1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament
1998 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 46 – 20 – 0   .697
No. 28 Baylor  ‍‍‍y 18 – 10 – 0   .643 41 – 20 – 1   .669
No. 29 Texas Tech  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 11 – 0   .621 44 – 20 – 0   .688
No. 22 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 17 – 11 – 0   .607 42 – 20 – 0   .677
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12 – 0   .586 36 – 18 – 0   .667
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 12 – 0   .556 40 – 21 – 0   .656
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13 – 0   .435 24 – 20 – 0   .545
Texas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 0   .379 23 – 32 – 1   .420
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18 – 0   .357 20 – 27 – 0   .426
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19 – 0   .321 20 – 32 – 0   .385
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 22 – 29 – 0   .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


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

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Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Texas A&M 21 9 0 .700 – 46 20 0 .697
2 2 Baylor 18 10 0 .643 2 41 20 1 .669
3 3 Texas Tech 18 11 0 .621 2.5 44 20 0 .688
4 4 Oklahoma 17 11 0 .607 3 42 20 0 .677
5 5 Missouri 17 12 0 .586 3.5 36 18 0 .667
6 6 Oklahoma State 15 12 0 .556 4.5 40 21 0 .656
7 – Nebraska 10 13 0 .435 7.5 24 20 0 .545
8 – Texas 11 18 0 .379 9.5 23 32 1 .420
9 – Iowa State 10 18 0 .357 10 20 27 0 .426
10 – Kansas State 9 19 0 .321 11 20 32 0 .385
11 – Kansas 7 20 0 .259 12.5 22 29 0 .431
  • Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Texas A&M4
4Oklahoma10
1Texas A&M44Oklahoma9
6Oklahoma State36Oklahoma State44Oklahoma3
6Oklahoma State11
3Texas Tech4
5Missouri8
2Baylor7
3Texas Tech14
5Missouri3
2Baylor41Texas A&M7
3Texas Tech11
3Texas Tech53Texas Tech7
4Oklahoma11Texas A&M11
1Texas A&M8
2Baylor5

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

References

  1. ^ 2013 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 54. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  • Big 12 Tourney media guide Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  • Boydsworld 1998 Standings
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