1987 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

The 1987 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 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

1987 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (5th title)
Winning coachBud Middaugh (5th title)
MVPGreg Everson, Michigan
1987 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
No. 23 Michigan  xy 133 .813  5212 .813
Purdue  y 106 .625  3624 .600
Indiana   79 .438  4317 .717
Michigan State   610 .375  3420 .630
Ohio State   412 .250  1927 .413
West
Minnesota  x 124 .750  3625 .590
Iowa   97 .563  2928 .509
Illinois   97 .563  3224 .571
Northwestern   511 .313  2320 .535
Wisconsin   511 .313  2824 .538
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1987 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. Iowa claimed the second seed from the West by tiebreaker.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan133.813
1E
Purdue106.625
3
2E
Indiana79.438
6
Michigan State610.375
6
Ohio State412.250
9
West Division
Minnesota124.750
1W
Iowa97.563
3
2W
Illinois97.563
3
Northwestern511.313
7
Wisconsin511.313
7

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E Michigan 4  
2W Iowa 9  
  2W Iowa 0  
  2E Purdue 4  
1W Minnesota 3
2E Purdue 9  
  2E Purdue 2 2
  1E Michigan 5 4
1E Michigan 9  
1W Minnesota 8  
  2W Iowa 1
  1E Michigan 7  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGreg EversonMichigan
PChris LutzMichigan
PAndy SwainPurdue
CDarrin CampbellMichigan
1BPhil PriceMichigan
2BBob GerhardPurdue
SSArci CianfroccoPurdue
3BBill St. PeterMichigan
OFJeff AllisonPurdue
OFJeff DurhamMichigan
OFLuis RamirezIowa
DHBrett RoachPurdue

Most Outstanding Player

Greg Everson was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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