1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Site	[[Hunter Field]] Abilene, TX
Champions	Mercer (2nd title)
Winning coach	Barry Myers (2nd title)
Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament «1980  1982»

1981 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Georgia Southern ^x	9	–	0	–	0		1.000			41	–	22	–	1		.648
Mercer ‡	3	–	4	–	0		.429			39	–	12	–	1		.760
Arkansas–Little Rock	0	–	6	–	0		.000			22	–	25	–	0		.468
West
Hardin–Simmons ^x	8	–	4	–	0		.667			20	–	28	–	0		.417
Centenary	8	–	4	–	0		.667			33	–	29	–	0		.532
Northeast Louisiana	6	–	6	–	0		.500			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Northwestern State	2	–	10	–	0		.167			16	–	42	–	0		.276
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1981[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hunter Field on the campus of Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from April 30 through May 2. This was the third tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its third year of existence. Mercer won their second tournament championship.

Seeding and format

The TAAC established two divisions beginning in 1981, and brought the two division winners and second place team from each division to the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division runner up in the first round in the four team double elimination tournament. Hardin-Simmons claimed the West's top seed by tiebreaker.^[2][3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
East
Georgia Southern	9	0	1.000	–	1E
Mercer	3	4	.429	5	2E
Arkansas–Little Rock	0	6	.000	7.5	–
West
Hardin–Simmons	8	4	.667	–	1W
Centenary	8	4	.667	–	2W
Northeast Louisiana	6	6	.500	2	–
Northwestern State	2	10	.167	6	–

Results

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1E

Georgia Southern

4

2W

Centenary

3

1E

Georgia Southern

3

2E

Mercer

5

1W

Hardin–Simmons

5

2E

Mercer

7

2E

Mercer

9

–

1E

Georgia Southern

3

–

2W

Centenary

9

1W

Hardin–Simmons

1

1E

Georgia Southern

5

2W

Centenary

4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.^[4]

POS	Player	School
P	Scott Barnhouse	Mercer
P	Tim Werkin	Mercer
C	Lawrence Walter	Mercer
INF	Derrell Baker	Georgia Southern
INF	Dave Jedneski	Mercer
INF	Mickey Lezcano	Georgia Southern
INF	Wayne Ryle	Mercer
OF	Frank Millerd	Mercer
OF	David Coss	Cententary
OF	Mark Beale	Hardin–Simmons
OF	Tim Smith	Mercer

References

1. Altantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
2. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
3. "2014 Baseball Media Guide". Mercer Bears. p. 70. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
4. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 21. Retrieved March 9, 2014.