Collegiate baseball tournament
The 1981 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 15 through 17. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament , the first such event sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won the first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [ 3]
The 1981 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]
Tournament
Upper round 1 Upper final Final 1E Michigan 4 2W Illinois 3 1E Michigan 7 2E Purdue 6 1W Minnesota 0 2E Purdue 9 1E Michigan 10 — 2E Minnesota 6 — Lower round 1 Lower final 2E Purdue 3 2W Illinois 0 1W Minnesota 8 1W Minnesota 2
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[ 3]
Pos
Name
School
P
Steve Ontiveros Michigan
P
Bob Hallas
Purdue
C
Gerry Hool
Michigan
1B
Greg Beno
Purdue
2B
Mike Ledna
Purdue
3B
Chris Sabo Michigan
SS
Bill Piwnica
Minnesota
OF
Jim Paciorek Michigan
OF
Greg Schulte
Michigan
OF
Terry Steinbach Minnesota
DH
John Young
Michigan
Most Outstanding Player
Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan.[ 3]
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