1992 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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1992 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Kent State  (1st title)
Winning coach Danny Hall  (1st title)
MVP Dustin Hermanson (Kent State)
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍y24–7–0 .77445–13–0 .776
Ohio  ‍‍‍20–12–0 .62533–22–0 .600
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍18–12–1 .59731–27–1 .534
Ball State  ‍‍‍14–13–0 .51923–27–0 .460
Miami  ‍‍‍16–15–0 .51632–22–0 .593
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍14–16–0 .46725–26–0 .490
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍10–15–0 .40022–26–0 .458
Toledo  ‍‍‍7–18–0 .28018–29–0 .383
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍7–22–1 .25014–25–1 .363
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1992. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the fourth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion and first since 1983. Top seeded Kent State won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLTPCTGBSeed
Kent State 2470.774
–
1
Ohio 20120.625
4.5
2
Central Michigan 18121.597
6
3
Ball State 14130.519
8
4
Miami 16150.516
8
–
Western Michigan 14160.467
9.5
–
Eastern Michigan 10150.400
11
–
Toledo 7180.280
14
–
Bowling Green 7220.250
16
–

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Kent State 2
4 Ball State 1
1Kent State6
3Central Michigan7
2 Ohio 2
3 Central Michigan 12
3Central Michigan31
1Kent State93
Lower round 1Lower final
11Kent State10
4Ball State12Ohio4
2Ohio7

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Dustin Hermanson Kent State
Andy MayerOhio
Dan BergmanCentral Michigan
Darin DreaskyCentral Michigan
Matt RundelsKent State
Mike GulanKent State
Tony CarrollCentral Michigan
Todd SteinKent State
Roger MorganKent State
Tony GucciardoKent State

Most Valuable Player

Dustin Hermanson won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Hermanson was a pitcher for Kent State. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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