1998 Big Ten baseball tournament
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota (6th title) |
Winning coach | John Anderson (6th title) |
MVP | Mark Groebner (Minnesota) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois †y | 19 | – | 5 | .792 | 39 | – | 19 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota ‡y | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | 43 | – | 13 | .768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 36 | – | 16 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | 28 | – | 24 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 29 | – | 27 | .518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 19 | – | 27 | .413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 21 | – | 27 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | 27 | – | 26 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | 23 | – | 29 | .442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 25 | – | 27 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1998[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1998 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, 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. Minnesota won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]
Format and seeding
[edit]The 1998 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 |
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Illinois | 19 | 5 | .792 | – | 1 |
Minnesota | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2 | 2 |
Ohio State | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.5 | 3 |
Penn State | 15 | 11 | .577 | 5 | 4 |
Indiana | 14 | 14 | .500 | 7 | – |
Michigan | 9 | 15 | .375 | 10 | – |
Iowa | 9 | 15 | .375 | 10 | – |
Northwestern | 10 | 18 | .357 | 11 | – |
Michigan State | 8 | 16 | .333 | 11 | – |
Purdue | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11.5 | – |
Tournament
[edit]Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Illinois | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Penn State | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Penn State | 5 | |||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 14 | |||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 10 | |||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | ||||||||||||
1 | Illinois | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
4 | Penn State | 5 | |||||||||||
1 | Illinois | 9 | 1 | Illinois | 11 | ||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 8 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Ben Birk | Minnesota |
P | Nate Bump | Penn State |
C | Jeremy Megen | Minnesota |
1B | Robb Quinlan | Minnesota |
2B | D. J. Svihlik | Illinois |
SS | Rick Brosseau | Minnesota |
3B | Craig Marquie | Illinois |
OF | Danny Rhodes | Illinois |
OF | Dan O'Neill | Illinois |
OF | Mark Groebner | Minnesota |
DH | Adam Horton | Minnesota |
Most Outstanding Player
[edit]Mark Groebner was named Most Outstanding Player. Groebner was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ 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 23, 2013.