1985 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1985 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1985
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site Alex Box Stadium (1938)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Champions Mississippi State (2nd title)
Winning coach Ron Polk (2nd title)
MVP Gene Morgan (Mississippi State)
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1984  1986»
1985 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#11 Florida xy 15 – 6   .714     43 – 18   .705
Georgia 11 – 11   .500     33 – 23   .589
Vanderbilt 10 – 13   .435     35 – 16   .686
Kentucky 10 – 13   .435     28 – 24   .538
Tennessee 10 – 13   .435     26 – 23   .531
Western Division
#24 LSU xy 17 – 7   .708     41 – 18   .695
#4 Mississippi State ‡y 16 – 8   .667     50 – 15   .769
Auburn 11 – 12   .478     30 – 22   .577
Alabama 10 – 14   .417     30 – 23   .566
Ole Miss 5 – 18   .217     20 – 28   .417
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA from May 9th through May 11th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 15 6 .714
—
1
Georgia 11 11 .500
4.5
4
Vanderbilt 10 13 .435
6
—
Kentucky 10 13 .435
6
—
Tennessee 10 13 .435
6
—
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
LSU 17 7 .708
—
2
Mississippi State 16 8 .667
1
3
Auburn 11 12 .478
5.5
—
Alabama 10 14 .417
7
—
Ole Miss 5 18 .217
11.5
—

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Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
3  Mississippi State 8  
1  Florida 3  
  3  Mississippi State 2  
  4  Georgia 0  
4  Georgia 8
2  LSU 6  
  3  Mississippi State 8 -
  4  Georgia 3 -
1  Florida 5  
2  LSU 2  
  1  Florida 8
  4  Georgia 9  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Mike Stanley Florida
2B Gator Thiesen Mississippi State
3B John Scott Mississippi State
SS Jeff Reboulet LSU
C Roark McDonald Mississippi State
OF Bobby Thigpen Mississippi State
OF Dan Van Cleve Mississippi State
OF Ron Wenrich Georgia
UT Tim Touma Florida
P Jeff Brantley Mississippi State
P Gene Morgan Mississippi State
MVP Gene Morgan Mississippi State

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "SEC Tournament History". SECDigitalNetwork.com. The Southeastern Conference. pp. 25–31. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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