The 2016 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 24 through 29.

The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 season.

The University of Connecticut won and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

[2] All eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play.

South Florida claimed the seventh seed over UCF by virtue of owning the third tie-breaker (season series tied 3-3; both teams 0–3 versus Tulane; USF 2–1 versus East Carolina, UCF 0–3 versus East Carolina).