1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1997 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio (1st title)
Winning coachJoe Carbone (1st title)
MVPBart Leahy (Ohio)
1997 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio  ‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 9   .710 43 – 18   .705
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 21 – 10   .677 40 – 19   .678
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 13   .581 29 – 28   .509
Miami  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 27 – 28   .491
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 17 – 14   .548 29 – 25   .537
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 29 – 20   .592
Akron  ‍‍‍ 31 – 23   .574 14 – 16   .467
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 24 – 27   .471
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9 – 20   .310 18 – 33   .353
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200 14 – 39   .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1997. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Trautwein Field on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This was the ninth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded Ohio won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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. This was the final year of the four team format, as the field expanded to six teams in 1998.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio 22 9 .710
–
1
Ball State 21 10 .677
1
2
Kent State 18 13 .581
4
3
Miami 17 13 .567
4.5
4
Eastern Michigan 17 14 .548
5
–
Central Michigan 14 14 .500
6.5
–
Akron 14 16 .467
7.5
–
Bowling Green 13 17 .433
8.5
–
Toledo 9 20 .310
12
–
Western Michigan 6 24 .200
15.5
–

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio23
4Miami4
1Ohio9
2Ball State6
2Ball State17
3Kent State5
1Ohio
3Kent State
Lower round 1Lower final
2Ball State10
4Miami63Kent State18
3Kent State9

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Matt Guerrier Kent State
Brady Gick Ohio
Ed Farris Ball State
Cary Zamilski Kent State
Brian Dorrmann Ball State
Damon Wilcox Ohio
Jason Graham Ohio
Andy Roseberry Kent State
Jason Meier Ball State
Bart Leahy Ohio

Most Valuable Player

Bart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio.[4]

References

  1. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.