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 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: PlaceSeedTeam Conference Overall W L T % GB W L T % 1 12190–46200 2 218100241201 3 3181102.544200 4 417110342200 5 5171203.536180 6 6151204.540210 7 –101307.524200 8 –111809.523321 9 –101801020270 10 –91901120320 11 –720012.522290 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 Charley Carter Baylor 2B Keith Ginter Texas Tech 3B Craig Kuzmic Texas A&M SS Steve Scarborough Texas A&M C Josh Bard Texas Tech OF Jason Landreth Texas Tech OF Jason Tyner Texas A&M OF Daylan Holt Texas A&M DH Brennan Burns Texas Tech DH Richard Park Oklahoma P Ryan Rupe Texas A&M P Chris Scarcella Texas A&M P Shane Wright Texas Tech MOP Josh Bard Texas Tech
See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Big 12 Conference baseball tournament
References
Big 12 Tourney media guide Boydsworld 1998 Standings