The 2003 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2003. The top six 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 fifteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed won their third tournament championship, and first since the event resumed in 1992, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the sixth year of the six team tournament. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 20 4 .833 19 9 .679 15 11 .577 12 15 .444 11 16 .407 5 21 .192 West Division 17 10 .630 16 11 .593 15 11 .577 16 12 .571 9 15 .375 9 18 .333 8 19 .296
Results
* - Indicates game required 12 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings.
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Matt Long Miami Dale Hayes Eastern Michigan John Slone Miami Anthony Gressick Ohio Joe Tucker Kent State Joe Mazzuca Northern Illinois Brian Bixler Eastern Michigan Derrick Peterson Eastern Michigan Phil Sabatini Ohio David Cook Miami
Most Valuable Player Brian Bixler won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Bixler played for Eastern Michigan.
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