1988 Big South Conference baseball tournament

1988 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Taylor Field; Buies Creek, North Carolina;
Champions	Campbell (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Caldwell (1st title)
MVP	Rob Palentchar (Campbell)
	← 1987; Big South baseball tournament; 1990 →;

The 1988 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from April 21 through 23 at Taylor Field on the campus of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Campbell won the championship for the first time.^[2]

1988 Big South Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Coastal Carolina ‍†‍‍	15	–	0	1.000	35	–	12	.745
Baptist ‍‍‍	12	–	7	.632	27	–	16	.628
Campbell ‍‍‡‍	10	–	8	.556	32	–	16	.667
Winthrop ‍‍‍	8	–	8	.500	22	–	15	.595
Augusta State ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	16	–	27	.372
Radford ‍‍‍	4	–	10	.286	13	–	26	.333
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍	1	–	15	.063	9	–	32	.220

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1988^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.^[2]

Rob Palentchar was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Palentchar was a designated hitter for Campbell.^[2]

^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 4. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved February 13, 2020.