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1998 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Bowling Green (1st title)
Winning coach Danny Schmitz (1st title)
MVP Bob Niemet (Bowling Green)
1998 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Bowling Green xy 17 10 0   .630     34 21 0   .618
Kent State 17 12 0   .586     27 28 0   .491
Miami 17 13 0   .567     33 26 0   .559
Ohio 13 17 0   .433     31 24 0   .564
Akron 10 18 0   .357     20 31 0   .392
Marshall 9 21 0   .300     18 35 0   .340
West
Ball State x 23 8 0   .742     39 18 0   .684
Central Michigan 23 9 0   .719     34 25 0   .576
Western Michigan 16 16 0   .500     26 29 0   .473
Eastern Michigan 14 16 0   .467     27 27 0   .500
Toledo 13 17 0   .433     20 32 0   .385
Northern Illinois 8 23 0   .258     10 30 1   .256
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1998. The top three regular season finishers from each division 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 tenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the east, Bowling Green, won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

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. With the addition of Marshall and return of Northern Illinois to the league, the conference divided again into East and West Divisions and expanded the tournament field to six. All previous tournaments consisted of four participating teams.

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

Bob Niemet won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Niemet played for Bowling Green.


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