1995 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachDean Kreiner (2nd title)
MVPPat Mahoney (Central Michigan)
1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Bowling Green   2280 .73334200 .630
Kent State   19100 .65540190 .678
Central Michigan  y 19120 .61341190 .683
Akron   18120 .60026220 .542
Western Michigan   19130 .59431221 .583
Eastern Michigan   18130 .58122310 .415
Ohio   15170 .46931250 .554
Toledo   9210 .30021320 .396
Miami   8230 .25821350 .375
Ball State   7250 .21915410 .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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Bowling Green228.733
1
Kent State1910.655
2.5
2
Central Michigan1912.613
3.5
3
Akron1812.600
4
4
Western Michigan1913.594
4
Eastern Michigan1813.581
4.5
Ohio1517.469
8
Toledo921.300
13
Miami823.258
14.5
Ball State725.219
16

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Bowling Green5
4Akron6
4Akron8
3Central Michigan16
2Kent State0
3Central Michigan3
3Central Michigan
2Kent State
Lower round 1Lower final
4Akron3
1Bowling Green22Kent State16
2Kent State5

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Lee GardnerCentral Michigan
Pat MahoneyCentral Michigan
Steve SmetanaKent State
E.J. EckertAkron
Tim FailsKent State
Mike CombsBowling Green
Toby KominekCentral Michigan
Art MightonKent State
Jerome KynardBowling Green
Ted RoseKent 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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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