1988 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1988 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 19 through 21. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

1988 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Champions	Minnesota (3rd title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (3rd title)
MVP	Vince Palyan (Minnesota)
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1988 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	8		.714			48	–	19		.716
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	11		.607			38	–	28		.576
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			41	–	20		.672
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			32	–	28		.533
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			28	–	27		.509
Iowa  ‍‍‍	14	–	14		.500			29	–	25		.537
Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	16		.429			26	–	20		.565
Indiana  ‍‍‍	11	–	17		.393			39	–	29		.574
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	11	–	17		.393			28	–	28		.500
Purdue  ‍‍‍	8	–	20		.286			26	–	34		.433
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1988 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Michigan	20	8	.714	–	1
Minnesota	17	11	.607	3	2
Michigan State	16	12	.571	4	3
Ohio State	16	12	.571	4	4
Wisconsin	15	13	.536	5	–
Iowa	14	14	.500	6	–
Illinois	12	16	.429	8	–
Indiana	11	17	.393	6	–
Northwestern	11	17	.393	6	–
Purdue	8	20	.286	12	–

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Michigan	6
	4	Ohio State	3
						1	Michigan	1
						3	Michigan State	4
	2	Minnesota	5
	3	Michigan State	10
											3	Michigan State	4	3
											2	Minnesota	17	5
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Michigan	2
	4	Ohio State	2			3	Minnesota	4
	2	Minnesota	6

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Todd Krumm	Michigan State
P	Jim Abbott	Michigan
C	Dan Wilson	Minnesota
1B	Paul Weinberg	Minnesota
2B	Scott Meadows	Ohio State
SS	Kevin Dalson	Michigan State
3B	Jeff Goergen	Minnesota
OF	Mike Davidson	Michigan State
OF	J. T. Bruett	Minnesota
OF	Vince Palyan	Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Vince Palyan was named Most Outstanding Player. Palyan was an outfielder for Minnesota.^[3]