Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year

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The Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year is an annual award given to the most outstanding baseball pitcher in the Mid-American Conference. The award was first given after the 1988 season. Kent State players have won the award twice as many times as players from any other school.

Winners[edit]

Josh Collmenter was the first Central Michigan pitcher to win the award in 19 years, ending the longest drought between victories for any school

Winners by school[edit]

School (year joined) Winners Years
Kent State (1951) 12 1990, 1992–95, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2011–12, 2016–18
Ball State (1973) 6 2001–02, 2005, 2013, 2019, 2022
Central Michigan (1972) 4 1988, 2007, 2010, 2021
Bowling Green (1952) 3 1997–98, 2009
Eastern Michigan (1972) 3 1991, 2004, 2006
Ohio (1947) 2 2000, 2015
Western Michigan (1948) 2 1989, 1995
Miami (1948) 1 2014
Toledo (1951) 1 1999
Akron (1992) 0 —
Buffalo (1999)[a] 0 —
Marshall (1954/1997)[b] 0 —
Northern Illinois (1973/1997)[c] 0 —
  • a Buffalo discontinued its baseball program after the 2017 season.
  • b Marshall was a member from 1954 to 1969 and then again from 1997 until 2005.
  • c Northern Illinois was a member from 1973 to 1986, then left until 1997.

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