# Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year

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 |
| ‡ | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |

## Winners

| 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 |
| 2002 | Luke Appert Kennard Jones Bob Malek | Minnesota Indiana Michigan State | 2B OF OF |
| 2003 | Luke Appert (2) | Minnesota | 2B |
| 2004 | Steve Caravati | Ohio State | OF |
| 2005 | Drew Davidson | Illinois | OF |
| 2006 | Ronnie Bourquin | Ohio State | 3B |
| 2007 | Lars Davis | Illinois | C |
| 2008 | Nate Recknagel | Michigan | 1B |
| 2009 | Dan Burkhart | Ohio State | C |
| 2010 | Alex Dickerson | Indiana | OF |
| 2011 | Jeff Holm | Michigan State | 1B |
| 2012 | Kevin Plawecki | Purdue | C |
| 2013 | Justin Parr | Illinois | OF |
| 2014 | Sam Travis | Indiana | 1B |
| 2015 | David Kerian | Illinois | 1B |
| 2016 | Matt Fiedler | Minnesota | OF |
| 2017 | Jake Adams | Iowa | OF |
| 2018 | Bren Spillane | Illinois | 1B/OF |
| 2019 | Jordan Brewer | Michigan | OF |
| 2021 | Spencer Schwellenbach | Nebraska | SS/P |
| 2022 | Chris Alleyne | Maryland | OF |
| 2023 | Matt Shaw | Maryland | SS |
| 2024 | Josh Kuroda-Grauer | Rutgers | SS |

## Winners by school

| 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

* $^a$ Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.