1998 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1998 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTexas Tech (1st title)
Winning coachLarry Hays (1st title)
MVPJosh Bard (Texas Tech)
Attendance113,108
1998 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 46 – 20 – 0   .697
No. 28 Baylor  ‍‍‍y 18 – 10 – 0   .643 41 – 20 – 1   .669
No. 29 Texas Tech  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 11 – 0   .621 44 – 20 – 0   .688
No. 22 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 17 – 11 – 0   .607 42 – 20 – 0   .677
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12 – 0   .586 36 – 18 – 0   .667
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 12 – 0   .556 40 – 21 – 0   .656
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13 – 0   .435 24 – 20 – 0   .545
Texas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 0   .379 23 – 32 – 1   .420
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18 – 0   .357 20 – 27 – 0   .426
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19 – 0   .321 20 – 32 – 0   .385
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 22 – 29 – 0   .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was the second played in Big 12 history, and the first to be held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 14 through May 17. Texas Tech won the tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The format followed that used by the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at the time: a six-team, double-elimination tournament.

Regular Season Standings[]

Source:[2]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Texas A&M 21 9 0 .700 – 46 20 0 .697
2 2 Baylor 18 10 0 .643 2 41 20 1 .669
3 3 Texas Tech 18 11 0 .621 2.5 44 20 0 .688
4 4 Oklahoma 17 11 0 .607 3 42 20 0 .677
5 5 Missouri 17 12 0 .586 3.5 36 18 0 .667
6 6 Oklahoma State 15 12 0 .556 4.5 40 21 0 .656
7 – Nebraska 10 13 0 .435 7.5 24 20 0 .545
8 – Texas 11 18 0 .379 9.5 23 32 1 .420
9 – Iowa State 10 18 0 .357 10 20 27 0 .426
10 – Kansas State 9 19 0 .321 11 20 32 0 .385
11 – Kansas 7 20 0 .259 12.5 22 29 0 .431
  • Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament[]

  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 Texas A&M 4  
  6 Oklahoma State 3     1 Texas A&M 4  
    4 Oklahoma 10    
      4 Oklahoma 9  
      6 Oklahoma State 4     4 Oklahoma 3  
  6 Oklahoma State 11         3 Texas Tech 4    
  5 Missouri 8        
  2 Baylor 7         3 Texas Tech 14
  5 Missouri 3           1 Texas A&M 7
      2 Baylor 4        
      3 Texas Tech 11          
  3 Texas Tech 5           3 Texas Tech 7              
  4 Oklahoma 1         1 Texas A&M 11            
  1 Texas A&M 8    
  2 Baylor 5  

All-Tournament team[]

Position Player School
1B Baylor
2B Keith Ginter Texas Tech
3B Texas A&M
SS Texas A&M
C Josh Bard Texas Tech
OF Texas Tech
OF Jason Tyner Texas A&M
OF Texas A&M
DH Texas Tech
DH Oklahoma
P Ryan Rupe Texas A&M
P Texas A&M
P Shane Wright Texas Tech
MOP Josh Bard Texas Tech

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2013 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 54. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
Retrieved from ""