1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1992. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the fourth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion and first since 1983. Top seeded Kent State won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1992 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Gene Michael Field
  • Kent, OH
ChampionsKent State (1st title)
Winning coachDanny Hall (1st title)
MVPDustin Hermanson, Kent State
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍y 24–7–0 .774  45–13–0 .776
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 20–12–0 .625  33–22–0 .600
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18–12–1 .597  31–27–1 .534
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .519  23–27–0 .460
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16–15–0 .516  32–22–0 .593
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  25–26–0 .490
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10–15–0 .400  22–26–0 .458
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 7–18–0 .280  18–29–0 .383
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7–22–1 .250  14–25–1 .363
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1992[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.

TeamWLTPCTGBSeed
Kent State2470.774
–
1
Ohio20120.625
4.5
2
Central Michigan18121.597
6
3
Ball State14130.519
8
4
Miami16150.516
8
–
Western Michigan14160.467
9.5
–
Eastern Michigan10150.400
11
–
Toledo7180.280
14
–
Bowling Green7220.250
16
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Kent State 2  
4 Ball State 1  
  1 Kent State 6  
  3 Central Michigan 7  
2 Ohio 2
3 Central Michigan 12  
  3 Central Michigan 3 1
  1 Kent State 9 3
4 Ball State 1  
2 Ohio 7  
  11 Kent State 10
  2 Ohio 4  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Dustin HermansonKent State
Andy MayerOhio
Dan BergmanCentral Michigan
Darin DreaskyCentral Michigan
Matt RundelsKent State
Mike GulanKent State
Tony CarrollCentral Michigan
Todd SteinKent State
Roger MorganKent State
Tony GucciardoKent State

Most Valuable Player

Dustin Hermanson won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Hermanson was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]

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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.
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