1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1979 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1979
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, Mississippi
Champions Mississippi State (1st title)
Winning coach Ron Polk (1st title)
MVP Mike Kelley (Mississippi State)
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1978  1980»
1979 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#19 Florida xy 16 – 8   .667     40 – 20   .667
Kentucky 13 – 11   .542     29 – 18   .617
Georgia 11 – 11   .500     24 – 18   .571
Tennessee 10 – 14   .417     25 – 22   .532
Vanderbilt 8 – 14   .364     21 – 25   .457
Western Division
#6 Mississippi State x‡y 17 – 2   .895     48 – 12   .800
LSU 13 – 7   .650     34 – 20   .630
Ole Miss 9 – 10   .474     24 – 13   .649
Auburn 7 – 14   .333     21 – 21   .500
Alabama 4 – 17   .190     18 – 27   .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1979[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 11th through May 13th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 16 8 .667
—
2
Kentucky 13 11 .542
3
4
Georgia 11 11 .500
4
—
Tennessee 10 14 .417
6
—
Vanderbilt 8 14 .364
7
—
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State 17 2 .895
—
1
LSU 13 7 .650
4.5
3
Ole Miss 9 10 .474
8
—
Auburn 7 14 .333
11
—
Alabama 4 17 .190
14
—

Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1  Mississippi State 6  
4  Kentucky 4  
  1  Mississippi State 12  
  3  LSU 5  
3  LSU 5
2  Florida 2  
  1  Mississippi State 12 -
  2  Florida 11 -
4  Kentucky 1  
2  Florida 7  
  2  Florida 5
  3  LSU 1  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Tim Weisheim Mississippi State
2B Chuck Long Florida
3B Bobby Mariano LSU
SS Larry Hall Florida
C John McDonald Mississippi State
OF Mike Kelley Mississippi State
OF Bob Kocol Mississippi State
OF Jim Watkins Florida
DH Tony Stevens Florida
UT Steve Bollman LSU
P Kerry Kellogg Florida
P Ken Kurtz Mississippi State
MVP Mike Kelley Mississippi State

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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