1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1992 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1992
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Gene Michael Field
Kent, OH
Champions Kent State (1st title)
Winning coach Danny Hall (1st title)
MVP Dustin Hermanson (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1983 1993»
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

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

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Kent State 2  
4  Ball State 1  
  1  Kent State 6  
  3  Central Michigan 7  
2  Ohio 2
3  Central Michigan 12  
  3  Central Michigan 3 1
  1  Kent State 9 3
4  Ball State 1  
2  Ohio 7  
  11  Kent State 10
  2  Ohio 4  

All-Tournament Team

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

Dustin Hermanson won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Hermanson was a pitcher 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. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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