1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1980 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1980
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site Perry Field
Gainesville, Florida
Champions Vanderbilt (1st title)
Winning coach Roy Mewbourne (1st title)
MVP Dave Nenad (Vanderbilt)
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1979  1981»
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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