1981 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

1981 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (1st title)
Winning coachRon Oestrike (1st title)
MVP,
1981 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Central Michigan   1330 .813  37130 .740
Western Michigan   1431 .806  32211 .602
Miami   1251 .694  22271 .450
Eastern Michigan  y 970 .563  37290 .561
Toledo   890 .471  30200 .600
Northern Illinois   6102 .389  19262 .426
Kent State   580 .385  13181 .422
Bowling Green   580 .385  13181 .422
Ohio   5130 .278  12340 .261
Ball State   4120 .250  18220 .450
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1981[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Central Michigan 0  
4 Eastern Michigan 7  
  4 Eastern Michigan 5  
  3 Miami 2  
2 Western Michigan 0
3 Miami 8  
  4 Eastern Michigan 5
  1 Central Michigan 4
1 Central Michigan 4  
2 Western Michigan 2  
  3 Miami 1
  1 Central Michigan 4  

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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Miami RedHawks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). muredhawks.com. pp. 10–17. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
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