2004 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 2004 Big Ten Conference 6 Double-elimination Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 8th John Anderson 8th Glen Perkins Minnesota The 2004 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 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 April 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 2004 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game. Team W L PCT GB Seed 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 21 10 .677 – 1 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 19 12 .613 2 2 2004 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 19 13 .594 2.5 3 2004 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 19 13 .594 2.5 4 2004 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 17 14 .548 4 5 2004 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 17 15 .531 4.5 6 2004 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 14 18 .438 7.5 – 2004 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 12 20 .375 9.5 – 2004 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 11 21 .344 10.5 – 2004 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 9 22 .290 12 – Tournament 2 no 2 3 2004 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 7 6 2004 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 2 4 2004 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 5 5 2004 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 6 6 Penn State 7 4 Michigan State 8 1 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 6 5 Purdue 1 2 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 4 3 Michigan 10 2 Ohio State 8 4 Michigan State 3 1 Minnesota 16 3 Michigan 3 5 Purdue 4 2 Ohio State 6 3 Michigan 2 2 Ohio State 14 1 Minnesota 2 7 2 Ohio State 3 3 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Glen Perkins Minnesota P Jay Gagner Minnesota P Jeffrey Carroll Ohio State C Derek Kinnear Ohio State 1B Andy Hunter Minnesota 2B Chris Getz Michigan SS Matt Fornasiere Minnesota 3B Ronnie Bourquin Ohio State OF Ryan Basham Michigan State OF Steve Carvatti Ohio State OF Jacob Howell Ohio State DH Brandon Roberts Michigan Most Outstanding Player Glen Perkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Minnesota Category:Baseball competitions in Minneapolis