1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 12 through 15. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA tournament.

1978 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Perry Field Gainesville, Florida
Champions	Auburn (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Nix (1st title)

1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‍	18	–	4		.818			34	–	15		.694
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			30	–	19		.612
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			25	–	21		.543
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			31	–	17		.646
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	6	–	15		.286			20	–	25		.444
Western Division
No. 22 Auburn  x‍‍‡‍y	15	–	8		.652			33	–	21		.611
No. 14 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	8		.619			38	–	18		.679
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	12	–	11		.522			27	–	21		.563
Alabama  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			23	–	20		.535
LSU  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			12	–	34		.261
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular-season results

Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Florida 18 4 .818 — 1 Georgia 11 12 .478 7.5 4 Tennessee 11 12 .478 7.5 — Vanderbilt 10 13 .435 8.5 — Kentucky 6 15 .286 11.5 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division Auburn 15 8 .652 — 2 Mississippi State 13 8 .619 1 3 Ole Miss 12 11 .522 3 — Alabama 10 11 .476 4 — LSU 6 18 .250 9.5 —

Tournament

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	4	Georgia	7
	2	Auburn	8
						2	Auburn	10
						3	Mississippi State	7
	3	Mississippi State	8
	1	Florida	3
											2	Auburn	2	8
											3	Mississippi State	3	5
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	Georgia	3
	4	Georgia	7			3	Mississippi State	9
	1	Florida	2

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Dom Fucci	Auburn
2B	J.B. Brown	Auburn
3B	John McDonald	Mississippi State
SS	Bubba Kizer	Georgia
C	Russ Aldrich	Mississippi State
OF	Del Bender	Mississippi State
OF	Jim Watkins	Florida
OF	Bubba Chrismer	Georgia
DH	Bo Fucci	Auburn
P	Jack Lazorko	Mississippi State
P	Perry Cliburn	Mississippi State

No MVP was named.

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists