| Year: | 1997 |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Trautwein Field |
| City: | Athens, OH |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Joe Carbone |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Bart Leahy |
| Mvpteam: | Ohio |
The 1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1997. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Trautwein Field on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This was the ninth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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. This was the final year of the four team format, as the field expanded to six teams in 1998.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 9 | .710 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | .677 | ||||
| 18 | 13 | .581 | ||||
| 17 | 13 | .567 | ||||
| 17 | 14 | .548 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | .500 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | .467 | ||||
| 13 | 17 | .433 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | .310 | ||||
| 6 | 24 | .200 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Guerrier | Kent State | |
| Brady Gick | Ohio | |
| Ed Farris | Ball State | |
| Cary Zamilski | Kent State | |
| Brian Dorrmann | Ball State | |
| Damon Wilcox | Ohio | |
| Jason Graham | Ohio | |
| Andy Roseberry | Kent State | |
| Jason Meier | Ball State | |
| Bart Leahy | Ohio |
Bart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio.