1981 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (1st title)
Winning coachRon Oestrike (1st title)
1981 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Central Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 13–3–0 .81337–13–0 .740
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–3–1 .80632–21–1 .602
Miami  ‍‍‍ 12–5–1 .69422–27–1 .450
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 9–7–0 .56337–29–0 .561
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–9–0 .47130–20–0 .600
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6–10–2 .38919–26–2 .426
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 5–8–0 .38513–18–1 .422
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 5–8–0 .38513–18–1 .422
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27812–34–0 .261
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 4–12–0 .25018–22–0 .450
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 16 to 18 of that year. The top four regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the first time the Mid-American Conference held a postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Eastern Michigan won the first tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLTiePCTGBSeed
Central Michigan1330.813
–
1
Western Michigan1431.806
.5
2
Miami1251.694
2
3
Eastern Michigan970.563
4
4
Toledo890.471
5.5
–
Northern Illinois6102.389
8
–
Kent State580.385
6.5
–
Bowling Green5110.313
8
–
Ohio5130.278
9
–
Ball State4120.250
9
–

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Central Michigan0
4Eastern Michigan7
4Eastern Michigan5
3Miami2
2Western Michigan0
3Miami8
4Eastern Michigan5—
1Central Michigan4—
Lower round 1Lower final
3Miami1
1Central Michigan41Central Michigan4
2Western Michigan2

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Miami RedHawks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). muredhawks.com. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
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