1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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.

1980 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Perry Field Gainesville, Florida
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

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

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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