1981 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (1st title)
Winning coachBud Middaugh (1st title)
MVPGerry Hool (Michigan)
1981 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Michigan  xy 104 .7144120 .672
Purdue   86 .5713430 .531
Ohio State   79 .4383418 .654
Michigan State   68 .4292328 .451
Indiana   59 .3572325 .479
West
Minnesota  x 133 .8133716 .698
Illinois   113 .7863526 .574
Iowa   86 .5714421 .677
Wisconsin   313 .1882436 .400
Northwestern   313 .1881733 .340
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 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 17. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the first such event sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won the first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1981 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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan104.714
1E
Purdue86.567
2
2E
Ohio State79.438
4
Michigan State68.429
4
Indiana59.367
5
West Division
Minnesota133.813
1W
Illinois113.786
1
2W
Iowa86.571
4
Wisconsin313.188
10
Northwestern313.188
10

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan4
2WIllinois3
1EMichigan7
2EPurdue6
1WMinnesota0
2EPurdue9
1EMichigan10
2EMinnesota6
Lower round 1Lower final
2EPurdue3
2WIllinois01WMinnesota8
1WMinnesota2

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PSteve OntiverosMichigan
PBob HallasPurdue
CGerry HoolMichigan
1BGreg BenoPurdue
2BMike LednaPurdue
3BChris SaboMichigan
SSBill PiwnicaMinnesota
OFJim PaciorekMichigan
OFGreg SchulteMichigan
OFTerry SteinbachMinnesota
DHJohn YoungMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1981". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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