| Year: | 1999 |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Ball Diamond |
| City: | Muncie, IN |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Danny Schmitz |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Sean Ryan |
| Mvpteam: | Bowling Green |
The 1999 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1999. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This was the eleventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the west,, won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the second year of the six team tournament.
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Division | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | 0 | .688 | ||||
| 20 | 12 | 0 | .625 | ||||
| 19 | 12 | 0 | .613 | ||||
| 17 | 13 | 0 | .567 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 0 | .313 | ||||
| 4 | 26 | 1 | .141 | ||||
| West Division | |||||||
| 25 | 6 | 0 | .806 | ||||
| 23 | 9 | 0 | .719 | ||||
| 20 | 12 | 0 | .625 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 0 | .500 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | 1 | .387 | ||||
| 1 | 31 | 0 | .031 |
* - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to weather.
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Griffiths | Toledo | |
| Jason Kelley | Bowling Green | |
| Matt Marcum | Bowling Green | |
| Bob Niemet | Bowling Green | |
| Mark Thewes | Miami | |
| Jeremy Ison | Miami | |
| Sean Ryan | Bowling Green | |
| Aric Christman | Bowling Green | |
| D.J. Eckhart | Miami | |
| Clark Mace | Miami |
Sean Ryan won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Ryan played for Bowling Green.