The 1997 America East Conference baseball tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Vermont, 8–1, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and six seeds were matched up in the first game, the two and five seeds in the second, and the three and four seeds in the third. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Delaware 19 3 .864 Maine 16 8 .667 Vermont 15 9 .625 Drexel 13 10 .565 Northeastern 12 12 .500 Towson State 9 14 .391 Hartford 7 16 .304 Hofstra 7 16 .304 New Hampshire 7 17 .292
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamPatrick Mason NortheasternCarlos Peña NortheasternTim Daley NortheasternTim Bonehill NortheasternMike O'Donnell NortheasternHeath Squires VermontDana Forsberg VermontJerry Lynde VermontDan Colunio DelawareBrian August DelawareCraig Miller Towson State
Most Outstanding Player Northeastern first baseman Carlos Peña was named Most Outstanding Player.
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