1987 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

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]

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
TeamW 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

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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan133.813
–
1E
Purdue106.625
3
2E
Indiana79.438
6
–
Michigan State610.375
6
–
Ohio State412.250
9
–
West Division
Minnesota124.750
–
1W
Iowa97.563
3
2W
Illinois97.563
3
–
Northwestern511.313
7
–
Wisconsin511.313
7
–

Tournament
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E Michigan 4  
2W Iowa 9  
  2W Iowa 0  
  2E Purdue 4  
1W Minnesota 3
2E Purdue 9  
  2E Purdue 2 2
  1E Michigan 5 4
1E Michigan 9  
1W Minnesota 8  
  2W Iowa 1
  1E Michigan 7  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGreg EversonMichigan
PChris LutzMichigan
PAndy SwainPurdue
CDarrin CampbellMichigan
1BPhil PriceMichigan
2BBob GerhardPurdue
SSArci CianfroccoPurdue
3BBill St. PeterMichigan
OFJeff AllisonPurdue
OFJeff DurhamMichigan
OFLuis RamirezIowa
DHBrett RoachPurdue

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. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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