Year: | 1985 |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Teams: | 4 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Ray Fisher Stadium |
City: | Ann Arbor, MI |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Coach: | John Anderson |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | John Beckman |
Mvpteam: | Minnesota |
The 1985 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 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[1]
The 1985 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. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers.[1]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Division | ||||||
14 | 2 | .875 | ||||
8 | 8 | .500 | ||||
8 | 8 | .500 | ||||
8 | 8 | .500 | ||||
2 | 14 | .125 | ||||
West Division | ||||||
12 | 4 | .750 | ||||
9 | 7 | .563 | ||||
9 | 7 | .563 | ||||
7 | 9 | .438 | ||||
3 | 13 | .188 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
Pos | Name | School | |
---|---|---|---|
P | Mike Clarkin | Minnesota | |
P | Bill Cunningham | Ohio State | |
C | Greg Ivarone | Illinois | |
1B | Alex Bauer | Minnesota | |
2B | C. J. Beshke | Michigan | |
SS | Michigan | ||
3B | Mike Pherson | Minnesota | |
OF | John Beckman | Minnesota | |
OF | Jim Orsag | Illinois | |
OF | Pat Pohl | Minnesota | |
DH | Ken Hayward | Michigan |
Jon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota.[1]