1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1978 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1978
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site Perry Field
Gainesville, Florida
Champions Auburn (1st title)
Winning coach Paul Nix (1st title)
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1977  1979»
1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida x 18 – 4   .818     34 – 15   .694
Georgia 11 – 12   .478     30 – 19   .612
Tennessee 11 – 12   .478     25 – 21   .543
Vanderbilt 10 – 13   .435     31 – 17   .646
Kentucky 6 – 15   .286     20 – 25   .444
Western Division
#22 Auburn x‡y 15 – 8   .652     33 – 21   .611
#14 Mississippi State y 13 – 8   .619     38 – 18   .679
Ole Miss 12 – 11   .522     27 – 21   .563
Alabama 10 – 11   .476     23 – 20   .535
LSU 6 – 18   .250     12 – 34   .261
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1978[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, FL from May 12th through May 15th. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 18 4 .818
—
1
Georgia 11 12 .478
7.5
4
Tennessee 11 12 .478
7.5
—
Vanderbilt 10 13 .435
8.5
—
Kentucky 6 15 .286
11.5
—
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
Auburn 15 8 .652
—
2
Mississippi State 13 8 .619
1
3
Ole Miss 12 11 .522
3
—
Alabama 10 11 .476
4
—
LSU 6 18 .250
9.5
—

Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
4  Georgia 7  
2  Auburn 8  
  2  Auburn 10  
  3  Mississippi State 7  
3  Mississippi State 8
1  Florida 3  
  2  Auburn 2 8
  3  Mississippi State 3 5
4  Georgia 7  
1  Florida 2  
  4  Georgia 3
  3  Mississippi State 9  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Dom Fucci Auburn
2B J.B. Brown Auburn
3B John McDonald Mississippi State
SS Bubba Kizer Georgia
C Russ Aldrich Mississippi State
OF Del Bender Mississippi State
OF Jim Watkins Florida
OF Bubba Chrismer Georgia
DH Bo Fucci Auburn
P Jack Lazorko Mississippi State
P Perry Cliburn Mississippi State

No MVP was named.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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