1983 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1983 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Miami (1st title)
Winning coach John Pavlisko (1st title)
1983 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
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 May 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

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
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 —
2W Eastern Michigan 7  
1W Western Michigan 4  
  1E Ohio 3
  2W Eastern Michigan 12  

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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
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