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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Gene Michael Field Kent, OH
Champions	Kent State (1st title)
Winning coach	Danny Hall (1st title)
MVP	Dustin Hermanson (Kent State)
← 1983 baseball tournament 1993 →

1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		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.

Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Seed
Kent State	24	7	0	.774	–	1
Ohio	20	12	0	.625	4.5	2
Central Michigan	18	12	1	.597	6	3
Ball State	14	13	0	.519	8	4
Miami	16	15	0	.516	8	–
Western Michigan	14	16	0	.467	9.5	–
Eastern Michigan	10	15	0	.400	11	–
Toledo	7	18	0	.280	14	–
Bowling Green	7	22	0	.250	16	–

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	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
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						11	Kent State	10
	4	Ball State	1			2	Ohio	4
	2	Ohio	7

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Dustin Hermanson	Kent State
Andy Mayer	Ohio
Dan Bergman	Central Michigan
Darin Dreasky	Central Michigan
Matt Rundels	Kent State
Mike Gulan	Kent State
Tony Carroll	Central Michigan
Todd Stein	Kent State
Roger Morgan	Kent State
Tony Gucciardo	Kent State

Most Valuable Player

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