1995 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1995 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

1995 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Trautman Field Columbus, OH
Champions	Ohio State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bob Todd (3rd title)
MVP	Shane Gunderson/Scott Kaczmar ( Minnesota/Ohio State)
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1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 26 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍^y	18	–	10		.643			40	–	23		.635
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			31	–	27		.534
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			36	–	19		.655
Purdue  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			28	–	29		.491
Penn State  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			25	–	29		.463
Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	14		.500			25	–	31		.446
Iowa  ‍‍‍	13	–	15		.464			29	–	24		.547
Indiana  ‍‍‍	12	–	16		.429			33	–	23		.589
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	16		.429			24	–	27		.471
Michigan  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			24	–	29		.453
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1995^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1995 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Ohio State	18	10	.643	–	1
Minnesota	16	12	.571	2	2
Northwestern	15	13	.536	3	3
Purdue	15	13	.536	3	4
Penn State	13	13	.500	4	–
Illinois	14	14	.500	4	–
Iowa	13	15	.464	5	–
Indiana	12	16	.429	6	–
Michigan State	12	16	.429	6	–
Michigan	10	16	.385	8	–

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Ohio State	2
	4	Purdue	3
						4	Purdue	3
						2	Minnesota	26
	2	Minnesota	9
	3	Northwestern	8
											2	Minnesota
											1	Ohio State
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	Purdue	3
	1	Ohio State	16			1	Ohio State	8
	3	Northwestern	15

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Pos	Name	School
P	Bob Spears	Ohio State
P	Mike Headman	Purdue
C	Shane Gunderson	Minnesota
1B	Rob Smith	Minnesota
2B	Mark Carek	Ohio State
SS	Chris Williams	Ohio State
3B	Mike Estep	Ohio State
OF	Wes Denning	Minnesota
OF	Shane McCarthy	Minnesota
OF	Scott Kaczmar	Ohio State
DH	Jake Suffian	Northwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Gunderson and Scott Kaczmar were named co-Most Outstanding Player. Gunderson was a catcher for Minnesota, while Kaczmar was an outfielder for Ohio State.^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1995". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
3. (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.