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1998 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament


Teams
Four-team single elimination
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Fordham (1st title)
Dan Gallagher (1st title)
Tom Stein (Fordham)

The 1998 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 12. It was scheduled to be a double-elimination tournament held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, where it had been held from 1987 to 1997. Rain, however, forced the league to move it to the Phillies' Veterans Stadium and change it to a one-day, single-elimination tournament. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. East Division second seed Fordham defeated Virginia Tech in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.

Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 18-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the four-team single-elimination format forced by rain, the East Division champion opened by playing the West Division runner-up, and vice versa.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Massachusetts153.8331E
Fordham108.55652E
Rhode Island810.4447
St. Bonaventure810.4447
Temple711.3898
Saint Joseph's612.3339
West Division
George Washington132.8671W
Virginia Tech105.66732W
Duquesne117.6113.5
Xavier98.5295
Dayton512.2949
La Salle115.06312.5
Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7Column 8Column 9Column 10
SemifinalsFinals
1EMassachusetts6
2WVirginia Tech7
2WVirginia Tech1
2EFordham3
1WGeorge Washington5
2EFordham14

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Fordham third baseman Tom Stein, one of four Rams selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

The three Virginia Tech players selected, catcher Barry Gauch, pitcher Jon Hand, and second baseman Randy Martin, were all second-time selections. Hand was selected in 1996. Gauch and Martin were both selected in 1997, when Gauch was also named Most Outstanding Player.

Pos.NameTeam
OFAaron BraunsteinMassachusetts
SSRyan DaceyGeorge Washington
2BMuchie DagliereMassachusetts
CBarry GauchVirginia Tech
PJon HandVirginia Tech
2BRandy MartinVirginia Tech
PGary ReznickFordham
OFDan RouhierGeorge Washington
OFBob SpragueFordham
3BTom SteinFordham
OFAnthony VegaFordham
  • With the tournament being moved to Veterans Stadium this was the first conference baseball tournament to be held in an MLB stadium.
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