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The 1998 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (6th title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
1998 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (6th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (6th title)
MVPMark Groebner (Minnesota)
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1998 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Illinois  ‍†‍‍y 19–5 .79239–19 .672
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 19–9 .67943–13 .768
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .66736–16 .692
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .57728–24 .538
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14–14 .50029–27 .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37519–27 .413
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37521–27 .438
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .35727–26 .509
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .33323–29 .442
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33325–27 .481
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The 1998 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

More information Team, W ...
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Illinois195.792
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1
Minnesota199.679
2
2
Ohio State189.667
2.5
3
Penn State1511.577
5
4
Indiana1414.500
7
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Michigan915.375
10
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Iowa915.375
10
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Northwestern1018.357
11
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Michigan State816.333
11
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Purdue918.333
11.5
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Illinois2
4Penn State5
4Penn State5
2Minnesota14
2Minnesota10
3Ohio State3
2Minnesota9
1Illinois8
Lower round 1Lower final
4Penn State5
1Illinois91Illinois11
3Ohio State8

All-Tournament Team

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

More information Pos, Name ...
PosNameSchool
PBen BirkMinnesota
PNate BumpPenn State
CJeremy MegenMinnesota
1BRobb QuinlanMinnesota
2BD. J. SvihlikIllinois
SSRick BrosseauMinnesota
3BCraig MarquieIllinois
OFDanny RhodesIllinois
OFDan O'NeillIllinois
OFMark GroebnerMinnesota
DHAdam HortonMinnesota
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Most Outstanding Player

Mark Groebner was named Most Outstanding Player. Groebner was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

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