2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2004 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2004
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Bill Theunissen Stadium
Mount Pleasant, MI
Champions Kent State (5th title)
Winning coach Rick Rembielak (3rd title)
MVP Ryan Ford Eastern Michigan
Andy Sonnanstine (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2003  2005»
2004 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Miami x 14 – 8   .636     36 – 21   .632
Kent State ‡y 14 – 10   .583     36 – 27   .571
Ohio 12 – 12   .500     25 – 29   .463
Akron 11 – 12   .478     26 – 27   .491
Marshall 10 – 13   .435     27 – 27   .500
Buffalo 4 – 18   .182     15 – 39   .278
West
Central Michigan x 18 – 6   .750     33 – 24   .579
Eastern Michigan 14 – 10   .583     32 – 27   .542
Northern Illinois 14 – 10   .583     31 – 28   .525
Ball State 14 – 10   .583     28 – 28   .500
Bowling Green 13 – 11   .542     28 – 19   .596
Toledo 8 – 16   .333     20 – 34   .370
Western Michigan 7 – 17   .292     21 – 35   .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2004. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the sixteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Kent State won their fifth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the seventh year of the six team tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Miami 14 8 .636
–
2
Kent State 14 10 .583
1
6
Ohio 12 12 .500
3
–
Akron 11 12 .478
3.5
–
Marshall 10 13 .435
4.5
–
Buffalo 4 18 .182
10
–
West Division
Central Michigan 18 6 .750
–
1
Eastern Michigan 14 10 .583
4
3
Ball State 14 10 .583
4
4
Northern Illinois 14 10 .583
4
5
Bowling Green 13 11 .542
5
–
Toledo 8 16 .333
10
–
Western Michigan 7 17 .292
11
–

Results

  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1  Central Michigan 0  
  6  Kent State 6     6  Kent State 0  
    4  Ball State 4    
      4  Ball State 6  
      2  Miami 7     2  Miami 0  
  1  Central Michigan 0         3  Eastern Michigan 2    
  2  Miami 6        
  3  Eastern Michigan 10         3  Eastern Michigan 4
  4  Ball State 4           6  Kent State 7
      3  Eastern Michigan 17        
      5  Northern Illinois 12          
  2  Miami 4           3  Eastern Michigan 6              
  5  Northern Illinois 8         6  Kent State 10            
  5  Northern Illinois 6    
  6  Kent State 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Ryan Ford Eastern Michigan
Andy Sonnanstine Kent State
Joe Tucker Kent State
Chad Kinyon Kent State
Brian Bixler Eastern Michigan
Derrick Peterson Eastern Michigan
Eric Sansouci Northern Illinois
Jason Brown Miami
Todd Kimling Eastern Michigan
Chuck Moore Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Ford and Andy Sonnanstine were named co-Most Valuable Players. Ford played for Eastern Michigan while Sonnanstine was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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