1999 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (6th title)
Winning coachGeoff Zahn (1st title)
MVPBobby Scales (Michigan)
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 25–3 .89350–14 .781
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 21–7 .75046–18 .719
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55624–22 .522
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 15–13 .53634–30 .531
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14–14 .50037–17 .685
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .44432–23 .582
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10–17 .37028–25 .528
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 10–17 .37024–30 .444
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .35724–29 .453
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 6–22 .21422–34 .393
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1999 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State253.893
–
1
Minnesota217.750
4
2
Illinois1512.556
9.5
3
Michigan1513.536
10
4
Indiana1414.500
11
–
Penn State1215.444
12.5
–
Michigan State1017.370
13.5
–
Purdue1017.370
13.5
–
Northwestern1018.357
14
–
Iowa622.214
19
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State6
4Michigan8
4Michigan7
3Illinois6
2Minnesota9
3Illinois12
4Michigan
2Minnesota
Lower round 1Lower final
3Illinois3
1Ohio State12Minnesota9
2Minnesota10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

PosNameSchool
PJ. J. PutzMichigan
PChad ClareyMinnesota
PKelly WernerMinnesota
CJosh HolthausMinnesota
1BRobb QuinlanMinnesota
2BBobby ScalesMichigan
SSJon AndersonIllinois
3BMike CervenakMichigan
OFJason AlcarazMichigan
OFBrian BushMichigan
OFJason KennedyMinnesota
DHAron AmundsonMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Bobby Scales was named Most Outstanding Player. Scales was a second baseman for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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