1984 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1984 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 18 through 20. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament^[3]

1984 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bud Middaugh (3rd title)
MVP	Kurt Zimmerman (Michigan)
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1984 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y	11	–	5	–	0		.688			43	–	20	–	0		.683
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	7	–	0		.533			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			30	–	17	–	0		.638
Indiana  ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0		.400			44	–	20	–	0		.688
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			29	–	26	–	0		.527
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍	11	–	5	–	0		.688			31	–	20	–	0		.608
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	9	–	6	–	1		.594			44	–	18	–	1		.706
Iowa  ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0		.467			31	–	26	–	0		.544
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	1		.464			25	–	25	–	1		.500
Illinois  ‍‍‍	3	–	10	–	0		.231			22	–	32	–	0		.407
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1984[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1984 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.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Michigan	11	5	.688	–	1E
Michigan State	8	7	.533	2.5	2E
Ohio State	8	8	.500	3	–
Indiana	6	9	.400	4.5	–
Purdue	6	10	.375	5	–
West Division
Minnesota	11	5	.688	–	1W
Northwestern	9	6	.600	1.5	2W
Iowa	7	8	.467	3.5	–
Wisconsin	6	7	.464	3	–
Illinois	3	10	.231	6.5	–

Tournament

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Michigan

13

2W

Northwestern

1

1E

Michigan

6

1W

Minnesota

3

1W

Minnesota

8

2E

Michigan State

7

1E

Michigan

2

8

2W

Northwestern

6

3

Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

Minnesota

2

2W

Northwestern

9

2W

Northwestern

10

2E

Michigan State

4

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Scott Kamieniecki	Michigan
P	John Trautwein	Northwestern
C	Rich Blair	Michigan
1B	Ken Hayward	Michigan
1B	Mike Eddington	Michigan State
2B	Tom Hildebrand	Northwestern
SS	Barry Larkin	Michigan
3B	John Stewart	Northwestern
OF	Jeff Minick	Michigan
OF	Kurt Zimmerman	Michigan
OF	Mike Whitman	Michigan State
DH	Ed Tompa	Northwestern
DH	Tim McIntosh	Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Kurt Zimmerman was named Most Outstanding Player. Zimmerman was an outfielder for Michigan.^[3]