The 2004 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2004. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the sixteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed won their fifth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 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 seventh year of the six team tournament. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 14 8 .636 14 10 .583 12 12 .500 11 12 .478 10 13 .435 4 18 .182 West Division 18 6 .750 14 10 .583 14 10 .583 14 10 .583 13 11 .542 8 16 .333 7 17 .292
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Ryan Ford Eastern Michigan Andy Sonnanstine Kent State Joe Tucker Kent State Chad Kinyon Kent State Brian Bixler Eastern Michigan Derrick Peterson Eastern Michigan Eric Sansouci Northern Illinois Jason Brown Miami Todd Kimling Eastern Michigan Chuck Moore Kent State
Most Valuable Player Ryan Ford and Andy Sonnanstine were named co-Most Valuable Players. Ford played for Eastern Michigan while Sonnanstine was a pitcher for Kent State.
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