Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Big Ten Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1982 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1994 season, the Big Ten Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.

Big Ten Conference Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball player in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1982
Currently held byJordan Brewer, Michigan

Key

* Awarded a College National Player of the Year award:
the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
Major League Baseball All-Star
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Winners

Season Player School Position Reference
1982 Jim Paciorek Michigan OF [1]
1983 Terry Steinbach
Rich Stoll
Minnesota
Michigan
3B
P
[1]
1984 Barry Larkin Michigan SS [1]
1985 Barry Larkin (2) Michigan SS [1]
1986 Casey Close Michigan OF [1]
1987 Darrin Fletcher Illinois C [1]
1988 Jim Abbott Michigan P [1]
1989 Bubba Smith Illinois 1B/P [1]
1990 Mark Dalesandro Illinois IF/C [1]
1991 Brent Gates Minnesota SS [1]
1992 Brett Backlund
Mike Smith
Iowa
Indiana
P
SS
[1]
1993 Mark Loretta Northwestern SS [1]
1994 Mark Merila
Jonathan Sweet
Minnesota
Ohio State
2B
C
[1]
1995 Shane Gunderson
Scott Weaver
Minnesota
Michigan
C
OF
[1]
1996 Josh Klimek Illinois SS [1]
1997 Dan Seimetz Ohio State 1B [1]
1998 D.J. Svihlik Illinois 2B [1]
1999 Robb Quinlan Minnesota 1B [1]
2000 Mike Campo Penn State OF [1]
2001 Jack Hannahan Minnesota 3B [1]
2002 Luke Appert
Kennard Jones
Bob Malek
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan State
2B
OF
OF
[1]
2003 Luke Appert (2) Minnesota 2B [1]
2004 Steve Caravati Ohio State OF [1]
2005 Drew Davidson Illinois OF [1]
2006 Ronnie Bourquin Ohio State 3B [1]
2007 Lars Davis Illinois C [1]
2008 Nate Recknagel Michigan 1B [1]
2009 Dan Burkhart Ohio State C [1]
2010 Alex Dickerson Indiana OF [1]
2011 Jeff Holm Michigan State 1B [1]
2012 Kevin Plawecki Purdue C [1]
2013 Justin Parr Illinois OF [2]
2014 Sam Travis Indiana 1B [3]
2015 David Kerian Illinois 1B [4]
2016 Matt Fiedler Minnesota OF [5]
2017 Jake Adams Iowa OF [6]
2018 Bren Spillane Illinois IF/OF [7]
2019 Jordan Brewer Michigan OF [8]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Illinois (1896) 10 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2018
Michigan (1896) 9 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2008, 2019
Minnesota (1896) 9 1983, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016
Ohio State (1912) 5 1994, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2009
Indiana (1900) 4 1992, 2002, 2010, 2014
Michigan State (1953) 2 2002, 2011
Iowa (1900) 2 1992, 2017
Northwestern (1896) 1 1993
Penn State (1993) 1 2000
Purdue (1896) 1 2012
Nebraska (2011) 0
Wisconsin (1896)a 0

Footnotes

  • a Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.

References

  1. "Big Ten Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  2. "Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. "Big Ten Announces 2014 Baseball All-Conference Honors and Individual Award Winners". May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners". Big Ten Conference. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://btn.com/2017/05/23/view-the-2017-all-big-ten-baseball-team-award-winners/
  7. http://btn.com/2018/05/22/bren-spillane-patrick-fredrickson-pace-2018-all-big-ten-baseball-team/
  8. "Check out the 2019 All-Big Ten Baseball Team". btn.com. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
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