1987 Big Ten baseball tournament

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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 23 Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 13 – 3   .813 52 – 12   .813
Purdue  ‍‍‍y 10 – 6   .625 36 – 24   .600
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 43 – 17   .717
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 34 – 20   .630
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 19 – 27   .413
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 36 – 25   .590
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 29 – 28   .509
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 32 – 24   .571
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 23 – 20   .535
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 28 – 24   .538
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Michigan 13 3 .813
–
1E
Purdue 10 6 .625
3
2E
Indiana 7 9 .438
6
–
Michigan State 6 10 .375
6
–
Ohio State 4 12 .250
9
–
West Division
Minnesota 12 4 .750
–
1W
Iowa 9 7 .563
3
2W
Illinois 9 7 .563
3
–
Northwestern 5 11 .313
7
–
Wisconsin 5 11 .313
7
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan4
2WIowa9
2WIowa0
2EPurdue4
1WMinnesota3
2EPurdue9
2EPurdue22
1EMichigan54
Lower round 1Lower final
2WIowa1
1EMichigan91EMichigan7
1WMinnesota8

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Greg Everson Michigan
P Chris Lutz Michigan
P Andy Swain Purdue
C Darrin Campbell Michigan
1B Phil Price Michigan
2B Bob Gerhard Purdue
SS Arci Cianfrocco Purdue
3B Bill St. Peter Michigan
OF Jeff Allison Purdue
OF Jeff Durham Michigan
OF Luis Ramirez Iowa
DH Brett Roach Purdue

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. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.