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1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.