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1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site
Champions Mississippi State (1st title)
Winning coach Ron Polk (1st title)
MVP Mike Kelley (Mississippi State)
1979 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#19 Florida xy 16 8   .667     40 20   .667
Kentucky 13 11   .542     29 18   .617
Georgia 11 11   .500     24 18   .571
Tennessee 10 14   .417     25 22   .532
Vanderbilt 8 14   .364     21 25   .457
Western Division
#6 Mississippi State xy 17 2   .895     48 12   .800
LSU 13 7   .650     34 20   .630
Ole Miss 9 10   .474     24 13   .649
Auburn 7 14   .333     21 21   .500
Alabama 4 17   .190     18 27   .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1979; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 11th through May 13th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.


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