| Year: | 1996 |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Gene Michael Field |
| City: | Kent, OH |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Dave Fross |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Dave Yoder |
| Mvpteam: | Akron |
The 1996 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1996. 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 eighth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Toledo claimed the third seed over Akron by tiebreaker.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 7 | .750 | ||||
| 21 | 11 | .656 | ||||
| 18 | 14 | .563 | ||||
| 18 | 14 | .563 | ||||
| 16 | 14 | .533 | ||||
| 16 | 14 | .533 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | .500 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | .452 | ||||
| 10 | 21 | .323 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | .156 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Maynard | Akron | |
| Brady Gick | Ohio | |
| Jay Bartos | Akron | |
| Ron Warga | Toledo | |
| Steve Smetana | Kent State | |
| Damon Wilcox | Ohio | |
| Dave Yoder | Akron | |
| Mike Goldstein | Ohio | |
| Brian Petrucci | Akron | |
| Mike Doerbecker | Akron |
Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron.