1986 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1986
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
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
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1985  1987»
1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 LSU †‡y 22 – 5   .815     55 – 14   .797
#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[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

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 —
3  Auburn 7  
4  Georgia 11  
  4  Georgia 6
  2  Alabama 4  

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. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  1. SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
  2. SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists
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