1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	x – Division champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 30, 1980; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1980 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Perry Field; Gainesville, Florida;
Champions	Vanderbilt (1st title)
Winning coach	(1st title)
MVP	(Vanderbilt)
	← 1979; SEC Baseball Tournament; 1981 →;

The 1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, FL from May 9 through May 11. Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results[]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Eastern Division
Florida	16	8	.667	—	1
Vanderbilt	13	9	.591	2	3
Georgia	9	10	.474	4.5	—
Kentucky	8	11	.421	5.5	—
Tennessee	6	14	.300	8	—

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Western Division
Auburn	15	8	.652	—	2
Ole Miss	9	9	.500	3.5	4
Mississippi State	10	11	.476	4	—
LSU	8	9	.471	4	—
Alabama	8	13	.381	6	—

Tournament[]

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

2	Auburn	3
3	Vanderbilt	2
			2	Auburn	7

			4	Ole Miss	4
4	Ole Miss	3

1	Florida	2
						2	Auburn	3	0

						3	Vanderbilt	16	13
3	Vanderbilt	11

1	Florida	7
			3	Vanderbilt	21

			4	Ole Miss	0

All-Tournament Team[]

Position	Player	School
1B		Vanderbilt
2B		Auburn
SS		Ole Miss
C		Vanderbilt
OF		Auburn
OF		Vanderbilt
OF		Ole Miss
OF		Auburn
DH		Vanderbilt
UT		Auburn
P	Jeff Calhoun	Ole Miss
P		Vanderbilt
MVP		Vanderbilt

References[]

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.

2. SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results

3. SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.

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1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

Contents

Regular Season Results[]

Tournament[]

All-Tournament Team[]

See also[]

References[]

1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Division
Florida ^x‍‍‍	16	–	8	.667	40	–	16	.714
Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	9	.591	34	–	21	.618
Georgia ‍‍‍	9	–	10	.474	33	–	12	.733
Kentucky ‍‍‍	8	–	11	.421	25	–	21	.543
Tennessee ‍‍‍	6	–	14	.300	23	–	21	.523
Western Division
Auburn ^x‍‍‍	15	–	8	.652	27	–	24	.529
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	24	–	22	.522
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	31	–	19	.620
LSU ‍‍‍	8	–	9	.471	23	–	19	.548
Alabama ‍‍‍	8	–	13	.381	18	–	28	.391

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1980^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball