The 1997 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Team W L PCT GB Seed 17 9 .654 18 10 .643 17 11 .607 17 11 .607 15 10 .600 12 14 .462 12 16 .429 8 16 .333 9 19 .321 7 16 .304
Tournament
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Brett Weber Illinois P Justin Fry Ohio State C Mike Kremblas Ohio State 1B Bryan Besco Michigan 2B D. J. Svihlik Illinois SS Brian Kalczynski Michigan 3B Mike Cervenak Michigan OF Derek Besco Michigan OF Jason Driscoll Ohio State OF Mike Lockwood Ohio State DH Jason Trott Ohio State
Most Outstanding Player Mike Lockwood was named Most Outstanding Player. Lockwood was an outfielder for Ohio State.
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