Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year explained

Big Ten Conference Player of the Year
Awarded For:	the most outstanding baseball player in the Big Ten Conference
Country:	United States
Year:	1982
Holder:	Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Rutgers

The Big Ten Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1982 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1994 season, the Big Ten Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.

Key

	Awarded a College National Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
	Major League Baseball All-Star
	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1982		Michigan	OF	^[1]
1983		Minnesota Michigan	3B P
1984		Michigan	SS
1985	(2)	Michigan	SS
1986		Michigan	OF
1987		Illinois	C
1988		Michigan	P
1989		Illinois	1B/P
1990		Illinois	IF/C
1991		Minnesota	SS
1992		Iowa Indiana	P SS
1993		Northwestern	SS
1994		Minnesota Ohio State	2B C
1995		Minnesota Michigan	C OF
1996		Illinois	SS
1997		Ohio State	1B
1998		Illinois	2B
1999		Minnesota	1B
2000		Penn State	OF
2001		Minnesota	3B
2002		Minnesota Indiana Michigan State	2B OF OF
2003	(2)	Minnesota	2B
2004		Ohio State	OF
2005		Illinois	OF
2006		Ohio State	3B
2007		Illinois	C
2008		Michigan	1B
2009		Ohio State	C
2010		Indiana	OF
2011		Michigan State	1B
2012		Purdue	C
2013		Illinois	OF	^[2]
2014		Indiana	1B	^[3]
2015		Illinois	1B	^[4]
2016		Minnesota	OF	^[5]
2017		Iowa	OF	^[6]
2018		Illinois	1B/OF	^[7]
2019		Michigan	OF	^[8]
2021		Nebraska	SS/P	^[9]
2022		Maryland	OF	^[10]
2023		Maryland	SS	^[11]
2024		Rutgers	SS	^[12]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Illinois (1896)	10	1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2018
Michigan (1896)	9	1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2008, 2019
Minnesota (1896)	9	1983, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016
Ohio State (1912)	5	1994, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2009
Indiana (1900)	4	1992, 2002, 2010, 2014
Michigan State (1953)	2	2002, 2011
Iowa (1900)	2	1992, 2017
Maryland (2014)	2	2022, 2023
Northwestern (1896)	1	1993
Penn State (1993)	1	2000
Purdue (1896)	1	2012
Rutgers (2014)	1	2024
Wisconsin (1896)	0	—

Footnotes

• Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Ten Conference Baseball Record Book. BigTen.org. January 31, 2013. February 28, 2013. 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. dead.
2. Web site: Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners. BigTen.org. June 5, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130611045934/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052113aaa.html. June 11, 2013. dead.
3. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2014 Baseball All-Conference Honors and Individual Award Winners . 2014-05-20 . 2015-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150414233025/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052014aaa.html . April 14, 2015 . dead .
4. Web site: Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners. Big Ten Conference. 2015-05-31. 2015-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150521234705/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/051915aaa.html. May 21, 2015. dead.
5. Web site: Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners :: Big Ten Conference . November 29, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180726210511/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052416aaa.html . July 26, 2018 . dead .
6. Web site: View the 2017 All-Big Ten Baseball Teams & award winners. May 23, 2017.
7. Web site: Bren Spillane, Patrick Fredrickson pace 2018 All-Big Ten Baseball Team. May 22, 2018.
8. Web site: Check out the 2019 All-Big Ten Baseball Team . btn.com . May 21, 2019 . June 15, 2019.
9. Web site: Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20210530164031/https://bigten.org/news/2021/5/30/big-ten-announces-baseball-all-big-ten-honors-and-individual-award-winners.aspx . dead . May 30, 2021 . Big Ten Conference . BigTen.org . May 30, 2021 . May 31, 2021.
10. Web site: Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524160304/https://bigten.org/news/2022/5/24/big-ten-announces-baseball-all-big-ten-honors-and-individual-award-winners.aspx . dead . May 24, 2022 . Big Ten Conference . BigTen.org . May 24, 2022 . May 24, 2022.
11. Web site: Big Ten Announces Baseball Postseason Awards Recipients . https://web.archive.org/web/20230523182509/https://bigten.org/news/2023/5/22/big-ten-announces-baseball-postseason-awards-recipients.aspx . dead . May 23, 2023 . Big Ten Conference . BigTen.org . May 22, 2023 . May 22, 2023.
12. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces 2024 Baseball Postseason Awards . Big Ten Conference . BigTen.org . May 21, 2024 . July 26, 2024.