1983 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1983 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 2nd Bud Middaugh 2nd Barry Larkin Michigan The 1983 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 20 through 22. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournamenthttp://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 6, 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 1983 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. Team W L PCT GB Seed East Division Michigan 13 2 .867– 1E 1983 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 8 6 .571 4.5 2E 1983 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 6 7 .462 6 – 1983 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 5 11 .313 8.5 – 1983 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 3 9 .250 8.5 – West Division 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 12 2 .857 – 1W 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 7 7 .500 5 2W 1983 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 6 9 .400 6.5 – 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 6 9 .400 6.5 – 1983 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 6 10 .375 7 – Tournament 1E Michigan 1 2W 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 0 1W 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 14 2E 1983 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 1 2W Iowa 6 2E Michigan State 2 1E Michigan 10 1W Minnesota 9 1W Minnesota 0 2W Iowa 2 1E Michigan 12 2W Iowa 3 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Paul Rieks Iowa P Rich Stoll Michigan 1B Ken Hayward Michigan 2B Jeff Jacobson Michigan SS Barry Larkin Michigan OF Craig Conti Iowa OF Tim Snowberger Iowa OF Dale Sklar Michigan OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota DH Chuck Froning Michigan Most Outstanding Player Barry Larkin was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop for Michigan. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament