1981 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1981 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 1st Bud Middaugh 1st Gerry Hool Michigan yes The 1981 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 17. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the first such event sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won the first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 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 3, 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 1981 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 10 4 .714 – 1E 1981 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 8 6 .567 2 2E 1981 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 7 9 .438 4 – 1981 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 6 8 .429 4 – 1981 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 5 9 .367 5 – West Division 1981 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 13 3 .813 – 1W 1981 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 11 3 .786 1 2W 1981 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 8 6 .571 4 – 1981 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 3 13 .188 10 – 1981 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 3 13 .188 10 – Tournament 1E Michigan 4 2W 1981 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 3 1W 1981 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 0 2E 1981 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 9 2W Illinois 0 1W Minnesota 2 1E Michigan 7 2E Purdue 6 2E Purdue 3 1W Minnesota 8 1E Michigan 10 2E Minnesota 6 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Steve Ontiveros Michigan P Bob Hallas Purdue C Gerry Hool Michigan 1B Greg Beno Purdue 2B Mike Ledna Purdue 3B Chris Sabo Michigan SS Bill Piwnica Minnesota OF Jim Paciorek Michigan OF Greg Schulte Michigan OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota DH John Young Michigan Most Outstanding Player Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament