# 1999 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 1999 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1999. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This was the eleventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the west, Bowling Green, won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding and format

The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the second year of the six team tournament.
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB | Seed |
| East Division |||||||
| Bowling Green | 21 | 10 | 0 | .688 | – | 1E |
| Miami | 20 | 12 | 0 | .625 | 1.5 | 2E |
| Kent State | 19 | 12 | 0 | .613 | 2 | 3E |
| Ohio | 17 | 13 | 0 | .567 | 3.5 | – |
| Akron | 10 | 22 | 0 | .313 | 11.5 | – |
| Marshall | 4 | 26 | 1 | .141 | 16 | – |
| West Division |||||||
| Ball State | 25 | 6 | 0 | .806 | – | 1W |
| Toledo | 23 | 9 | 0 | .719 | 2.5 | 2W |
| Western Michigan | 20 | 12 | 0 | .625 | 5.5 | 3W |
| Central Michigan | 15 | 15 | 0 | .500 | 9.5 | – |
| Eastern Michigan | 12 | 19 | 1 | .387 | 13 | – |
| Northern Illinois | 1 | 31 | 0 | .031 | 25.5 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1W | Ball State | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2E | Miami | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 1W | Ball State | 4 | 2E | Miami | 4 | 2E | Miami | 9 | | | | |
| 3E | Kent State | 1 | | | | 3E | Kent State | 7 | | | | |
| 3E | Kent State | 1 | 3E | Kent State | 7 | 3E | Kent State | 7 | | | | |
| | | | 3W | Western Michigan | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 2W | Toledo | 3 | 3W | Western Michigan | 5 | | | | 2E | Miami | 12 | 4* |
| 2E | Miami | 0 | | | | | | | 1E | Bowling Green | 2 | 5* |
| 2E | Miami | 0 | 2W | Toledo | 2 | | | | 1E | Bowling Green | 2 | 5* |
| | | | 1E | Bowling Green | 15 | | | | | | | |
| 1E | Bowling Green | 6 | 1E | Bowling Green | 15 | 1E | Bowling Green | 8 | | | | |
| 3W | Western Michigan | 1 | | | | 1W | Ball State | 7 | | | | |
| 3W | Western Michigan | 1 | 1W | Ball State | 10 | 1W | Ball State | 7 | | | | |
| | | | 2W | Toledo | 1 | | | | | | | |
* - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to weather.

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Jeremy Griffiths | Toledo |
| Jason Kelley | Bowling Green |
| Matt Marcum | Bowling Green |
| Bob Niemet | Bowling Green |
| Mark Thewes | Miami |
| Jeremy Ison | Miami |
| Sean Ryan | Bowling Green |
| Aric Christman | Bowling Green |
| D.J. Eckhart | Miami |
| Clark Mace | Miami |

### Most Valuable Player

Sean Ryan won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Ryan played for Bowling Green.