The Big Ten Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

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History

The Big Ten baseball tournament began in 1981. From 1981 until 1999, the tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament

Double-elimination tournament

A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches...

. In 2000 the tournament expanded to a 6-team double elimination format, and it remains that way today.

From 1981 until 1987, the Big Ten Conference was split into two divisions, named the 'East' and the 'West'. The top two teams in each division at the end of the regular season participated in the tournament. In 1988 the conference did away with divisions and the top four teams in the conference played in the tournament, until 2000 when it was expanded to 6 teams.

By Year

Year	School	Site	MVP
1981	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Gerry Hool, Michigan
1982	Minnesota	Champaign, IL	Terry Steinbach Terry Steinbach Terry Lee Steinbach is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for 14 years from to . He was drafted in 1980 out of New Ulm High School by the Cleveland Indians. He was the starting catcher for Oakland Athletics teams that won three straight American League pennants from 1988 to... , Minnesota / Jeff King Jeff King (baseball) Jeffrey Wayne King is a former professional baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals.-Career:... , Ohio State
1983	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Barry Larkin Barry Larkin Barry Louis Larkin is a retired Major League Baseball player. Larkin played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004 and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds' World Series championship team... , Michigan
1984	Michigan	Minneapolis, MN	Kurt Zimmerman, Michigan
1985	Minnesota	Ann Arbor, MI	Jon Beckman, Minnesota
1986	Michigan	Minneapolis, MN	Tim McIntosh Tim McIntosh (baseball) Timothy Allen McIntosh is a former Major League Baseball player. He played parts of five seasons in the majors between and , mostly as a catcher and outfielder. He also played one season in Japan for the Nippon Ham Fighters in .-External links:... , Minnesota
1987	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Greg Everson, Michigan
1988	Minnesota	Ann Arbor, MI	Vince Palyan Minnesota
1989	Illinois	Ann Arbor, MI	Rich Capparelli, Illinois
1990	Illinois	Iowa City, IA	Bob Christensen, Illinois
1991	Ohio State	Columbus, OH	Keith Klodnick, Ohio State
1992	Minnesota	Columbus, OH	Scott Bakkum, Minnesota
1993	Minnesota	Battle Creek, MI	Matt Beaumont Matt Beaumont Matthew Beaumont is a British novelist and former copywriter.Beaumont made his debut in 2000 with the comic novel, e. The Novel of Liars, Lunch and Lost Knickers, which consists entirely of e-mails composed by the staff of one advertising office... , Ohio State
1994	Ohio State	Battle Creek, MI	Mike Repasky, Ohio State
1995	Ohio State	Columbus, OH	Shane Gunderson, Minnesota / Scott Kaczmar, Ohio State
1996	Indiana	State College, PA	Dan Ferrell, Indiana
1997	Ohio State	Ann Arbor, MI	Mike Lockwood Mike Lockwood Michael John "Mike" Lockwood was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment under the ring name Crash Holly.... , Ohio State
1998	Minnesota	Champaign, IL	Mark Groebner, Minnesota
1999	Michigan	Columbus, OH	Bobby Scales Bobby Scales Bobby Leon Scales is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball... , Michigan
2000	Illinois	Minneapolis, MN	Jason Anderson, Illinois
2001	Minnesota	Columbus, OH	Jack Hannahan Jack Hannahan John Joseph "Jack" Hannahan IV is an American professional baseball third baseman with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Mainly a third baseman, Hannahan has also played other infield positions.... , Minnesota
2002	Ohio State	Minneapolis, MN	Joe Wilkins, Ohio State
2003	Ohio State	Minneapolis, MN	Brett Garrard, Ohio State
2004	Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	Glen Perkins Glen Perkins Glen Weston Perkins is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. He made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins in 2006. Perkins attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Stillwater Area High School in Oak Park Heights... , Minnesota
2005	Ohio State	Champaign, IL	Steve Caravati, Ohio State
2006	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Adam Abraham, Michigan
2007	Ohio State	Ann Arbor, MI	Cory Luebke Cory Luebke Cory Robert Luebke is a professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres. He attended the Marion Local High School and The Ohio State University. He was pick number 63 in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. .... , Ohio State
2008	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Michael Powers, Michigan
2009 2009 Big Ten Baseball Tournament The 2009 Big Ten Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 20 through 24. The winner of the 2009 tournament was Indiana...	Indiana	Columbus, OH	Matt Bashore, Indiana
2010	Minnesota	Columbus, OH	Kyle Knudson, Minnesota
2011	Illinois	Columbus, OH	Adam Davis, Illinois

By School

Info current through the 2011 season

School	Appearances	W-L	Pct	Tourney Titles	Title Years	Notes
Minnesota	26	60-37	.619	9	1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2010
Ohio State	23	49-33	.598	8	1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Michigan	21	43-30	.589	8	1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008
Illinois	17	22-29	.431	4	1989, 1990, 2000, 2011
Indiana	8	14-13	.519	2	1996, 2009
Purdue	14	14-28	.333	0
Penn State	8	13-16	.448	0
Michigan State	8	7-16	.304	0
Northwestern	8	7-16	.304	0
Iowa	8	7-16	.304	0
Wisconsin	1	1-2	.333	0		Dropped baseball in 1991
Nebraska	0	0-0	.000	0		Joined Big Ten in 2011

External links

• Official Big Ten Baseball Record Book