# 1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

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

Source:
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| Place | Seed | Team | 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 round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Oklahoma | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | Oklahoma | 10 | 4 | Oklahoma | 9 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 3 | | | | 6 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | Oklahoma | 3 | |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 6 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 6 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | Oklahoma | 3 | |
| | | | 6 | Oklahoma State | 11 | | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 4 | |
| | | | 5 | Missouri | 8 | | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Baylor | 7 | 5 | Missouri | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Baylor | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 14 |
| 5 | Missouri | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 14 |
| 5 | Missouri | 3 | 2 | Baylor | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Texas A&M | 7 |
| | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 5 | 3 | Texas Tech | 11 | 3 | Texas Tech | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1 | | | | 1 | Texas A&M | 11 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 1 | Texas A&M | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Baylor | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
* Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, and Texas did not make the tournament.

## 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 |