1993 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1993 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Gene Michael Field Kent, OH
Champions	Kent State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Danny Hall (2nd title)
MVP	Ryan Beeney (Kent State)

1993 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 27 Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	10	–	0		.688			41	–	15	–	0		.732
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	22	–	10	–	0		.688			39	–	19	–	0		.672
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			35	–	21	–	0		.625
Ball State  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Ohio  ‍‍‍	13	–	15	–	0		.464			21	–	26	–	0		.447
Toledo  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Miami  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			26	–	27	–	0		.491
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			19	–	27	–	1		.415
Akron  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			22	–	33	–	0		.400
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1993[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1993 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1993. 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 fifth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded Kent State won their second consecutive and second overall tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Kent State	22	10	.688	–	1
Central Michigan	22	10	.688	–	2
Western Michigan	20	10	.667	1	3
Ball State	17	13	.567	4	4
Ohio	13	15	.464	7	–
Toledo	13	17	.433	8	–
Eastern Michigan	13	17	.433	8	–
Miami	12	18	.400	9	–
Bowling Green	11	17	.393	9	–
Akron	7	23	.233	14	–

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Kent State	0
	4	Ball State	1
						4	Ball State	5
						3	Western Michigan	1
	2	Central Michigan	4
	3	Western Michigan	6
											4	Ball State	1	1
											1	Kent State	8	3
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Western Michigan	4
	1	Kent State	6			1	Kent State	5
	2	Central Michigan	0

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Curt Conley	Ball State
Travis Miller	Kent State
Scott Stricklin	Kent State
Ryan Beeney	Kent State
Sean Freeman	Kent State
Michael Thompson	Ball State
Kevin Zellers	Kent State
Corey Montry	Western Michigan
Matt Terrell	Western Michigan
Todd Stein	Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Beeney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Beeney played for Kent State.^[4]

References

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. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.