1999 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1999 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1999
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Bill Davis Stadium
Columbus, OH
Champions Michigan (6th title)
Winning coach Geoff Zahn (1st title)
MVP Bobby Scales (Michigan)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1998  2000»
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#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

The 1999 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of The 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]

Format and seeding

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

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Ohio State 6  
4  Michigan 8  
  4  Michigan 7  
  3  Illinois 6  
2  Minnesota 9
3  Illinois 12  
  4  Michigan 10 12
  2  Minnesota 13 11
1  Ohio State 1  
2  Minnesota 10  
  3  Illinois 3
  2  Minnesota 9  

All-Tournament Team

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

Bobby Scales was named Most Outstanding Player. Scales was a second baseman for Michigan.[3]

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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