The 1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1997. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Trautwein Field on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This was the ninth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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. This was the final year of the four team format, as the field expanded to six teams in 1998. Team W L PCT GB Seed 22 9 .710 21 10 .677 18 13 .581 17 13 .567 17 14 .548 14 14 .500 14 16 .467 13 17 .433 9 20 .310 6 24 .200
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Matt Guerrier Kent State Brady Gick Ohio Ed Farris Ball State Cary Zamilski Kent State Brian Dorrmann Ball State Damon Wilcox Ohio Jason Graham Ohio Andy Roseberry Kent State Jason Meier Ball State Bart Leahy Ohio
Most Valuable Player Bart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio.
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