1996 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1996 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Indiana won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

1996 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana (1st title)
Winning coachBob Morgan (1st title)
MVPDan Ferrell (Indiana)
1996 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 19 8   .704 32 24   .571
Indiana  ‍‍y 18 8   .692 43 18   .705
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17 10   .630 37 22   .627
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 17 11   .607 24 30   .444
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 30 26   .536
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 36 20   .643
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 13   .500 25 22   .532
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 26 29   .473
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 22 32   .407
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 24   .143 14 41   .255
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 1996 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
Penn State 19 8 .704
1
Indiana 18 8 .692
.5
2
Illinois 17 10 .630
2
3
Michigan 17 11 .607
2.5
4
Minnesota 15 12 .556
4
Ohio State 15 13 .536
4.5
Iowa 13 13 .500
5.5
Northwestern 10 18 .357
9.5
Purdue 8 19 .296
11
Michigan State 4 24 .143
15.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Penn State14
4Michigan3
1Penn State2
2Indiana6
2Indiana6
3Illinois3
2Indiana
3Illinois
Lower round 1Lower final
1Penn State3
4Michigan43Illinois11
3Illinois7

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Jason Wollard Illinois
P Dan Ferrell Indiana
C Matt Braughler Indiana
1B Phil Bertolotti Penn State
2B Brian McClure Illinois
SS Josh Klimek Illinois
3B Mike Crotty Indiana
OF Danny Rhodes Illinois
OF Ryan Dillon Indiana
OF Mike Spisak Indiana
OF Jason Alcaraz Michigan
DH Todd McClure Illinois

Most Outstanding Player

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Dan Ferrell was named Most Outstanding Player. Ferrell was a pitcher for Indiana.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.