1996 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAkron (1st title)
Winning coachDave Fross (1st title)
MVPDave Yoder (Akron)
1996 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Kent State   2170 .75030200 .600
Ohio   21110 .65634230 .596
Toledo   18140 .56327270 .500
Akron  y 18140 .56337230 .617
Ball State   16140 .53332201 .613
Central Michigan   16140 .53331200 .608
Eastern Michigan   16160 .50026290 .473
Bowling Green   14170 .45228220 .560
Western Michigan   10210 .32317340 .333
Miami   5270 .15612400 .231
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1996. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the eighth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Akron won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Toledo claimed the third seed over Akron by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Kent State217.750
1
Ohio2111.656
2
2
Toledo1814.563
5
3
Akron1814.563
5
4
Ball State1614.533
6
Central Michigan1614.533
6
Eastern Michigan1616.500
7
Bowling Green1417.452
8.5
Western Michigan1021.323
12.5
Miami527.156
18

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Kent State1
4Akron4
4Akron6
2Ohio4
2Ohio3
3Toledo2
4Akron
2Ohio
Lower round 1Lower final
2Ohio6
1Kent State23Toledo4
3Toledo7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Todd MaynardAkron
Brady GickOhio
Jay BartosAkron
Ron WargaToledo
Steve SmetanaKent State
Damon WilcoxOhio
Dave YoderAkron
Mike GoldsteinOhio
Brian PetrucciAkron
Mike DoerbeckerAkron

Most Valuable Player

Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron.[4]

References

  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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