Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year
| Big Ten Conference Player of the Year | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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
[edit]| * | Awarded a College National Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award |
| † | Major League Baseball All-Star |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |
Winners
[edit]Winners by school
[edit]| 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 |
| Northwestern (1896) | 1 | 1993 |
| Penn State (1993) | 1 | 2000 |
| Purdue (1896) | 1 | 2012 |
| Rutgers (2014) | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin (1896)a | 0 | — |
Footnotes
[edit]- a Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.
References
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