1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 6
Format Six-team double elimination tournament
Site
Champions Mississippi State (3rd title)
Winning coach Ron Polk (3rd title)
MVP Dan Paradoa (Mississippi State)
Attendance 5,091
1987 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 Georgia †y 18 – 8   .692     42 – 21   .667
#20 Auburn y 18 – 9   .667     42 – 18   .700
Florida 17 – 9   .654     32 – 24   .571
Kentucky 16 – 11   .593     40 – 15   .727
#4 LSU y 12 – 10   .545     49 – 19   .721
Mississippi State ‡y 13 – 13   .500     39 – 22   .639
Alabama 11 – 14   .440     25 – 26   .490
Ole Miss 11 – 16   .407     25 – 26   .490
Vanderbilt 7 – 20   .259     27 – 25   .519
Tennessee 5 – 18   .217     17 – 27   .386
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Foley Field in Athens, GA from May 14–17. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Georgia 18 8 .692
—
1
Auburn 18 9 .667
0.5
2
Florida 17 9 .654
1
3
Kentucky 16 11 .593
2.5
4
LSU 12 10 .545
4
5
Mississippi State 13 13 .500
5
6
Alabama 11 14 .440
6.5
—
Ole Miss 11 16 .407
7.5
—
Vanderbilt 7 20 .259
11.5
—
Tennessee 5 18 .217
11.5
—

Tournament

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Georgia 5  
  6 Mississippi State 6     6 Mississippi State 5  
    3 Florida 4    
  2 Auburn 9         6 Mississippi State 4            
  5 LSU 8           2 Auburn 3              
      2 Auburn 5*           6 Mississippi State 13 —
      4 Kentucky 4*         5 LSU 3 —
  3 Florida 4         2 Auburn 2    
  4 Kentucky 5       4 Kentucky 1     5 LSU 4  
  1 Georgia 2     5 LSU 4  
  5 LSU 4  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B John Mitchell Mississippi State
2B Terry Shumpert Kentucky
3B Kevin Henry Auburn
SS Dave Cunningham LSU
C Craig Faulkner LSU
OF Trey Gainous Auburn
OF Jody Hurst Mississippi State
OF Dan Paradoa Mississippi State
DH Richie Grayum Mississippi State
P Derek Lilliquist Georgia
P Terry Ellis Mississippi State
MVP Dan Paradoa Mississippi State

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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