1992 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1992 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (1st title)
Winning coachDanny Hall (1st title)
MVPDustin Hermanson (Kent State)
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍y 24 – 7 – 0   .774 45 – 13 – 0   .776
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 20 – 12 – 0   .625 33 – 22 – 0   .600
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 1   .597 31 – 27 – 1   .534
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 23 – 27 – 0   .460
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16 – 15 – 0   .516 32 – 22 – 0   .593
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 25 – 26 – 0   .490
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 0   .400 22 – 26 – 0   .458
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 7 – 18 – 0   .280 18 – 29 – 0   .383
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 1   .250 14 – 25 – 1   .363
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1992 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1992. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the fourth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion and first since 1983. Top seeded Kent State won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1992 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.

Team W L T PCT GB Seed
Kent State 24 7 0 .774
–
1
Ohio 20 12 0 .625
4.5
2
Central Michigan 18 12 1 .597
6
3
Ball State 14 13 0 .519
8
4
Miami 16 15 0 .516
8
–
Western Michigan 14 16 0 .467
9.5
–
Eastern Michigan 10 15 0 .400
11
–
Toledo 7 18 0 .280
14
–
Bowling Green 7 22 0 .250
16
–

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Kent State2
4Ball State1
1Kent State6
3Central Michigan7
2Ohio2
3Central Michigan12
3Central Michigan31
1Kent State93
Lower round 1Lower final
11Kent State10
4Ball State12Ohio4
2Ohio7

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Dustin Hermanson Kent State
Andy Mayer Ohio
Dan Bergman Central Michigan
Darin Dreasky Central Michigan
Matt Rundels Kent State
Mike Gulan Kent State
Tony Carroll Central Michigan
Todd Stein Kent State
Roger Morgan Kent State
Tony Gucciardo Kent State

Most Valuable Player

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Dustin Hermanson won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Hermanson was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]

References

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  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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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