1988 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1988 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1988
Teams 6
Format Six-team double elimination tournament
Site Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, Mississippi
Champions Florida (4th title)
Winning coach Joe Arnold (2nd title)
MVP Brian Reimsnyder (Florida)
Attendance 43,068
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1987  1989»
1988 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#6 Florida †‡y 21 – 6   .778     48 – 19   .716
#14 Kentucky y 18 – 9   .667     38 – 25   .603
#23 Mississippi State y 17 – 10   .630     44 – 20   .688
Auburn 16 – 10   .615     39 – 16   .709
LSU 16 – 11   .593     39 – 21   .650
Georgia 11 – 16   .407     29 – 28   .509
Vanderbilt 11 – 16   .407     30 – 23   .566
Alabama 9 – 17   .346     27 – 26   .509
Tennessee 9 – 18   .333     21 – 29   .420
Ole Miss 6 – 21   .222     24 – 29   .453
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1988 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 12th through May 15th. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Florida 21 6 .778
—
1
Kentucky 18 9 .667
3
2
Mississippi State 17 10 .630
4
3
Auburn 16 10 .615
4.5
4
LSU 16 11 .593
5
5
Georgia 11 16 .407
10
6
Vanderbilt 11 16 .407
10
—
Alabama 9 17 .346
11.5
—
Tennessee 9 18 .333
12
—
Ole Miss 6 21 .222
15
—

Tournament

  First Round Second Round Third Round Semi-Finals
                                       
  6  Georgia 8  
  1  Florida 3     6  Georgia 3  
    5  LSU 7    
      5  LSU 2  
      1  Florida 7    
  1  Florida 4          
  4  Auburn 3        
  2  Kentucky 9         1  Florida 3 5
  5  LSU 7           3  Mississippi State 1 3
      2  Kentucky 5        
      3  Mississippi State 6          
  4  Auburn 7           3  Mississippi State 4    
  3  Mississippi State 10         6  Georgia 2  
  6  Georgia 5    
  2  Kentucky 4  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Tommy Raffo Mississippi State
2B Vince Castaldo Kentucky
SS Brad Hildreth Mississippi State
3B Darin Rieman Kentucky
C Barry Winford Mississippi State
OF Brian Reimsnyder Florida
OF Rich Vasquez LSU
OF Bruce Chick Georgia
DH Mario Linares Florida
P Jeff Gidcumb Florida
P Mark Lipson Georgia
MVP Brian Reimsnyder Florida

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1988". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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