1986 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	† – Conference champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 30, 1986; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1986 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Alex Box Stadium (1938); Baton Rouge, Louisiana;
Champions	LSU (1st title)
Winning coach	Skip Bertman (1st title)
MVP	(LSU)
Attendance	14,240
	← 1985; SEC Baseball Tournament; 1987 →;

The 1986 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA from May 9th through May 11th. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results[]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
LSU	22	5	.815	—	1
Alabama	18	9	.667	4	2
Auburn	15	12	.556	7	3
Georgia	14	13	.519	8	4
Ole Miss	14	13	.519	8	—
Florida	14	13	.519	8	—
Mississippi State	12	15	.444	10	—
Tennessee	10	17	.370	12	—
Vanderbilt	9	18	.333	13	—
Kentucky	7	20	.259	15	—

Tournament[]

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

3	Auburn	7
2	Alabama	8
			2	Alabama	7

			1	LSU	10
4	Georgia	6

1	LSU	10
						1	LSU	8	—

						4	Georgia	4	—
3	Auburn	7

4	Georgia	11
			4	Georgia	6

			2	Alabama	4

All-Tournament Team[]

Position	Player	School
1B		Georgia
2B		Alabama
3B		LSU
SS		Georgia
C		Alabama
OF	Joey Belle	LSU
OF	Mike Papajohn	LSU
OF		Auburn
UT	Pat Bailey	Alabama
P	Cris Carpenter	Georgia
P	Barry Manuel	LSU
MVP		LSU

References[]

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

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1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 LSU ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	5	.815	55	–	14	.797
No. 21 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	18	–	9	.667	43	–	20	.683
Auburn ‍‍‍	15	–	12	.556	31	–	24	.564
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	38	–	17	.691
Georgia ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	35	–	24	.593
Florida ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	27	–	26	.509
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	34	–	21	.618
Tennessee ‍‍‍	10	–	17	.370	27	–	23	.540
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	9	–	18	.333	25	–	29	.463
Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	20	.259	25	–	28	.472

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball