The 1988 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 19 through 21. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The 1988 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Team W L PCT GB Seed 20 8 .714 17 11 .607 16 12 .571 16 12 .571 15 13 .536 14 14 .500 12 16 .429 11 17 .393 11 17 .393 8 20 .286
Tournament
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Todd Krumm Michigan State P Jim Abbott Michigan C Dan Wilson Minnesota 1B Paul Weinberg Minnesota 2B Scott Meadows Ohio State SS Kevin Dalson Michigan State 3B Jeff Goergen Minnesota OF Mike Davidson Michigan State OF J. T. Bruett Minnesota OF Vince Palyan Minnesota
Most Outstanding Player Vince Palyan was named Most Outstanding Player. Palyan was an outfielder for Minnesota.
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