1989 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1989 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 19 through 20. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the ninth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Illinois was the first team other than Michigan and Minnesota to win the event.[3]

1989 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois (1st title)
Winning coachAugie Garrido (1st title)
MVPRich Capparelli (Illinois)
1989 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 21 6   .778 49 16   .754
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17 11   .607 37 20   .649
No. 24 Illinois  ‍‍y 17 11   .607 42 16   .724
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 12   .571 34 27   .557
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 31 22   .585
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 26 30   .464
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 25 26   .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 34 25   .576
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 9 19   .321 22 37   .373
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 23   .179 34 26   .567
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1989[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 1989 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Michigan 21 6 .778
1
Iowa 17 11 .607
4.5
2
Illinois 17 11 .607
4.5
3
Ohio State 16 12 .571
5.5
4
Minnesota 15 12 .556
6
Northwestern 15 13 .536
6.5
Michigan State 13 15 .464
7.5
Purdue 11 17 .393
10.5
Wisconsin 9 19 .321
12.5
Indiana 5 23 .179
16.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Michigan7
4Ohio State1
1Michigan1
3Illinois7
2Iowa7
3Illinois8
3Illinois2
1Michigan0
Lower round 1Lower final
1Michigan6
4Ohio State44Ohio State0
2Iowa2

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Rich Capparelli Illinois
P Russell Brock Michigan
C Mark Dalesandro Illinois
1B Tom Eiterman Ohio State
2B Wil Parsons Illinois
SS Bob Christensen Illinois
OF Don Cuchran Illinois
OF Sean Mulligan Illinois
OF Jim Durham Michigan
DH Kourtney Thompson Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

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Rich Capparelli was named Most Outstanding Player. Capparelli was a pitcher for Illinois.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1989". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 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 16, 2013.