1981 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1981 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 16 to 18 of that year. The top four regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the first time the Mid-American Conference held a postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Eastern Michigan won the first tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site |
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Champions | Eastern Michigan (1st title) |
Winning coach | Ron Oestrike (1st title) |
MVP | , |
1981 Mid-American Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan † | 13 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .813 | 37 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .740 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 14 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .806 | 32 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .602 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 12 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .694 | 22 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan ‡y | 9 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .563 | 37 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 8 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .471 | 30 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .389 | 19 | – | 26 | – | 2 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 5 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .385 | 13 | – | 18 | – | 1 | .422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 5 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .385 | 13 | – | 18 | – | 1 | .422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 12 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .261 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 4 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .250 | 18 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1981[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Seeding and format
The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.
Team | W | L | Tie | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Central Michigan | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | ||
Western Michigan | 14 | 3 | 1 | .806 | ||
Miami | 12 | 5 | 1 | .694 | ||
Eastern Michigan | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | ||
Toledo | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | ||
Northern Illinois | 6 | 10 | 2 | .389 | ||
Kent State | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | ||
Bowling Green | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | ||
Ohio | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | ||
Ball State | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 |
Results
First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Central Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | Miami | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Western Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Miami | 8 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | — | |||||||||||
1 | Central Michigan | 4 | — | |||||||||||
1 | Central Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Western Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Miami | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Central Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
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References
- "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- 2012 Miami RedHawks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). muredhawks.com. pp. 10–17. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
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