1983 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1983 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hyames Field Kalamazoo, MI
Champions	Miami (1st title)
Winning coach	John Pavlisko (1st title)

1983 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern Division
Ohio  ^x‍‍‍	10	–	4	–	0		.714			26	–	19	–	0		.578
Miami  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	6	–	0		.571			36	–	15	–	0		.706
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			32	–	17	–	0		.653
Kent State  ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0		.400			44	–	16	–	0		.733
Toledo  ‍‍‍	3	–	10	–	0		.231			23	–	24	–	0		.489
Western Division
Western Michigan  ^x‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			26	–	21	–	0		.553
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			29	–	26	–	1		.527
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			31	–	19	–	0		.620
Ball State  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			23	–	23	–	1		.500
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			23	–	23	–	1		.500
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1983[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1983 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 19 through 21. The top two regular-season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This was the third Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Miami won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top two finishers from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the other division in the double-elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Seed
Eastern Division
Ohio	10	4	0	.714	–	1E
Miami	8	6	0	.571	2	2E
Bowling Green	9	7	0	.563	2	–
Kent State	6	9	0	.400	4.5	–
Toledo	3	10	0	.231	6.5	–
Western Division
Western Michigan	8	4	0	.667	–	1W
Eastern Michigan	5	4	1	.550	2	2W
Central Michigan	5	6	0	.455	2.5	–
Ball State	5	6	0	.455	2.5	–
Northern Illinois	3	7	1	.318	4.5	–

Results

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Ohio

10

2W

Eastern Michigan

9

1E

Ohio

3

2E

Miami

10

1W

Western Michigan

1

2E

Miami

8

2

Miami

7

—

2W

Eastern Michigan

3

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

1E

Ohio

3

2W

Eastern Michigan

7

2W

Eastern Michigan

12

1W

Western Michigan

4

References

1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2013.