1993 Big Ten baseball tournament

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 Minnesota 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.^[3]

1993 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	C. O. Brown Stadium Battle Creek, MI
Champions	Minnesota (5th title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (5th title)
MVP	Matt Beaumont (Ohio State)
← 1992 baseball tournament 1994 →

1993 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	9		.679			44	–	19		.698
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	9		.654			43	–	18		.705
Purdue  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			36	–	22		.621
Indiana  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			38	–	21		.644
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			27	–	27		.500
Iowa  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			32	–	20		.615
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	30		.455
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	16		.429			31	–	23		.574
Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	16		.429			32	–	23		.582
Penn State  ‍‍‍	5	–	23		.179			15	–	28		.349
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1993[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1993 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Ohio State	19	9	.679	–	1
Minnesota	17	9	.654	1	2
Purdue	16	12	.571	3	3
Indiana	15	12	.556	3.5	4
Northwestern	15	13	.536	4	–
Iowa	13	13	.500	5	–
Michigan	13	14	.481	5.5	–
Michigan State	12	16	.429	7	–
Illinois	12	16	.429	7	–
Penn State	5	23	.179	14	–

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Ohio State	310
	4	Indiana	2
						1	Ohio State	2
						2	Minnesota	11
	2	Minnesota	8
	3	Purdue	3
											2	Minnesota	6	[lower-alpha 1]
											1	Ohio State		710
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Ohio State	15
	4	Indiana	11			4	Indiana	3
	3	Purdue	9

1. Game 7 was rained out. Minnesota declared champion due to their 2–0 record through the first two rounds.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Andy Hammerschmidt	Minnesota
P	Matt Beaumont	Ohio State
C	Darren Grass	Minnesota
1B	Jonathan Sweet	Ohio State
2B	Brad Young	Ohio State
SS	Bob Mobilla	Minnesota
OF	Ryan Lefebvre	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.^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1993". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.