Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Baseball award
Award
Big Ten Conference Player of the Year | |
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Awarded for | the most outstanding baseball player in the Big Ten Conference |
Country | United States |
First awarded | 1982 |
Currently held by | Josh Kuroda-Grauer, Rutgers |
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 Award |
† | Major League Baseball All-Star |
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‡ | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |
Winners
Season | Player | School | Position | Reference |
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1982 | Jim Paciorek | Michigan | OF | [1] |
1983 | Terry Steinbach† Rich Stoll | Minnesota Michigan | 3B P | [1] |
1984 | Barry Larkin‡ | Michigan | SS | [1] |
1985 | Barry Larkin‡ (2) | Michigan | SS | [1] |
1986 | Casey Close | Michigan | OF | [1] |
1987 | Darrin Fletcher† | Illinois | C | [1] |
1988 | Jim Abbott | Michigan | P | [1] |
1989 | Bubba Smith | Illinois | 1B/P | [1] |
1990 | Mark Dalesandro | Illinois | IF/C | [1] |
1991 | Brent Gates | Minnesota | SS | [1] |
1992 | Brett Backlund Mike Smith | Iowa Indiana | P SS | [1] |
1993 | Mark Loretta† | Northwestern | SS | [1] |
1994 | Mark Merila Jonathan Sweet | Minnesota Ohio State | 2B C | [1] |
1995 | Shane Gunderson Scott Weaver | Minnesota Michigan | C OF | [1] |
1996 | Josh Klimek | Illinois | SS | [1] |
1997 | Dan Seimetz | Ohio State | 1B | [1] |
1998 | D.J. Svihlik | Illinois | 2B | [1] |
1999 | Robb Quinlan | Minnesota | 1B | [1] |
2000 | Mike Campo | Penn State | OF | [1] |
2001 | Jack Hannahan | Minnesota | 3B | [1] |
2002 | Luke Appert Kennard Jones Bob Malek | Minnesota Indiana Michigan State | 2B OF OF | [1] |
2003 | Luke Appert (2) | Minnesota | 2B | [1] |
2004 | Steve Caravati | Ohio State | OF | [1] |
2005 | Drew Davidson | Illinois | OF | [1] |
2006 | Ronnie Bourquin | Ohio State | 3B | [1] |
2007 | Lars Davis | Illinois | C | [1] |
2008 | Nate Recknagel | Michigan | 1B | [1] |
2009 | Dan Burkhart | Ohio State | C | [1] |
2010 | Alex Dickerson | Indiana | OF | [1] |
2011 | Jeff Holm | Michigan State | 1B | [1] |
2012 | Kevin Plawecki | Purdue | C | [1] |
2013 | Justin Parr | Illinois | OF | [2] |
2014 | Sam Travis | Indiana | 1B | [3] |
2015 | David Kerian | Illinois | 1B | [4] |
2016 | Matt Fiedler | Minnesota | OF | [5] |
2017 | Jake Adams | Iowa | OF | [6] |
2018 | Bren Spillane | Illinois | 1B/OF | [7] |
2019 | Jordan Brewer | Michigan | OF | [8] |
2021 | Spencer Schwellenbach | Nebraska | SS/P | [9] |
2022 | Chris Alleyne | Maryland | OF | [10] |
2023 | Matt Shaw | Maryland | SS | [11] |
2024 | Josh Kuroda-Grauer | Rutgers | SS | [12] |
Winners by school
School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
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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 |
Northwestern (1896) | 1 | 1993 |
Penn State (1993) | 1 | 2000 |
Purdue (1896) | 1 | 2012 |
Rutgers (2014) | 1 | 2024 |
Wisconsin (1896)a | 0 | — |
Footnotes
- a Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Big Ten Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces 2014 Baseball All-Conference Honors and Individual Award Winners". May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners". Big Ten Conference. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners :: Big Ten Conference". Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "View the 2017 All-Big Ten Baseball Teams & award winners". May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Bren Spillane, Patrick Fredrickson pace 2018 All-Big Ten Baseball Team". May 22, 2018.
- ^ "Check out the 2019 All-Big Ten Baseball Team". btn.com. May 21, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 24, 2022. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball Postseason Awards Recipients". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2024 Baseball Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 21, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year
- 1982: Paciorek
- 1983: Steinbach & Stoll
- 1984: Larkin
- 1985: Larkin
- 1986: Close
- 1987: Fletcher
- 1988: Abbott
- 1989: B. Smith
- 1990: Dalesandro
- 1991: Gates
- 1992: Backlund & M. Smith
- 1993: Loretta
- 1994: Merila & Sweet
- 1995: Gunderson & Weaver
- 1996: Klimek
- 1997: Seimetz
- 1998: Svihlik
- 1999: Quinlan
- 2000: Campo
- 2001: Hannahan
- 2002: Appert, Jones & Malek
- 2003: Appert
- 2004: Caravati
- 2005: Davidson
- 2006: Bourquin
- 2007: Davis
- 2008: Recknagel
- 2009: Burkhart
- 2010: Dickerson
- 2011: Holm
- 2012: Plawecki
- 2013: Parr
- 2014: Travis
- 2015: Kerian
- 2016: Fiedler
- 2017: Adams
- 2018: Spillane
- 2019: Brewer
- 2020: Not awarded
- 2021: Schwellenbach
- 2022: Alleyne
- 2023: Shaw