1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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1987 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMississippi State (3rd title)
Winning coachRon Polk (3rd title)
MVP (Mississippi State)
Attendance5,091
1987 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Georgia  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 8   .692 42 – 21   .667
No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 42 – 18   .700
Florida  ‍‍‍ 17 – 9   .654 32 – 24   .571
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 40 – 15   .727
No. 4 LSU  ‍‍‍y 12 – 10   .545 49 – 19   .721
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 13   .500 39 – 22   .639
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 25 – 26   .490
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 25 – 26   .490
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 27 – 25   .519
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 17 – 27   .386
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia from May 14–17. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results[]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Georgia 18 8 .692
—
1
Auburn 18 9 .667
0.5
2
Florida 17 9 .654
1
3
Kentucky 16 11 .593
2.5
4
LSU 12 10 .545
4
5
Mississippi State 13 13 .500
5
6
Alabama 11 14 .440
6.5
—
Ole Miss 11 16 .407
7.5
—
Vanderbilt 7 20 .259
11.5
—
Tennessee 5 18 .217
11.5
—

Tournament[]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Georgia 5  
  6 Mississippi State 6     6 Mississippi State 5  
    3 Florida 4    
  2 Auburn 9         6 Mississippi State 4            
  5 LSU 8           2 Auburn 3              
      2 Auburn 5*           6 Mississippi State 13 —
      4 Kentucky 4*         5 LSU 3 —
  3 Florida 4         2 Auburn 2    
  4 Kentucky 5       4 Kentucky 1     5 LSU 4  
  1 Georgia 2     5 LSU 4  
  5 LSU 4  
  • * indicates extra innings.

All-Tournament Team[]

Position Player School
1B John Mitchell Mississippi State
2B Terry Shumpert Kentucky
3B Kevin Henry Auburn
SS LSU
C LSU
OF Auburn
OF Mississippi State
OF Mississippi State
DH Mississippi State
P Derek Lilliquist Georgia
P Mississippi State
MVP Mississippi State

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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