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]
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Kent State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Danny Hall (1st title) |
| MVP | Dustin Hermanson (Kent State) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State †‡y | 24 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .774 | 45 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .776 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 20 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .625 | 33 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 18 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .597 | 31 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 23 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 16 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .516 | 32 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 14 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .467 | 25 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 10 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .400 | 22 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 7 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .280 | 18 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .383 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 7 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .250 | 14 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .363 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1992[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format edit
The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB | Seed |
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| Kent State | 24 | 7 | 0 | .774 | – |
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| Ohio | 20 | 12 | 0 | .625 | 4.5 |
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| Central Michigan | 18 | 12 | 1 | .597 | 6 |
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| Ball State | 14 | 13 | 0 | .519 | 8 |
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| Miami | 16 | 15 | 0 | .516 | 8 |
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| Western Michigan | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | 9.5 |
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| Eastern Michigan | 10 | 15 | 0 | .400 | 11 |
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| Toledo | 7 | 18 | 0 | .280 | 14 |
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| Bowling Green | 7 | 22 | 0 | .250 | 16 |
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Results edit
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ball State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Michigan | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Michigan | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Kent State | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | Ohio | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Ohio | 7 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team edit
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Name | School |
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| Dustin Hermanson | Kent State |
| Andy Mayer | Ohio |
| Dan Bergman | Central Michigan |
| Darin Dreasky | Central Michigan |
| Matt Rundels | Kent State |
| Mike Gulan | Kent State |
| Tony Carroll | Central Michigan |
| Todd Stein | Kent State |
| Roger Morgan | Kent State |
| Tony Gucciardo | Kent State |
Most Valuable Player edit
Dustin Hermanson won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Hermanson was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]
References edit
- ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.