The 1998 America East Conference baseball tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated second-seeded Northeastern, 10-4, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Delaware 22 2 .917 Northeastern 17 9 .654 Vermont 15 12 .556 Hofstra 14 14 .500 Maine 12 16 .429 Drexel 9 15 .375 Towson 9 18 .333 Hartford 7 19 .269
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamMatt Phillips DelawareChris Frey DelawareMatt Ardizzone DelawareFrank DiMaggio DelawareBrad Eyman DelawareDan Trivits DelawareCarlos Peña NortheasternKevin Kim NortheasternHernan Guerrero NortheasternWade Rikert VermontPat Friel Hofstra
Most Outstanding Player Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.
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