1999 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1999 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1999. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This was the eleventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the west, Bowling Green, won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1999 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBowling Green (2nd title)
Winning coachDanny Schmitz (2nd title)
MVPSean Ryan, Bowling Green
1999 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‡‍y 21–10–0 .677  36–24–0 .600
Miami  ‍‍‍ 20–12–0 .625  34–27–0 .557
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19–12–0 .613  33–25–0 .569
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  26–28–0 .481
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10–22–0 .313  10–22–0 .313
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 4–26–1 .145  12–43–1 .223
West
Ball State  x‍‍‍ 25–6–0 .806  42–18–0 .700
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 23–9–0 .719  39–20–0 .661
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20–12–0 .625  30–28–0 .517
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  24–32–0 .429
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12–19–1 .391  21–32–1 .398
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1–31–0 .031  4–51–1 .080
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the second year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLTPCTGBSeed
East Division
Bowling Green21100.688
–
1E
Miami20120.625
1.5
2E
Kent State19120.613
2
3E
Ohio17130.567
3.5
–
Akron10220.313
11.5
–
Marshall4261.141
16
–
West Division
Ball State2560.806
–
1W
Toledo2390.719
2.5
2W
Western Michigan20120.625
5.5
3W
Central Michigan15150.500
9.5
–
Eastern Michigan12191.387
13
–
Northern Illinois1310.031
25.5
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1W Ball State 4  
  3E Kent State 1     1W Ball State 2  
    2E Miami 4    
      2E Miami 9  
      3E Kent State 7    
  3E Kent State 7          
  3W Western Michigan 5        
  2W Toledo 3         2E Miami 12 4*
  2E Miami 0           1E Bowling Green 2 5*
      2W Toledo 2        
      1E Bowling Green 15          
  1E Bowling Green 6           1E Bowling Green 8    
  3W Western Michigan 1         1W Ball State 7  
  1W Ball State 10    
  2W Toledo 1  

* - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to weather.

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Jeremy GriffithsToledo
Jason KelleyBowling Green
Matt MarcumBowling Green
Bob NiemetBowling Green
Mark ThewesMiami
Jeremy IsonMiami
Sean RyanBowling Green
Aric ChristmanBowling Green
D.J. EckhartMiami
Clark MaceMiami

Most Valuable Player

Sean Ryan won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Ryan played for Bowling Green.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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