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The 1991 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 eleventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (1st title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
1991 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (1st title)
Winning coachBob Todd (1st title)
MVPKeith Klodnick (Ohio State)
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1991 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Ohio State  y 208 .7145313 .803
Minnesota  y 1810 .6433727 .578
Indiana   1512 .5563823 .623
Northwestern   1512 .5562728 .491
Michigan   1513 .5363423 .596
Purdue   1414 .5003521 .625
Illinois   1315 .4642630 .464
Michigan State   1216 .4292825 .528
Iowa   1117 .3932628 .481
Wisconsin   622 .2141636 .308
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1991[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The 1991 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Indiana claimed the third seed and Northwestern earned the fourth seed by tiebreakers over Michigan.[3]

More information Team, W ...
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State208.714
1
Minnesota1810.643
2
2
Indiana1512.554
4.5
3
Northwestern1512.554
4.5
4
Michigan1513.554
4.5
Purdue1414.500
6
Illinois1315.464
7
Michigan State1216.429
8
Iowa1117.393
9
Wisconsin622.214
14
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State10
4Northwestern9
1Ohio State15
2Minnesota5
2Minnesota15
3Indiana11
1Ohio State3
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower final
3Minnesota7
4Northwestern104Northwestern5
3Indiana6

All-Tournament Team

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

More information Pos, Name ...
PosNameSchool
PTim SmithOhio State
PTom SchwarberOhio State
CJoe PeronaNorthwestern
1BJeff MonsonMinnesota
2BJeff AndersonOhio State
SSBrent GatesMinnesota
3BJamie TaylorOhio State
OFJeff KopferMinnesota
OFDarren SchwanklMinnesota
OFMike SteinNorthwestern
OFKeith KlodnickOhio State
DHTom SandtNorthwestern
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Most Outstanding Player

Keith Klodnick was named Most Outstanding Player. Klodnick was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

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