1999 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1999 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBowling Green (2nd title)
Winning coachDanny Schmitz (2nd title)
MVPSean Ryan (Bowling Green)
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 Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. 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

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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

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First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
1WBall State2
2EMiami4
1WBall State42EMiami9
3EKent State13EKent State7
3EKent State7
3WWestern Michigan5
2WToledo32EMiami124*
2EMiami01EBowling Green25*
2WToledo2
1EBowling Green15
1EBowling Green61EBowling Green8
3WWestern Michigan11WBall State7
1WBall State10
2WToledo1

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

All-Tournament Team

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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

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

References

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  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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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