1989 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1989 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 1st Augie Garrido 1st Rich Capparelli Illinois The 1989 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 19 through 20. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the ninth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Illinois was the first team other than Michigan and Minnesota to win the event.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 1989 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois Team W L PCT GB Seed 1989 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 21 6 .778 – 1 1989 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 17 11 .607 4.5 2 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 17 11 .607 4.5 3 1989 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 16 12 .571 5.5 4 1989 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 15 12 .556 6 – 1989 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 15 13 .536 6.5 – 1989 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 13 15 .464 7.5 – 1989 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 11 17 .393 10.5 – 1989 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 9 19 .321 12.5 – 1989 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 5 23 .179 16.5 – Tournament 1 1989 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 7 4 1989 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 1 2 1989 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 7 3 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 8 4 Ohio State 4 2 Iowa 2 1 Michigan 1 3 Illinois 7 1 Michigan 6 4 Ohio State 0 3 Illinois 2 1 Michigan 0 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Rich Capparelli Illinois P Russell Brock Michigan C Mark Dalesandro Illinois 1B Tom Eiterman Ohio State 2B Wil Parsons Illinois SS Bob Christensen Illinois OF Don Cuchran Illinois OF Sean Mulligan Illinois OF Jim Durham Michigan DH Kourtney Thompson Michigan Most Outstanding Player Rich Capparelli was named Most Outstanding Player. Capparelli was a pitcher for Illinois. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament