1981 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1981 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	x – Division champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 30, 1981; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1981 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Dudy Noble Field; Starkville, Mississippi;
Champions	Florida (1st title)
Winning coach	Jay Bergman (1st title)
MVP	Jeff Keener (Kentucky)
	← 1980; SEC Baseball Tournament; 1982 →;

The 1981 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 15th through May 17th. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results[]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Eastern Division
Florida	16	7	.696	—	3
Kentucky	13	9	.591	2.5	4
Tennessee	10	13	.435	6	—
Vanderbilt	9	12	.429	6	—
Georgia	8	15	.348	8	—

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State	17	6	.739	—	1
Alabama	17	6	.739	—	2
Ole Miss	8	14	.364	8.5	—
LSU	7	14	.333	9	—
Auburn	7	16	.304	10	—

Tournament[]

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

3	Florida	3
2	Alabama	2
			3	Florida	8

			1	Mississippi State	3
1	Mississippi State	3

4	Kentucky	2
						3	Florida	11	-

						4	Kentucky	5	-
2	Alabama	2

4	Kentucky	3
			4	Kentucky	3

			1	Mississippi State	2

All-Tournament Team[]

Position	Player	School
1B		Florida
2B		Kentucky
3B		Mississippi State
SS	Steve Lombardozzi	Florida
C		Kentucky
OF		Mississippi State
OF		Florida
OF		Kentucky
UT		Florida
UT		Mississippi State
P	Jeff Keener	Kentucky
P		Mississippi State
P		Florida
MVP	Jeff Keener	Kentucky

References[]

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1981". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.

2. SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results

3. Boydsworld 1981 Standings

4. SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1981". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.

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1981 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

Contents

Regular Season Results[]

Tournament[]

All-Tournament Team[]

See also[]

References[]

1981 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Division
No. 15 Florida ^x‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	7	.696	42	–	17	.712
Kentucky ‍‍‍	13	–	9	.591	39	–	16	.709
Tennessee ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	22	–	27	.449
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	9	–	12	.429	26	–	25	.510
Georgia ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	23	–	23	.500
Western Division
No. 6 Mississippi State ^x‍‍‍^y	17	–	6	.739	46	–	17	.730
Alabama ^x‍‍‍	17	–	6	.739	41	–	15	.732
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	8	–	14	.364	24	–	24	.500
LSU ‍‍‍	7	–	14	.333	23	–	30	.434
Auburn ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	27	–	27	.500

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1981^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball