1995 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Central Michigan (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Dean Kreiner (2nd title) |
| MVP | Pat Mahoney (Central Michigan) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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 |
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| Eastern Michigan | 18 | 13 | .581 | 4.5 |
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| Ohio | 15 | 17 | .469 | 8 |
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| Toledo | 9 | 21 | .300 | 13 |
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| Miami | 8 | 23 | .258 | 14.5 |
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| Ball State | 7 | 25 | .219 | 16 |
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Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kent State | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Akron | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | Kent State | 16 | ||||||||
| 2 | Kent State | 5 | |||||||||||
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
- ^ "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.