1997 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

1997 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio (1st title)
Winning coachJim Carbone (1st title)
MVPBart Leahy, Ohio
1997 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio229.710
–
1
Ball State2110.677
1
2
Kent State1813.581
4
3
Miami1713.567
4.5
4
Eastern Michigan1714.548
5
–
Central Michigan1414.500
6.5
–
Akron1416.467
7.5
–
Bowling Green1317.433
8.5
–
Toledo920.310
12
–
Western Michigan624.200
15.5
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Ohio 23  
4 Miami 4  
  1 Ohio 9  
  2 Ball State 6  
2 Ball State 17
3 Kent State 5  
  1 Ohio 7 —
  3 Kent State 6 —
4 Miami 6  
3 Kent State 9  
  2 Ball State 10
  3 Kent State 18  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Matt GuerrierKent State
Brady GickOhio
Ed FarrisBall State
Cary ZamilskiKent State
Brian DorrmannBall State
Damon WilcoxOhio
Jason GrahamOhio
Andy RoseberryKent State
Jason MeierBall State
Bart LeahyOhio

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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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