1981 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1981 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Eastern Michigan (1st title)
Winning coach Ron Oestrike (1st title)
1981 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Central Michigan † 13 – 3 – 0   .813     37 – 13 – 0   .740
Western Michigan 14 – 3 – 1   .806     32 – 21 – 1   .602
Miami 12 – 5 – 1   .694     22 – 27 – 1   .450
Eastern Michigan ‡y 9 – 7 – 0   .563     37 – 29 – 0   .561
Toledo 8 – 9 – 0   .471     30 – 20 – 0   .600
Northern Illinois 6 – 10 – 2   .389     19 – 26 – 2   .426
Kent State 5 – 8 – 0   .385     13 – 18 – 1   .422
Bowling Green 5 – 8 – 0   .385     13 – 18 – 1   .422
Ohio 5 – 13 – 0   .278     12 – 34 – 0   .261
Ball State 4 – 12 – 0   .250     18 – 22 – 0   .450
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1981[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 16–18 of that year. The top four regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the first time the Mid-American Conference held a postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Eastern Michigan won the first tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.

Team W L Tie PCT GB Seed
Central Michigan 13 3 0 .813
–
1
Western Michigan 14 3 1 .806
.5
2
Miami 12 5 1 .694
2
3
Eastern Michigan 9 7 0 .563
4
4
Toledo 8 9 0 .471
5.5
–
Northern Illinois 6 10 2 .389
8
–
Kent State 5 8 0 .385
6.5
–
Bowling Green 5 11 0 .313
8
–
Ohio 5 13 0 .278
9
–
Ball State 4 12 0 .250
9
–

Results

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Central Michigan 0  
4 Eastern Michigan 7  
  4 Eastern Michigan 5  
  3 Miami 2  
2 Western Michigan 0
3 Miami 8  
  4 Eastern Michigan 5 —
  1 Central Michigan 4 —
1 Central Michigan 4  
2 Western Michigan 2  
  3 Miami 1
  1 Central Michigan 4  

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Miami RedHawks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). muredhawks.com. pp. 10–17. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
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