1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1995. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the seventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Second seeded Central Michigan won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1995 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Warren E. Steller Field Bowling Green, OH
Champions	Central Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dean Kreiner (2nd title)
MVP	Pat Mahoney, Central Michigan

1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bowling Green  ‍†‍‍	22	–	8	–	0		.733			34	–	20	–	0		.630
Kent State  ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	0		.655			40	–	19	–	0		.678
Central Michigan  ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	12	–	0		.613			41	–	19	–	0		.683
Akron  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			26	–	22	–	0		.542
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	19	–	13	–	0		.594			31	–	22	–	1		.583
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	18	–	13	–	0		.581			22	–	31	–	0		.415
Ohio  ‍‍‍	15	–	17	–	0		.469			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Toledo  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			21	–	32	–	0		.396
Miami  ‍‍‍	8	–	23	–	0		.258			21	–	35	–	0		.375
Ball State  ‍‍‍	7	–	25	–	0		.219			15	–	41	–	0		.268
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[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. Central Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Western Michigan by tiebreaker.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Bowling Green	22	8	.733	–	1
Kent State	19	10	.655	2.5	2
Central Michigan	19	12	.613	3.5	3
Akron	18	12	.600	4	4
Western Michigan	19	13	.594	4	–
Eastern Michigan	18	13	.581	4.5	–
Ohio	15	17	.469	8	–
Toledo	9	21	.300	13	–
Miami	8	23	.258	14.5	–
Ball State	7	25	.219	16	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Bowling Green	5
	4	Akron	6
						4	Akron	8
						3	Central Michigan	16
	2	Kent State	0
	3	Central Michigan	3
											3	Central Michigan	6	7
										2	Kent State	11	4
	1	Bowling Green	2
	2	Kent State	5
						4	Akron	3
						2	Kent State	16

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Lee Gardner	Central Michigan
Pat Mahoney	Central Michigan
Steve Smetana	Kent State
E.J. Eckert	Akron
Tim Fails	Kent State
Mike Combs	Bowling Green
Toby Kominek	Central Michigan
Art Mighton	Kent State
Jerome Kynard	Bowling Green
Ted Rose	Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Pat Mahoney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Mahoney played for Central Michigan.[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.