1982 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1982 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Illinois Field (1884) Champaign, IL 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 1st John Anderson 1st Terry Steinbach/Jeff King Minnesota/Ohio State The 1982 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Old Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 21 through 23. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 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 4, 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 1982 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. Ohio State claimed the top seed from the East by winning the season series over Michigan. 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 1982 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 13 3 .813 – 1E 1982 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 13 3 .813 – 2E 1982 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 6 10 .375 7 – 1982 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 6 10 .375 7 – 1982 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 2 14 .083 11 – West Division 1982 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 14 2 .875 – 1W 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 8 8 .500 6 2W 1982 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 7 9 .438 7 – 1982 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 6 10 .375 8 – 1982 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 5 11 .313 9 – Tournament 1E 1982 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 5 2W 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 3 1W 1982 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 2 2E 1982 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 4 2W Minnesota 8 1W Illinois 3 1E Ohio State 7 2E Michigan 2 2E Michigan 4 2W Minnesota 5 1E Ohio State 7 5 2W Minnesota 8 7 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Jeff Innis Illinois P Bill Cunningham Ohio State C Jeff King Ohio State 1B Tim Richardson Illinois 2B Gary Jost Minnesota SS Bill Piwnica Minnesota OF Jim Paciorek Michigan OF Terry Steinbach Minnesota OF John Orkis Ohio State OF Kirk Dixon Ohio State DH Tim Steinbach Minnesota Most Outstanding Player Terry Steinbach and Jeff King were named co-Most Outstanding Players. Steinbach was an outfielder for Minnesota while King was a catcher for Ohio State. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament