1999 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1999 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1999
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Warren E. Steller Field
Bowling Green, OH
Champions Bowling Green (2nd title)
Winning coach Danny Schmitz (2nd title)
MVP Sean Ryan (Bowling Green)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
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1999 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Bowling Green x‡y 21 – 10 – 0   .677     36 – 24 – 0   .600
Miami 20 – 12 – 0   .625     34 – 27 – 0   .557
Kent State 19 – 12 – 0   .613     33 – 25 – 0   .569
Ohio 17 – 13 – 0   .567     26 – 28 – 0   .481
Akron 10 – 22 – 0   .313     10 – 22 – 0   .313
Marshall 4 – 26 – 1   .145     12 – 43 – 1   .223
West
Ball State x 25 – 6 – 0   .806     42 – 18 – 0   .700
Toledo 23 – 9 – 0   .719     39 – 20 – 0   .661
Western Michigan 20 – 12 – 0   .625     30 – 28 – 0   .517
Central Michigan 15 – 15 – 0   .500     24 – 32 – 0   .429
Eastern Michigan 12 – 19 – 1   .391     21 – 32 – 1   .398
Northern Illinois 1 – 31 – 0   .031     4 – 51 – 1   .080
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1999. The top three regular season finishers from each division 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 eleventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the west, Bowling Green, won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the second year of the six team tournament.

Team W L T PCT GB Seed
East Division
Bowling Green 21 10 0 .688
–
1E
Miami 20 12 0 .625
1.5
2E
Kent State 19 12 0 .613
2
3E
Ohio 17 13 0 .567
3.5
–
Akron 10 22 0 .313
11.5
–
Marshall 4 26 1 .141
16
–
West Division
Ball State 25 6 0 .806
–
1W
Toledo 23 9 0 .719
2.5
2W
Western Michigan 20 12 0 .625
5.5
3W
Central Michigan 15 15 0 .500
9.5
–
Eastern Michigan 12 19 1 .387
13
–
Northern Illinois 1 31 0 .031
25.5
–

Results

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1W  Ball State 4  
  3E  Kent State 1     1W  Ball State 2  
    2E  Miami 4    
      2E  Miami 9  
      3E  Kent State 7    
  3E  Kent State 7          
  3W  Western Michigan 5        
  2W  Toledo 3         2E  Miami    
  2E  Miami 0           1E  Bowling Green    
      2W  Toledo 2        
      1E  Bowling Green 15          
  1E  Bowling Green 6           1E  Bowling Green 8    
  3W  Western Michigan 1         1W  Ball State 7  
  1W  Ball State 10    
  2W  Toledo 1  

* - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to weather.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Jeremy Griffiths Toledo
Jason Kelley Bowling Green
Matt Marcum Bowling Green
Bob Niemet Bowling Green
Mark Thewes Miami
Jeremy Ison Miami
Sean Ryan Bowling Green
Aric Christman Bowling Green
D.J. Eckhart Miami
Clark Mace Miami

Most Valuable Player

Sean Ryan won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Ryan played for Bowling Green.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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