| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Eastern Michigan (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Ron Oestrike (2nd title) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio x | 10 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .667 | 26 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .530 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 10 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .625 | 26 | – | 28 | – | 1 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 35 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .603 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 16 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .390 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 5 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .333 | 29 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .557 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan x | 12 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .750 | 34 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan ‡y | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .692 | 39 | – | 23 | – | 2 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .667 | 24 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 4 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .308 | 19 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .443 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 0 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .000 | 10 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1982 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1982 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1982. The top two regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Franklin County Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. This was the second Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Eastern Michigan, the second seed from the West, won their second tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]
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 | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Eastern Division | |||||
| Ohio | 10 | 5 | .667 | – | 1E |
| Toledo | 10 | 6 | .625 | .5 | 2E |
| Kent State | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.5 | – |
| Miami | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.5 | – |
| Bowling Green | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5 | – |
Western Division | |||||
| Western Michigan | 12 | 4 | .750 | – | 1W |
| Eastern Michigan | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.5 | 2W |
| Central Michigan | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | – |
| Northern Illinois | 4 | 9 | .308 | 6.5 | – |
| Ball State | 0 | 12 | .000 | 10 | – |
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Toledo | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | Eastern Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Ohio | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | Eastern Michigan | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | Eastern Michigan | 18 | — | |||||||||||
| 2E | Toledo | 13 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 1W | Western Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Toledo | 5 | 2E | Toledo | 6 | |||||||||
| 1E | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||||
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