1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1995. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the seventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Second seeded Central Michigan won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1995 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachDean Kreiner (2nd title)
MVPPat Mahoney, Central Michigan
1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Bowling Green  ‍†‍‍ 22–8–0 .733  34–20–0 .630
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19–10–0 .655  40–19–0 .678
Central Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 19–12–0 .613  41–19–0 .683
Akron  ‍‍‍ 18–12–0 .600  26–22–0 .542
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19–13–0 .594  31–22–1 .583
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18–13–0 .581  22–31–0 .415
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15–17–0 .469  31–25–0 .554
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  21–32–0 .396
Miami  ‍‍‍ 8–23–0 .258  21–35–0 .375
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 7–25–0 .219  15–41–0 .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Central Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Western Michigan by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Bowling Green228.733
–
1
Kent State1910.655
2.5
2
Central Michigan1912.613
3.5
3
Akron1812.600
4
4
Western Michigan1913.594
4
–
Eastern Michigan1813.581
4.5
–
Ohio1517.469
8
–
Toledo921.300
13
–
Miami823.258
14.5
–
Ball State725.219
16
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Bowling Green 5  
4 Akron 6  
  4 Akron 8  
  3 Central Michigan 16  
2 Kent State 0
3 Central Michigan 3  
  3 Central Michigan 6 7
  2 Kent State 11 4
1 Bowling Green 2  
2 Kent State 5  
  4 Akron 3
  2 Kent State 16  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Lee GardnerCentral Michigan
Pat MahoneyCentral Michigan
Steve SmetanaKent State
E.J. EckertAkron
Tim FailsKent State
Mike CombsBowling Green
Toby KominekCentral Michigan
Art MightonKent State
Jerome KynardBowling Green
Ted RoseKent State

Most Valuable Player

Pat Mahoney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Mahoney played for Central Michigan.[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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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