1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1978
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Site	Perry Field Gainesville, Florida
Champions	Auburn (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Nix (1st title)
Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament «1977  1979»

Template:1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings The 1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, FL from May 12th through May 15th. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.

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
	4	Georgia	7
	1	Florida	2
						4	Georgia	3
						3	Mississippi State	9

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