1982 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 1982 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1982. The top two regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Franklin County Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. This was the second Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Eastern Michigan, the second seed from the West, won their second tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1982 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Franklin County Stadium Columbus, OH
Champions	Eastern Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ron Oestrike (2nd title)
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1982 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern Division
Ohio  x‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	0		.667			26	–	23	–	1		.530
Toledo  ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0		.625			26	–	28	–	1		.482
Kent State  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			35	–	23	–	0		.603
Miami  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			16	–	25	–	0		.390
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	5	–	10	–	0		.333			29	–	23	–	1		.557
Western Division
Western Michigan  x‍‍‍	12	–	4	–	0		.750			34	–	17	–	0		.667
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y	9	–	4	–	0		.692			39	–	23	–	2		.625
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			24	–	17	–	0		.585
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	4	–	9	–	0		.308			19	–	24	–	1		.443
Ball State  ‍‍‍	0	–	12	–	0		.000			10	–	21	–	0		.323
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1982[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top two finishers from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the other division in the double-elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Eastern Division
Ohio	10	5	.667	–	1E
Toledo	10	6	.625	.5	2E
Kent State	8	8	.500	2.5	–
Miami	6	10	.375	4.5	–
Bowling Green	5	10	.333	5	–
Western Division
Western Michigan	12	4	.750	–	1W
Eastern Michigan	9	4	.692	1.5	2W
Central Michigan	8	4	.667	2	–
Northern Illinois	4	9	.308	6.5	–
Ball State	0	12	.000	10	–

Results

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1W

Western Michigan

4

2E

Toledo

3

1W

Western Michigan

2

2W

Eastern Michigan

4

1E

Ohio

6

2W

Eastern Michigan

8

2W

Eastern Michigan

18

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2E

Toledo

13

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Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

Western Michigan

4

2E

Toledo

5

2E

Toledo

6

1E

Ohio

1

References

1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2013.