1988 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1988 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the fourth Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the St. John's Redmen. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the Redmen's third tournament championship in the first four.[3]

1988 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Muzzy Field Bristol, CT
Champions	St. John's (3rd title)
Winning coach	Joe Russo (3rd title)
MVP	Mike Weinberg, St. John's

1988 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Providence  ^x‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0		.667			22	–	29	–	0		.431
St. John's  ‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	9	–	0		.500			29	–	21	–	1		.578
Boston College  ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0		.444			15	–	16	–	0		.484
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0		.389			24	–	18	–	0		.571
South Division
Villanova  ^x‍‍‍	16	–	2	–	0		.889			32	–	22	–	0		.593
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0		.667			39	–	16	–	0		.709
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	4	–	13	–	0		.235			12	–	31	–	0		.279
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	14	–	0		.176			9	–	20	–	0		.310
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1988 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
North Division
Providence	12	6	.667	–	1N
St. John's	9	9	.500	3	2N
Boston College	8	10	.444	4	–
Connecticut	7	11	.389	5	–
South Division
Villanova	16	2	.889	–	1S
Seton Hall	12	6	.667	4	2S
Georgetown	4	13	.235	11.5	–
Pittsburgh	3	14	.176	12.5	–

Tournament

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1N

Providence

2

2S

Seton Hall

10

2S

Seton Hall

2

1S

Villanova

8

1S

Villanova

7

2N

St. John's

1

1S

Villanova

6

0

2N

St. John's

8

5

1N

Providence

6

2N

St. John's

14

2S

Seton Hall

2

2N

St. John's

6

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
1B	Rick Petrone	Villanova
2B	Wally Heckel	St. John's
3B	Gary Scott	Villanova
SS	Kerry Cahill	St. John's
C	Brian McNamee	St. John's
OF	Robert Lambraia	St. John's
OF	Dana Brown	Seton Hall
OF	Mike Weinberg	St. John's
DH	Tom Dobson	St. John's
P	Tom Singer	St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Mike Weinberg was the winner of the 1988 Jack Kaiser Award. Weinberg was an outfielder for St. John's.[3]

References

1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 62. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1988". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 62–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.