1986 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1986 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA from May 9 through 11. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament.

1986 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Alex Box Stadium (1938) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Champions	LSU (1st title)
Winning coach	Skip Bertman (1st title)
MVP	Jeff Yurtin (LSU)
Attendance	14,240

1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 LSU  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	5		.815			55	–	14		.797
No. 21 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	18	–	9		.667			43	–	20		.683
Auburn  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			31	–	24		.564
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			38	–	17		.691
Georgia  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			35	–	24		.593
Florida  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			27	–	26		.509
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			34	–	21		.618
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			27	–	23		.540
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			25	–	29		.463
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			25	–	28		.472
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
LSU	22	5	.815	—	1
Alabama	18	9	.667	4	2
Auburn	15	12	.556	7	3
Georgia	14	13	.519	8	4
Ole Miss	14	13	.519	8	—
Florida	14	13	.519	8	—
Mississippi State	12	15	.444	10	—
Tennessee	10	17	.370	12	—
Vanderbilt	9	18	.333	13	—
Kentucky	7	20	.259	15	—

Tournament

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	3	Auburn	7
	2	Alabama	8
						2	Alabama	7
						1	LSU	10
	4	Georgia	6
	1	LSU	10
											1	LSU	8	—
											4	Georgia	4	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	Georgia	6
	3	Auburn	7			2	Alabama	4
	4	Georgia	11

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Pete Freeman	Georgia
2B	Mike Qualls	Alabama
3B	Jeff Yurtin	LSU
SS	Jimmy Harrell	Georgia
C	Doug Duke	Alabama
OF	Joey Belle	LSU
OF	Mike Papajohn	LSU
OF	Trey Gainous	Auburn
UT	Pat Bailey	Alabama
P	Cris Carpenter	Georgia
P	Barry Manuel	LSU
MVP	Jeff Yurtin	LSU

References

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