1981 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1981 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bill Theunissen Stadium (1948) Mount Pleasant, MI
Champions	Eastern Michigan  (1st title)
Winning coach	Ron Oestrike  (1st title)
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1981 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 to 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

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	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	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Miami	1
	1	Central Michigan	4			1	Central Michigan	4
	2	Western Michigan	2

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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
3. 2012 Miami RedHawks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). muredhawks.com. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.