1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1996. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the eighth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 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. Toledo claimed the third seed over Akron by tiebreaker.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| 21 | 7 | .750 | – | 1 |
| 21 | 11 | .656 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | 14 | .563 | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | 14 | .563 | 5 | 4 |
| 16 | 14 | .533 | 6 | – |
| 16 | 14 | .533 | 6 | – |
| 16 | 16 | .500 | 7 | – |
| 14 | 17 | .452 | 8.5 | – |
| 10 | 21 | .323 | 12.5 | – |
| 5 | 27 | .156 | 18 | – |
Results
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Todd Maynard | Akron |
| Brady Gick | Ohio |
| Jay Bartos | Akron |
| Ron Warga | Toledo |
| Steve Smetana | Kent State |
| Damon Wilcox | Ohio |
| Dave Yoder | Akron |
| Mike Goldstein | Ohio |
| Brian Petrucci | Akron |
| Mike Doerbecker | Akron |
Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron.
