Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament
Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball tournament
Sport	Baseball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams	8
Current stadium	Charles H. Braun Stadium
Current location	Evansville, Indiana
Played	1962–1964; 1970–1980; 1982–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Evansville (2nd title)
Most championships	Wichita State (18 titles)
Official website	mvc-sports.org baseball
Sponsors
	ConAgra Foods (2005–2007); State Farm (2008–present);
Host stadiums
	Unknown (1949, 1951–1952, 1956, 1971, 1974–1975); Tom Connor Field (1950, 1959, 1968); Buffalo Stadium (1958, 1960); Meyers Field (1961, 1970); Busch Stadium (1962–1963); Parkway Field (1964); Sauget Field (1965–1966); Fletcher Field (1967); Oiler Park (1969); Nat Buring Stadium (1972–1973); Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (1977–1978); Eck Stadium (1979–1981, 1983, 1985, 1987–1994, 1996–1997, 1999–2003, 2005–2006, 2008–2010, 2015); Sycamore Stadium (1982, 2014, 2016, 2023); Abe Martin Field / Itchy Jones Stadium (1984, 1986, 2021); Lanphier Park (1995); Bosse Field (1998); Hammons Field (2004, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022); TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (2011); Duffy Bass Field (2013, 2019); Horner Ballpark (2018); Charles H. Braun Stadium (2024);
Host locations
	Stillwater, Oklahoma (1949, 1952, 1956); Peoria, Illinois (1950, 1959, 1968); Tulsa, Oklahoma (1951, 1969, 1974–1975); Houston, Texas (1958, 1960); Cincinnati, Ohio (1961, 1970); St. Louis, Missouri (1962–1963, 1965–1966); Louisville, Kentucky (1964); Collinsville, Illinois (1967); St. Ann, Missouri (1971); Memphis, Tennessee (1972–1973); Omaha, Nebraska (1977–1978, 2011); Wichita, Kansas (1979–1981, 1983, 1985, 1987–1994, 1996–1997, 1999–2003, 2005–2006, 2008–2010, 2015); Terre Haute, Indiana (1982, 2014, 2016, 2023); Carbondale, Illinois (1984, 1986, 2021); Springfield, Illinois (1995); Evansville, Indiana (1998, 2024); Springfield, Missouri (2004, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022); Normal, Illinois (2013, 2019); Dallas, Texas (2018);

The Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conference. Eight teams participate in the double-elimination tournament. The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball tournament was held in Evansville, Indiana at German American Bank Field.^[1] The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Champions

