Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Season Player School Position
1982 Jim Paciorek Michigan OF
1983 Terry Steinbach Rich Stoll Minnesota Michigan 3B P
1984 Barry Larkin Michigan SS
1985 Barry Larkin ( 2 ) Michigan SS
1986 Casey Close Michigan OF
1987 Darrin Fletcher Illinois C
1988 Jim Abbott Michigan P
1989 Bubba Smith Illinois 1B / P
1990 Mark Dalesandro Illinois IF / C
1991 Brent Gates Minnesota SS
1992 Brett Backlund Mike Smith Iowa Indiana P SS
1993 Mark Loretta Northwestern SS
1994 Mark Merila Jonathan Sweet Minnesota Ohio State 2B C
1995 Shane Gunderson Scott Weaver Minnesota Michigan C OF
1996 Josh Klimek Illinois SS
1997 Dan Seimetz Ohio State 1B
1998 D.J . Svihlik Illinois 2B
1999 Robb Quinlan Minnesota 1B
2000 Mike Campo Penn State OF
2001 Jack Hannahan Minnesota 3B
Winners
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.