The 1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1998, near the close of the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Les Miller Field on the campus of UIC in Chicago. Top seeded won their second Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top two seeds received a single bye, meeting first round winners while first round losers played elimination games. This was the first year of the 6 team format, and the only year including first round byes for the top two seeds. Team W L PCT GB Seed 13 5 — 1 14 6 1 2 10 8 3 3 9 11 5 4 8 11 5.5 5 3 16 10.5 6
Bracket and results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Ryan Harber Butler Mike Casper Milwaukee C Lee Jaramillo Milwaukee 1B Jeff Haase Cleveland State 2B Greg Toll Milwaukee 3B Eric Storey Butler SS Blair Hayward Butler OF Mike Pesci Detroit Josh Wilke Butler Eric Lubarsky Milwaukee
Most Valuable Player Eric Storey of Butler was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
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