1997 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1997 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 4th Bob Todd 4th Mike Lockwood Ohio State The 1997 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 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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 23, 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 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Team W L PCT GB Seed 1997 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 17 9 .654 – 1 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 18 10 .643 – 2 1997 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 17 11 .607 13 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 17 11 .607 1 4 1997 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 15 10 .600 1.5 – 1997 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 12 14 .462 5 – 1997 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 12 16 .429 5 – 1997 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 8 16 .333 8 – 1997 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 9 19 .321 9 – 1997 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 7 16 .304 8 – Tournament 1 1997 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 8 4 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 4 2 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 4 3 1997 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 2 4 Illinois 8 3 Purdue 3 1 Michigan 2 2 Ohio State 9 1 Michigan 7 4 Illinois 5 2 Ohio State 8 1 Michigan 5 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Brett Weber Illinois P Justin Fry Ohio State C Mike Kremblas Ohio State 1B Bryan Besco Michigan 2B D. J. Svihlik Illinois SS Brian Kalczynski Michigan 3B Mike Cervenak Michigan OF Derek Besco Michigan OF Jason Driscoll Ohio State OF Mike Lockwood Ohio State DH Jason Trott Ohio State Most Outstanding Player Mike Lockwood was named Most Outstanding Player. Lockwood was an outfielder for Ohio State. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Sports competitions in Ann Arbor, Michigan Category:College baseball tournaments in Michigan