1979 SEC Baseball Tournament

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The 1979 SEC Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 11th through May 13th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.

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[edit] Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 16 8 .667 -- 2
Kentucky 13 11 .542 3 4
Georgia 11 11 .500 4 --
Tennessee 10 14 .417 6 --
Vanderbilt 8 14 .364 7 --
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State 17 2 .895 -- 1
LSU 13 7 .650 4.5 3
Mississippi 9 10 .474 8 --
Auburn 7 14 .333 11 --
Alabama 4 17 .190 14 --

[edit] Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1  Mississippi State 6  
4  Kentucky 4  
  1  Mississippi State 12  
  3  LSU 5  
3  LSU 5
2  Florida 2  
  1  Mississippi State 12 -
  2  Florida 11 -
4  Kentucky 1  
2  Florida 7  
  2  Florida 5
  3  LSU 1  

[edit] All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Tim Weisheim Mississippi State
2B Chuck Long Florida
3B Bobby Mariano LSU
SS Larry Hall Florida
C John McDonald Mississippi State
OF Mike Kelley Mississippi State
OF Bob Kocol Mississippi State
OF Jim Watkins Florida
DH Tony Stevens Florida
UT Steve Bollman LSU
P Kerry Kellogg Florida
P Ken Kurtz Mississippi State
MVP Mike Kelley Mississippi State

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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