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1983 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1983 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (2nd title)
MVP Barry Larkin (Michigan)
1983 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
#4 Michigan xy 13 2 0   .867     50 9 0   .847
Michigan State 8 6 0   .571     22 32 0   .407
Indiana 6 7 0   .462     26 21 0   .553
Purdue 5 11 0   .313     21 34 0   .382
Ohio State 3 9 0   .250     24 21 0   .533
West
Minnesota x 12 2 0   .857     27 21 0   .563
Iowa 7 7 0   .500     32 31 0   .508
Northwestern 6 9 0   .400     32 20 2   .611
Illinois 6 8 0   .429     23 24 2   .490
Wisconsin 6 10 0   .375     0 0 0  
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1983; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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. Michigan won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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.

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

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


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