1988 Big Ten baseball tournament

League championship August 2023 June 2026 1988 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 1988 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 3rd John Anderson 3rd Vince Palyan Minnesota The 1988 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 19 through 21. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 1988 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf Big Ten Conference 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book March 16, 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 Format and seeding The 1988 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Team W L PCT GB Seed 1988 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 20 8 .714 – 1 1988 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 17 11 .607 3 2 1988 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 16 12 .571 4 3 1988 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 16 12 .571 4 4 1988 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 15 13 .536 5 – 1988 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 14 14 .500 6 – 1988 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 12 16 .429 8 – 1988 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 11 17 .393 6 – 1988 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 11 17 .393 6 – 1988 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 8 20 .286 12 – Tournament 1 1988 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 6 4 1988 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 3 2 1988 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 5 3 1988 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 10 4 Ohio State 2 2 Minnesota 6 1 Michigan 1 3 Michigan State 4 1 Michigan 2 3 Minnesota 4 3 Michigan State 4 3 2 Minnesota 17 5 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Todd Krumm Michigan State P Jim Abbott Michigan C Dan Wilson Minnesota 1B Paul Weinberg Minnesota 2B Scott Meadows Ohio State SS Kevin Dalson Michigan State 3B Jeff Goergen Minnesota OF Mike Davidson Michigan State OF J. T. Bruett Minnesota OF Vince Palyan Minnesota Most Outstanding Player Vince Palyan was named Most Outstanding Player. Palyan was an outfielder for Minnesota. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament