1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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1978 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsAuburn (1st title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVP()
1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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 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
No. 22 Auburn  x‍‍‡‍y 15 – 8   .652 33 – 21   .611
No. 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 Auburn
2B Auburn
3B Mississippi State
SS Georgia
C Mississippi State
OF Mississippi State
OF Florida
OF Georgia
DH Auburn
P Jack Lazorko Mississippi State
P 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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