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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bill Theunissen Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI
Champions	Kent State (5th title)
Winning coach	Rick Rembielak (3rd title)
MVP	Ryan Ford Eastern Michigan Andy Sonnanstine (Kent State)
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2004 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Miami	14	8	.636	–	2
Kent State	14	10	.583	1	6
Ohio	12	12	.500	3	–
Akron	11	12	.478	3.5	–
Marshall	10	13	.435	4.5	–
Buffalo	4	18	.182	10	–
West Division
Central Michigan	18	6	.750	–	1
Eastern Michigan	14	10	.583	4	3
Ball State	14	10	.583	4	4
Northern Illinois	14	10	.583	4	5
Bowling Green	13	11	.542	5	–
Toledo	8	16	.333	10	–
Western Michigan	7	17	.292	11	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						6	Kent State	0
						4	Ball State	4
	1	Central Michigan	0								4	Ball State	6
	6	Kent 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
						3	Eastern Michigan	17													6	Kent State	7
						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]

Name	School
Ryan Ford	Eastern Michigan
Andy Sonnanstine	Kent State
Joe Tucker	Kent State
Chad Kinyon	Kent State
Brian Bixler	Eastern Michigan
Derrick Peterson	Eastern Michigan
Eric Sansouci	Northern Illinois
Jason Brown	Miami
Todd Kimling	Eastern Michigan
Chuck Moore	Kent 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 October 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.