1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball team

1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record46-16 (12–3 MAC)
Head coach
  • Ron Oestrike (13th season)
Home stadiumOestrike Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍y 12 3   .800 46 16   .742
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 11 7   .611 25 20   .556
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8 6   .571 33 11   .750
Miami  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 40 20   .667
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 9 9   .500 34 14   .708
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 8 8   .500 33 20   .623
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8 10   .444 25 22   .532
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 29 16   .644
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 6 11   .353 14 26   .350
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 10   .286 15 22   .405
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1976 Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurons played their home games at Oestrike Stadium. The team was coached by Ron Oestrike in his 13th season at Eastern Michigan.

The Hurons lost the College World Series, defeated by the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game. No northern school would play for a College World Series title for 43 years, until Michigan in 2019.

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.