Year: | 1987 |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Teams: | 4 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Ray Fisher Stadium |
City: | Ann Arbor, MI |
Titlecount: | 5th |
Coach: | Bud Middaugh |
Coachcount: | 5th |
Mvp: | Greg Everson |
Mvpteam: | Michigan |
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. won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[1]
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.[1]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Division | ||||||
13 | 3 | .813 | ||||
10 | 6 | .625 | ||||
7 | 9 | .438 | ||||
6 | 10 | .375 | ||||
4 | 12 | .250 | ||||
West Division | ||||||
12 | 4 | .750 | ||||
9 | 7 | .563 | ||||
9 | 7 | .563 | ||||
5 | 11 | .313 | ||||
5 | 11 | .313 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
Pos | Name | School | |
---|---|---|---|
P | Greg Everson | Michigan | |
P | Chris Lutz | Michigan | |
P | Andy Swain | Purdue | |
C | Darrin Campbell | Michigan | |
1B | Phil Price | Michigan | |
2B | Bob Gerhard | Purdue | |
SS | Arci Cianfrocco | Purdue | |
3B | Bill St. Peter | Michigan | |
OF | Jeff Allison | Purdue | |
OF | Jeff Durham | Michigan | |
OF | Luis Ramirez | Iowa | |
DH | Brett Roach | Purdue |
Greg Everson was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Michigan.[1]