1984 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1984 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 18 through 20. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Michigan (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Bud Middaugh (3rd title) |
MVP | Kurt Zimmerman (Michigan) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan x‡y | 11 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .688 | 43 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 8 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .533 | 32 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 30 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 6 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .400 | 44 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 29 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota x | 11 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .688 | 31 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .608 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 9 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .594 | 44 | – | 18 | – | 1 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 7 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .467 | 31 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .464 | 25 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 3 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .231 | 22 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1984[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
The 1984 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 |
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East Division | |||||
Michigan | 11 | 5 | .688 | – | 1E |
Michigan State | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.5 | 2E |
Ohio State | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | – |
Indiana | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.5 | – |
Purdue | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5 | – |
West Division | |||||
Minnesota | 11 | 5 | .688 | – | 1W |
Northwestern | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1.5 | 2W |
Iowa | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.5 | – |
Wisconsin | 6 | 7 | .464 | 3 | – |
Illinois | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.5 | – |
Tournament
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 13 | ||||||||||||
2W | Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||
1W | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||
1W | Minnesota | 8 | ||||||||||||
2E | Michigan State | 7 | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
2W | Northwestern | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
1W | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
2W | Northwestern | 9 | 2W | Northwestern | 10 | |||||||||
2E | Michigan State | 4 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Scott Kamieniecki | Michigan |
P | John Trautwein | Northwestern |
C | Rich Blair | Michigan |
1B | Ken Hayward | Michigan |
1B | Mike Eddington | Michigan State |
2B | Tom Hildebrand | Northwestern |
SS | Barry Larkin | Michigan |
3B | John Stewart | Northwestern |
OF | Jeff Minick | Michigan |
OF | Kurt Zimmerman | Michigan |
OF | Mike Whitman | Michigan State |
DH | Ed Tompa | Northwestern |
DH | Tim McIntosh | Minnesota |
Most Outstanding Player
Kurt Zimmerman was named Most Outstanding Player. Zimmerman was an outfielder for Michigan.[3]
References
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.