Year	Host city	Stadium	Championship Results
Year	Host city	Stadium	Champions	Series	Runner-ups
MVC Championship Series (1949–1952; 1956–1961)
1949	Stillwater, Oklahoma		Oklahoma A&M (West)	2 – 0	Bradley (East)
1950	Peoria, Illinois	Tom Connor Field	Bradley (East)	2 – 1	Oklahoma A&M (West)
1951	Tulsa, Oklahoma		Houston (West)	2 – 0	Bradley (East)
1952	Stillwater, Oklahoma		Saint Louis (North)	2 – 0	Houston (South)¹
1953
1954
1955
1956	Stillwater, Oklahoma		Bradley (East)	2 – 0	Oklahoma A&M (West)
1957	No series played^[a]
1958	Houston, Texas	Buffalo Stadium	Cincinnati (East)	2 – 1	Houston (West)
1959	Peoria, Illinois	Tom Connor Field	Bradley (East)	2 – 1	Houston (West)
1960	Houston, Texas	Buffalo Stadium	Houston (West)	1 – 0^[b]	Cincinnati (East)
1961	Cincinnati, Ohio	Meyers Field	Cincinnati (East)	2 – 0	Tulsa (West)
MVC Tournament (1962–1964)
1962	St. Louis, Missouri	Busch Stadium	Bradley	1 – 0	Saint Louis
1963	St. Louis, Missouri	Busch Stadium	Saint Louis	1 – 0	Bradley
1964	Louisville, Kentucky	Parkway Field	Saint Louis	1 – 0	Louisville
MVC Championship Series (1965–1970)
1965	St. Louis, Missouri	Sauget Field	Saint Louis (West)	2 – 0	Cincinnati (East)
1966	St. Louis, Missouri	Sauget Field	Saint Louis (East)	2 – 0	Wichita State (West)
1967	Collinsville, Illinois	Fletcher Field	Cincinnati (East)	2 – 1	Saint Louis (West)
1968	Peoria, Illinois	Tom Connor Field	Bradley (East)	2 – 0	Tulsa (West)
1969	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Oiler Park	Tulsa (West)	2 – 1	Cincinnati (East)
1970	Cincinnati, Ohio	Meyers Field	Tulsa (West)	2 – 0	Cincinnati (East)
MVC Tournament (1971–1980)
1971	St. Ann, Missouri		Tulsa	2 – 0^[L]	Bradley
1972	Memphis, Tennessee	Nat Buring Stadium	Tulsa	1 – 0	Bradley
1973	Memphis, Tennessee	Nat Buring Stadium	Tulsa	1 – 0	Memphis State
1974	Tulsa, Oklahoma		Tulsa	1 – 0	Drake
1975	Tulsa, Oklahoma		Tulsa	1 – 0	Southern Illinois
1976	Tournament cancelled due to inclement weather
1977	Omaha, Nebraska	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	Southern Illinois	1 – 0	Bradley
1978	Omaha, Nebraska	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	Southern Illinois	1 – 0	Wichita State
1979	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Indiana State	2 – 0^[L]	Tulsa
1980	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Wichita State	1 – 0	Southern Illinois
MVC Championship Series (1981)
1981	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Southern Illinois (East)	2 – 1	Wichita State (West)
MVC Tournament (1982–present)
1982	Terre Haute, Indiana	Sycamore Stadium	Wichita State (West)	1 – 0	Southern Illinois (East)
1983	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Indiana State (East)	1 – 0	Southern Illinois (East)
1984	Carbondale, Illinois	Abe Martin Field	Indiana State	1 – 1	Wichita State
1985	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Wichita State	1 – 0	Indiana State
1986	Carbondale, Illinois	Abe Martin Field	Indiana State	1 – 0	Southern Illinois
1987	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Wichita State	2 – 0^[L]	Indiana State
1988			Wichita State	0 – 0^[c]	Creighton
1989			Indiana State	1 – 0	Wichita State
1990			Southern Illinois	1 – 0	Creighton
1991			Wichita State	1 – 0	Creighton
1992			Wichita State	1 – 1	Creighton
1993			Wichita State	1 – 0	Indiana State
1994
1995	Springfield, Illinois	Lanphier Park
1996	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium
1997	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium
1998	Evansville, Indiana	Bosse Field
1999	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	Springfield, Missouri	Hammons Field
2005	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium
2006	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium
2007	Springfield, Missouri	Hammons Field
2008	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium
2009
2010			Illinois State	1 – 0	Wichita State
2011	Omaha, Nebraska	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha	Creighton	1 – 0	Wichita State
2012	Springfield, Missouri	Hammons Field	Creighton	1 – 0	Southern Illinois
2013	Normal, Illinois	Duffy Bass Field	Wichita State	1 – 0	Illinois State
2014	Terre Haute, Indiana	Sycamore Stadium	Dallas Baptist	1 – 0	Illinois State
2015	Wichita, Kansas	Eck Stadium	Missouri State	1 – 0	Bradley
2016	Terre Haute, Indiana	Sycamore Stadium	Dallas Baptist	1 – 0	Missouri State
2017	Springfield, Missouri	Hammons Field	Dallas Baptist	1 – 0	Illinois State
2018	Dallas, Texas	Horner Ballpark	Missouri State	1 – 0	Dallas Baptist
2019	Normal, Illinois	Duffy Bass Field	Indiana State	2 – 0^[L]	Dallas Baptist
2020	Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Carbondale, Illinois	Itchy Jones Stadium	Dallas Baptist	1 – 0	Indiana State
2022	Springfield, Missouri	Hammons Field	Missouri State	1 – 1	Southern Illinois
2023	Terre Haute, Indiana	Sycamore Stadium	Indiana State	1 – 1	Evansville
2024	Evansville, Indiana	Charles H. Braun Stadium	Evansville	1 – 0	Indiana State

Legend

^ The 1957 series was rained out and no champion was crowned. The series was scheduled to be Bradley vs. Oklahoma A&M.
^ The 1960 series was originally scheduled to be a best-of-three format, but due to the May 20 doubleheader being rained out, they played a single game on May 21 for the championship.
^ In 1988, the MVC made a controversial decision by awarding Wichita State the championship after the title game against Creighton was suspended due to rain. The title game was set to be resumed the following Monday, with a second game if Creighton won, but the NCAA informed the MVC that it would only receive one bid to the NCAA tournament.

