1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site
Champions Vanderbilt (1st title)
Winning coach Roy Mewbourne (1st title)
MVP Dave Nenad (Vanderbilt)
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida x 16 8   .667     40 16   .714
Vanderbilt y 13 9   .591     34 21   .618
Georgia 9 10   .474     33 12   .733
Kentucky 8 11   .421     25 21   .543
Tennessee 6 14   .300     23 21   .523
Western Division
Auburn x 15 8   .652     27 24   .529
Ole Miss 9 9   .500     24 22   .522
Mississippi State 10 11   .476     31 19   .620
LSU 8 9   .471     23 19   .548
Alabama 8 13   .381     18 28   .391
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, FL from May 9 through May 11. Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 16 8 .667
1
Vanderbilt 13 9 .591
2
3
Georgia 9 10 .474
4.5
Kentucky 8 11 .421
5.5
Tennessee 6 14 .300
8
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
Auburn 15 8 .652
2
Ole Miss 9 9 .500
3.5
4
Mississippi State 10 11 .476
4
LSU 8 9 .471
4
Alabama 8 13 .381
6

Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
2 Auburn 3  
3 Vanderbilt 2  
  2 Auburn 7  
  4 Ole Miss 4  
4 Ole Miss 3
1 Florida 2  
  2 Auburn 3 0
  3 Vanderbilt 16 13
3 Vanderbilt 11  
1 Florida 7  
  3 Vanderbilt 21
  4 Ole Miss 0  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Mike Pike Vanderbilt
2B Allen Mock Auburn
SS Larry Simcox Ole Miss
C Scott Madison Vanderbilt
OF Johnny Tutt Auburn
OF Jerry Williams Vanderbilt
OF Pat Pomeranz Ole Miss
OF Darrell Wilkes Auburn
DH Dave Nenad Vanderbilt
UT John Metasavage Auburn
P Jeff Calhoun Ole Miss
P Dan Jahnke Vanderbilt
MVP Dave Nenad Vanderbilt

See also

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
2. SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
3. SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists
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