1993 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1993 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1993. 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 fifth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded Kent State won their second consecutive and second overall tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1993 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (2nd title)
Winning coachDanny Hall (2nd title)
MVPRyan Beeney, Kent State
1993 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 27 Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍y 22–10–0 .688  41–15–0 .732
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 22–10–0 .688  39–19–0 .672
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20–10–0 .667  35–21–0 .625
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  32–24–0 .571
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13–15–0 .464  21–26–0 .447
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  24–31–0 .436
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  30–24–0 .556
Miami  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .400  26–27–0 .491
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 11–17–0 .393  19–27–1 .415
Akron  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .233  22–33–0 .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Kent State2210.688
–
1
Central Michigan2210.688
–
2
Western Michigan2010.667
1
3
Ball State1713.567
4
4
Ohio1315.464
7
–
Toledo1317.433
8
–
Eastern Michigan1317.433
8
–
Miami1218.400
9
–
Bowling Green1117.393
9
–
Akron723.233
14
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Kent State 0  
4 Ball State 1  
  4 Ball State 5  
  3 Western Michigan 1  
2 Central Michigan 4
3 Western Michigan 6  
  4 Ball State 1 1
  1 Kent State 8 3
1 Kent State 6  
2 Central Michigan 0  
  3 Western Michigan 4
  1 Kent State 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Curt ConleyBall State
Travis MillerKent State
Scott StricklinKent State
Ryan BeeneyKent State
Sean FreemanKent State
Michael ThompsonBall State
Kevin ZellersKent State
Corey MontryWestern Michigan
Matt TerrellWestern Michigan
Todd SteinKent State

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Beeney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Beeney played for Kent State.[4]

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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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