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.
Key *Awarded a College National Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes AwardMajor League Baseball All-StarMember of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionReference1982 MichiganOF 1983 Minnesota3B MichiganP1984 MichiganSS 1985 (2)MichiganSS 1986 MichiganOF 1987 IllinoisC 1988 MichiganP 1989 Illinois1B/P 1990 IllinoisIF/C 1991 MinnesotaSS 1992IowaP IndianaSS1993 NorthwesternSS 1994Minnesota2B Ohio StateC1995MinnesotaC MichiganOF1996 IllinoisSS 1997 Ohio State1B 1998 Illinois2B 1999 Minnesota1B 2000 Penn StateOF 2001 Minnesota3B 2002Minnesota2B IndianaOFMichigan StateOF2003 (2) Minnesota2B 2004 Ohio StateOF 2005 IllinoisOF 2006 Ohio State3B 2007 IllinoisC 2008 Michigan1B 2009 Ohio StateC 2010 IndianaOF 2011 Michigan State1B 2012 PurdueC 2013 IllinoisOF 2014 Indiana1B 2015 Illinois1B 2016MinnesotaOF2017IowaOF2018Illinois1B/OF2019MichiganOF2021NebraskaSS/P2022MarylandOF2023MarylandSS2024RutgersSS2025UCLASS2026 (2)UCLASS
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 Maryland (2014) 2 2022, 2023 UCLA (2024) 2 2025, 2026 Nebraska (2011) 1 2021 Northwestern (1896) 1 1993 Penn State (1993) 1 2000 Purdue (1896) 1 2012 Rutgers (2014) 1 2024 Oregon (2024) 0 — USC (2024) 0 — Washington (2024) 0 — Wisconsin (1896) 0 —
Footnotes Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.
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