The 1997 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was the first in Big 12 history, and the only one to be held at All Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 15 through 18. Oklahoma won the inaugural tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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: PlaceSeedTeam Conference Overall W L % GB W L % 1 1237–4614 2 221924619 3 3191143922 4 418114.53920 5 5181253223 6 615168.53127 7 –12159.52922 8 –1218113125 9 –1020133224 10 –723162735 11 –62115.52131 Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.
Tournament
Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, and Texas did not make the tournament.
All-Tournament Team Position Player School 1B Joe Dillon Texas Tech 2B Corey Hart Oklahoma 3B Sean Heaney Texas A&M SS Derek Wathan Oklahoma C Javier Flores Oklahoma OF Rusty McNamara Oklahoma State OF Brian Shackelford Oklahoma OF Brandon Toro Texas Tech DH Jason Landreth Texas Tech P Matt Blank Texas A&M P Jason Gooding Texas Tech P Jeff Andra Oklahoma MOP Brian Shackelford Oklahoma
See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Big 12 Conference baseball tournament
References
Big 12 Tourney media guide Boydsworld 1997 Standings