1997 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
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 | – | 1 |
| 21 | 10 | .677 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 13 | .581 | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | 13 | .567 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 17 | 14 | .548 | 5 | – |
| 14 | 14 | .500 | 6.5 | – |
| 14 | 16 | .467 | 7.5 | – |
| 13 | 17 | .433 | 8.5 | – |
| 9 | 20 | .310 | 12 | – |
| 6 | 24 | .200 | 15.5 | – |
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 |
Bart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio.
