1986 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1986 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN 1986 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 4th Bud Middaugh 4th Tim McIntosh Minnesota The 1986 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 1986 Michigan Wolverines Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 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 10, 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 1986 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. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991. Team W L PCT GB Seed East Division 1986 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 13 3 .813 – 1E 1986 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 9 7 .563 4 2E 1986 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 7 9 .438 6 – 1986 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 7 9 .438 6 – 1986 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 4 12 .250 9 – West Division 1986 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 10 5 .667 – 1W 1986 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 10 5 .667 – 2W 1986 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 9 7 .563 1.5 – 1986 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 8 8 .500 2.5 – 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 2 13 .133 8 – Tournament 1E 1986 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 12 2W 1986 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin 11 1W 1986 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 16 2E 1986 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 4 2W Wisconsin 14 2E Purdue 10 1E Michigan 10 1W Minnesota 7 1W Minnesota 13 2W Wisconsin 3 1E Michigan 9 1W Minnesota 5 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Jim Abbott Michigan P Greg Mau Minnesota C Brad Barsness Wisconsin 1B Scott Cepicky Wisconsin 2B Steven Finken Michigan SS Mark Hess Minnesota 3B Jeff Goergen Minnesota OF Casey Close Michigan OF Tim McIntosh Minnesota OF Bob Shoulders Purdue DH Jay Kvasnicka Minnesota DH Eddy Woolwine Michigan Most Outstanding Player Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder 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