| Year: | 2012 |
| Conference: | America East Conference |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Joe Nathan Field |
| City: | Stony Brook, NY |
| Champions: | Stony Brook |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Matt Senk |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | James Campbell |
| Mvpteam: | Stony Brook |
The 2012 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 25. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Stony Brook University's Joe Nathan Field.[1] Stony Brook won their fourth America East Championship, defeating Maine 13–6 in the championship game, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] [3]
The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played a double-elimination format. The top seed played the fourth seed while the second and third seeds faced off in the first round.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 3 | .875 | – | 1 | ||
| 16 | 8 | .667 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 9 | .591 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11 | .500 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 17 | .292 | 14 | – | ||
| 2 | 22 | .084 | 19 | – |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | ||
| Pat Cantwell | Stony Brook | |
| Maxx Tissenbaum | Stony Brook | |
| James Campbell | Stony Brook | |
| Fran Whitten | Maine | |
| Ian Leisenheimer | Maine | |
| Mike Connolly | Maine | |
| Mike Augliera | Binghamton | |
| Jay Lynch | Binghamton | |
| Nolan Gaige | Albany |
James Campbell was named Most Outstanding Player. Campbell was a pitcher for Stony Brook.