesota (2nd title)
Winning coach John Anderson (2nd title)
MVP John Beckman (Minnesota)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1984  1986»
1985 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Michigan xy 14 – 2   .875     55 – 10   .846
Ohio State 8 – 8   .500     29 – 24   .547
Purdue 8 – 8   .500     33 – 25   .569
Indiana 8 – 8   .500     57 – 19   .750
Michigan State 2 – 14   .125     22 – 35   .386
West
Illinois x 12 – 4   .750     46 – 21   .687
Minnesota ‡y 9 – 7   .563     33 – 23   .589
Iowa 9 – 7   .563     40 – 20   .667
Northwestern 7 – 9   .438     40 – 18   .690
Wisconsin 3 – 13   .188     –   –
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 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 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1985 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. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Michigan 14 2 .875
–
1E
Ohio State 8 8 .500
6
2E
Purdue 8 8 .500
6
–
Indiana 8 8 .500
6
–
Michigan State 2 14 .125
12
–
West Division
Illinois 12 4 .750
–
1W
Minnesota 9 7 .563
3
2W
Iowa 9 7 .563
3
–
Northwestern 7 9 .438
5
–
Wisconsin 3 13 .188
9
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E  Michigan 10  
2W  Minnesota 11  
  2W  Minnesota 8  
  2E  Ohio State 5  
1W  Illinois 2
2E  Ohio State 3  
  2W  Minnesota 5 —
  2E  Ohio State 3 —
1E  Michigan 11*  
1W  Illinois 10*  
  2E  Ohio State 3
  1E  Michigan 1  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Mike Clarkin Minnesota
P Bill Cunningham Ohio State
C Greg Ivarone Illinois
1B Alex Bauer Minnesota
2B C. J. Beshke Michigan
SS Barry Larkin Michigan
3B Mike Pherson Minnesota
OF John Beckman Minnesota
OF Jim Orsag Illinois
OF Pat Pohl Minnesota
DH Ken Hayward Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Jon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
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