1981 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1981 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1981
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, Mississippi
Champions Florida (1st title)
Winning coach Jay Bergman (1st title)
MVP Jeff Keener (Kentucky)
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1980  1982»
1981 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#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
#6 Mississippi State xy 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

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 Dave Falcone Florida
2B Danny Potosky Kentucky
3B Lou Sottile Mississippi State
SS Steve Lombardozzi Florida
C Greg Ryle Kentucky
OF Mark Gillaspie Mississippi State
OF Glenn Carpenter Florida
OF Mike Botkin Kentucky
UT Mike Henley Florida
UT Dave Klipstein Mississippi State
P Jeff Keener Kentucky
P Don Mundie Mississippi State
P Randy O'Neil Florida
MVP Jeff Keener Kentucky

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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
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