^L Indicates the team that won the conference championship series was from the loser's bracket.

By school

In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by winning percentage, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning appearances.

Team	Apps	W–L	Pct.	Season(s)
Cincinnati	7	7–9	.438	1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970
Bradley	6	8–6	.571	1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1968
Houston	5	5–6	.455	1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960
Saint Louis	4	7–2	.778	1952, 1965, 1966, 1967
Tulsa	4	4–5	.444	1961, 1968, 1969, 1970
Oklahoma A&M	3	3–4	.429	1949, 1950, 1956
Wichita State	2	1–4	.200	1966, 1981
Southern Illinois	1	2–1	.667	1981

Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.^[2]

Year	Program	Site
1947	Oklahoma A&M
1948	Oklahoma A&M
1949	Oklahoma A&M
1950	Bradley
1951	Houston
1952	Saint Louis
1953	Houston
1954	Oklahoma A&M
1955	Oklahoma A&M
1956	Bradley
1957	Bradley
1958	Cincinnati
1959	Bradley
1960	Houston
1961	Cincinnati
1962	Bradley
1963	Saint Louis
1964	Saint Louis
1965	Saint Louis
1966	Saint Louis
1967	Cincinnati
1968	Bradley
1969	Tulsa
1970	Tulsa
1971	Tulsa
1972	Tulsa
1973	Tulsa
1974	Tulsa
1975	Tulsa
1976	No Tournament
1977	Southern Illinois
1978	Southern Illinois
1979	Indiana State
1980	Wichita State
1981	Southern Illinois
1982	Wichita State
1983	Indiana State
1984	Indiana State
1985	Wichita State
1986	Indiana State
1987	Wichita State
1988*	Wichita State
1989	Indiana State
1990	Southern Illinois
1991	Wichita State
1992	Wichita State
1993	Wichita State
1994	Illinois State
1995	Indiana State
1996	Missouri State
1997	Missouri State
1998	Wichita State
1999	Wichita State
2000	Wichita State
2001	Northern Iowa
2002	Wichita State
2003	Wichita State
2004	Wichita State	Hammons Field • Springfield, MO
2005	Wichita State	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
2006	Evansville	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
2007	Creighton	Hammons Field • Springfield, MO
2008	Wichita State	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
2009	Wichita State	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
2010	Illinois State	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
2011	Creighton	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
2012	Creighton	Hammons Field • Springfield, MO
2013	Wichita State	Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL
2014	Dallas Baptist	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN
2015	Missouri State	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
2016	Dallas Baptist	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN
2017	Dallas Baptist	Hammons Field • Springfield, MO
2018	Missouri State	Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX
2019	Indiana State	Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Dallas Baptist	Itchy Jones Stadium • Carbondale, IL
2022	Missouri State	Hammons Field • Springfield, MO
2023	Indiana State	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN
2024	Evansville	German American Bank Field • Evansville, IN

*Indicates declared champion, tournament final canceled due to inclement weather.

By school

The following is a list of tournament championships listed by school.

Program	No. of titles	Title years
Wichita State	18	1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013
Indiana State	8	1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 2019, 2023
Tulsa	7	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Bradley	6	1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968
Oklahoma A&M	5	1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955
Saint Louis	5	1952, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Missouri State	5	1996, 1997, 2015, 2018, 2022
Dallas Baptist	4	2014, 2016, 2017, 2021
Southern Illinois	4	1977, 1978, 1981, 1990
Cincinnati	3	1958, 1961, 1967
Creighton	3	2007, 2011, 2012
Houston	3	1951, 1953, 1960
Evansville	2	2006, 2024
Illinois State	2	1994, 2010
Northern Iowa	1	2001

Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Notes

References

^ "MSU to Host 2022 MVC Baseball Championship".
^ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[2] The 1957 series was rained out and no champion was crowned. The series was scheduled to be Bradley vs. Oklahoma A&M.

[3] The 1960 series was originally scheduled to be a best-of-three format, but due to the May 20 doubleheader being rained out, they played a single game on May 21 for the championship.

[4] In 1988, the MVC made a controversial decision by awarding Wichita State the championship after the title game against Creighton was suspended due to rain. The title game was set to be resumed the following Monday, with a second game if Creighton won, but the NCAA informed the MVC that it would only receive one bid to the NCAA tournament.

[1] "MSU to Host 2022 MVC Baseball Championship".

[5] "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

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