| Year: | 2012 |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Hammons Field |
| City: | Springfield, MO |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Ed Servais |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Mike Gerber |
| Mvpteam: | Creighton |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 7 | .667 | – | 1 | ||
| 13 | 7 | .650 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 9 | .571 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 9 | .526 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 11 | .476 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 12 | .429 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 13 | .381 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 14 | .300 | 7.5 | 8 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| POS | Name | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1B | Chris Serritella | Southern Illinois | |
| 2B | Jake Peter | Creighton | |
| SS | Eric Cheray | Missouri State | |
| 3B | Chance Ross | Creighton | |
| C | Brian Bajer | Southern Illinois | |
| UT | Nick Judkins | Creighton | |
| DH | Keenen Maddox | Missouri State | |
| OF | Mike Gerber | Creighton | |
| OF | Chad Hinshaw | Illinois State | |
| OF | Brennan Murphy | Creighton | |
| P | Todd Eaton | Southern Illinois | |
| P | Cody Schumacher | Missouri State |
Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.