2012 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2012 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals. The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Purdue	17	7	.708	–	1
	16	8	.667	1	2
	15	9	.625	2	3
Nebraska	14	10	.583	3	4
	13	11	.542	4	5
	11	13	.458	6	6
	11	13	.458	6	–
	11	13	.458	6	–
	10	14	.417	7	–
	8	16	.333	9	–
	6	18	.250	11	–

Tournament

* - ''Indicates game required 11 innings.''

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties.

Pos	Name	School
P	Jonny Hoffman	Indiana
P	Tony Bucciferro	Michigan State
P	Lance Breedlove	Purdue
C	Kevin Plawecki	Purdue
1B	Ryan Krill	Michigan State
1B	Richard Stock	Nebraska
2B	Micah Johnson	Indiana
3B	Cameron Perkins	Purdue
SS	Kirby Pellant	Ohio State
SS	David Miller	Purdue
OF	Will Nolden	Indiana
OF	Anthony Cheky	Michigan State
OF	Barrett Serrato	Purdue
DH	Michael Pritchard	Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player

was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.