1993 Big Ten baseball tournament explained

Year:1993
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:C. O. Brown Stadium
City:Battle Creek, MI
Titlecount:5th
Coach:John Anderson
Coachcount:5th
Mvp:Matt Beaumont
Mvpteam:Ohio State

The 1993 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the thirteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. The title game was rained out, and was declared champion by virtue of their 2–0 record through the first two rounds while Ohio State held a 2–1 record. The Gophers claimed their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also the first time the tournament was held outside the home venue of a conference member.[1]

Format and seeding

The 1993 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
19 9 .679
17 9 .654
16 12 .571
15 12 .556
15 13 .536
13 13 .500
13 14 .481
12 16 .429
12 16 .429
5 23 .179

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Pos Name School
P Andy Hammerschmidt Minnesota
P Ohio State
C Darren Grass Minnesota
1B Jonathan Sweet Ohio State
2B Brad Young Ohio State
SS Bob Mobilla Minnesota
OF Minnesota
OF Charlie Nelson Minnesota
OF Mark Repasky Ohio State
DH Brian Mannino Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Matt Beaumont was named Most Outstanding Player. Beaumont was a pitcher for Ohio State.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book . Big Ten Conference . March 20, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228125857/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf . February 28, 2013 .