1982 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

1982 Big Ten Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Illinois Field (1884)
* Champaign, IL

Champions| Minnesota (1st title)
Winning coach| John Anderson (1st title)
MVP| Terry Steinbach/Jeff King (Minnesota/Ohio State)

* ← 1981
* Baseball Tournament
* 1983 →

1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
East
Ohio State x‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .813 |  |  | 45 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .763
Michigan ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .813 |  |  | 44 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .815
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 36 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .610
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 25 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .463
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .125 |  |  | 25 | - | 28 | - | 0 |  | .472
West
Illinois x‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .875 |  |  | 49 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .681
No. 26 Minnesota ‍‍‡‍y | 8 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 33 | - | 22 | - | 1 |  | .598
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .438 |  |  | 25 | - | 27 | - | 1 |  | .481
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 23 | - | 28 | - | 0 |  | .451
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .313 |  |  | 31 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .574
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1982[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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. Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

## Contents

* 1 Format and seeding
* 2 Tournament
* 3 All-Tournament Team
* 3.1 Most Outstanding Player
* 4 References

## Format and seeding[edit]

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.[3]

Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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East Division
Ohio State | 13 | 3 | .813 |

Michigan | 13 | 3 | .813 |

Purdue | 6 | 10 | .375 |

Michigan State | 6 | 10 | .375 |

Indiana | 2 | 14 | .083 |

West Division
Illinois | 14 | 2 | .875 |

Minnesota | 8 | 8 | .500 |

Northwestern | 7 | 9 | .438 |

Wisconsin | 6 | 10 | .375 |

Iowa | 5 | 11 | .313 |

## Tournament[edit]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| 1E| Ohio State| 5| | | |
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| 2W| Minnesota| 3| | | |
| | | 1E| Ohio State| 7| |
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| | | 2E| Michigan| 2| |
| 1W| Illinois| 2| | | |
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| 2E| Michigan| 4| | | |
| | | | | 1E| Ohio State| 7| 5
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| | | | | 2W| Minnesota| 8| 7
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |
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| | | | 2E| Michigan| 4| |
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| 2W| Minnesota| 8| | | 2W| Minnesota| 5| |
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| 1W| Illinois| 3| | | | |
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## All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Pos | Name | School

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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[edit]

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.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

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