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.
Seeding and format 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
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. 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
Most Valuable Player Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron.
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