2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2004 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2004. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the sixteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Kent State won their fifth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2004 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Bill Theunissen Stadium
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
ChampionsKent State (5th title)
Winning coachRick Rembielak (3rd title)
MVPRyan Ford Eastern Michigan
Andy Sonnanstine, Kent State
2004 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Miami  x‍‍‍ 14–8 .636  36–21 .632
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y 14–10 .583  36–27 .571
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .500  25–29 .463
Akron  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .478  26–27 .491
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .435  27–27 .500
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 4–18 .182  15–39 .278
West
Central Michigan  x‍‍‍ 18–6 .750  33–24 .579
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  32–27 .542
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  31–28 .525
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  28–28 .500
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  28–19 .596
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  20–34 .370
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–17 .292  21–35 .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the seventh year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Miami148.636
–
2
Kent State1410.583
1
6
Ohio1212.500
3
–
Akron1112.478
3.5
–
Marshall1013.435
4.5
–
Buffalo418.182
10
–
West Division
Central Michigan186.750
–
1
Eastern Michigan1410.583
4
3
Ball State1410.583
4
4
Northern Illinois1410.583
4
5
Bowling Green1311.542
5
–
Toledo816.333
10
–
Western Michigan717.292
11
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 Central Michigan 0  
  6 Kent State 6     6 Kent State 0  
    4 Ball State 4    
      4 Ball State 6  
      2 Miami 7     2 Miami 0  
  1 Central Michigan 0         3 Eastern Michigan 2    
  2 Miami 6        
  3 Eastern Michigan 10         3 Eastern Michigan 4
  4 Ball State 4           6 Kent State 7
      3 Eastern Michigan 17        
      5 Northern Illinois 12          
  2 Miami 4           3 Eastern Michigan 6              
  5 Northern Illinois 8         6 Kent State 10            
  5 Northern Illinois 6    
  6 Kent State 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Ryan FordEastern Michigan
Andy SonnanstineKent State
Joe TuckerKent State
Chad KinyonKent State
Brian BixlerEastern Michigan
Derrick PetersonEastern Michigan
Eric SansouciNorthern Illinois
Jason BrownMiami
Todd KimlingEastern Michigan
Chuck MooreKent State

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Ford and Andy Sonnanstine were named co-Most Valuable Players. Ford played for Eastern Michigan while Sonnanstine was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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