Classification Division Format Double-elimination | Teams 4 Champions Minnesota (2nd title) | |
Site Ray Fisher Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI Winning coach John Anderson (2nd title) | ||
The 1985 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 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
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Format and seeding
The 1985 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. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers.
Tournament
* - Indicates game required 11 innings.
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Most Outstanding Player
Jon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota.