1978 SEC Baseball Tournament

The 1978 SEC Baseball Tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, FL from May 12th through May 15th. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.

Contents

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 18 4 .818 -- 1
Georgia 11 12 .478 7.5 4
Tennessee 11 12 .478 7.5 --
Vanderbilt 10 13 .435 8.5 --
Kentucky 6 15 .286 11.5 --
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
Auburn 15 8 .652 -- 2
Mississippi State 13 8 .619 1 3
Mississippi 12 11 .522 3 --
Alabama 10 11 .476 4 --
LSU 6 18 .250 9.5 --

Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
4  Georgia 7  
2  Auburn 8  
  2  Auburn 10  
  3  Mississippi State 7  
3  Mississippi State 8
1  Florida 3  
  2  Auburn 2 8
  3  Mississippi State 3 5
4  Georgia 7  
1  Florida 2  
  4  Georgia 3
  3  Mississippi State 9  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Dom Fucci Auburn
2B J.B. Brown Auburn
3B John McDonald Mississippi State
SS Bubba Kizer Georgia
C Russ Aldrich Mississippi State
OF Del Bender Mississippi State
OF Jim Watkins Florida
OF Bubba Chrismer Georgia
DH Bo Fucci Auburn
P Jack Lazorko Mississippi State
P Perry Cliburn Mississippi State

No MVP was named.

See also

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