# 2004 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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 Kent State 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 | Seed |
| East Division ||||||
| Miami | 14 | 8 | .636 | – | 2 |
| Kent State | 14 | 10 | .583 | 1 | 6 |
| Ohio | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3 | – |
| Akron | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.5 | – |
| Marshall | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.5 | – |
| Buffalo | 4 | 18 | .182 | 10 | – |
| West Division ||||||
| Central Michigan | 18 | 6 | .750 | – | 1 |
| Eastern Michigan | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4 | 3 |
| Ball State | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4 | 4 |
| Northern Illinois | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4 | 5 |
| Bowling Green | 13 | 11 | .542 | 5 | – |
| Toledo | 8 | 16 | .333 | 10 | – |
| Western Michigan | 7 | 17 | .292 | 11 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 6 | Kent State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Ball State | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 0 | 4 | Ball State | 4 | 4 | Ball State | 6 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kent State | 6 | | | | 2 | Miami | 7 | 2 | Miami | 0 | |
| 6 | Kent State | 6 | 1 | Central Michigan | 0 | 2 | Miami | 7 | 2 | Miami | 0 | |
| | | | 1 | Central Michigan | 0 | | | | 3 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | |
| | | | 2 | Miami | 6 | | | | 3 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 2 | Miami | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Eastern Michigan | 4 |
| 4 | Ball State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Eastern Michigan | 4 |
| 4 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | Eastern Michigan | 17 | | | | | | | 6 | Kent State | 7 |
| | | | 5 | Northern Illinois | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Miami | 4 | 5 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 3 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 8 | | | | 6 | Kent State | 10 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 5 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 6 | Kent State | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kent State | 8 | | | | | | | | | |

## 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.