1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

1998 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Champions	Texas Tech (1st title)
Winning coach	Larry Hays (1st title)
MVP	Josh Bard (Texas Tech)
Attendance	113,108
	← 1997; Big 12 baseball tournament; 1999 →;

1998 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

Source:^[2]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference					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

^ 2013 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 54. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.