1983 Big Ten baseball tournament


The 1983 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 20 through 22. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. [1983 1983 Michigan Wolverines baseball team|Michigan Wolverines baseball team|Michigan] won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Format and seeding

The 1983 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.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
PosNameSchool
PPaul RieksIowa
PRich StollMichigan
1BKen HaywardMichigan
2BJeff JacobsonMichigan
SSBarry LarkinMichigan
OFCraig ContiIowa
OFTim SnowbergerIowa
OFDale SklarMichigan
OFTerry SteinbachMinnesota
DHChuck FroningMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Barry Larkin was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop for Michigan.