1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1979 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	x – Division champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 30, 1979; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1979 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Dudy Noble Field ; Starkville, Mississippi ;
Champions	Mississippi State (1st title)
Winning coach	Ron Polk (1st title)
MVP	Mike Kelley (Mississippi State)
	← 1978 ; SEC Baseball Tournament ; 1980 →;

Last updated April 25, 2022

The 1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 11th through May 13th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Eastern Division
Florida	16	8	.667	—	2
Kentucky	13	11	.542	3	4
Georgia	11	11	.500	4	—
Tennessee	10	14	.417	6	—
Vanderbilt	8	14	.364	7	—

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State	17	2	.895	—	1
LSU	13	7	.650	4.5	3
Ole Miss	9	10	.474	8	—
Auburn	7	14	.333	11	—
Alabama	4	17	.190	14	—

Tournament

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

1	Mississippi State	6
4	Kentucky	4
			1	Mississippi State	12

			3	LSU	5
3	LSU	5

2	Florida	2
						1	Mississippi State	12	–

						2	Florida	11	–
4	Kentucky	1

2	Florida	7
			2	Florida	5

			3	LSU	1

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Tim Weisheim	Mississippi State
2B	Chuck Long	Florida
3B	Bobby Mariano	LSU
SS	Larry Hall	Florida
C	John McDonald	Mississippi State
OF	Mike Kelley	Mississippi State
OF	Bob Kocol	Mississippi State
OF	Jim Watkins	Florida
DH	Tony Stevens	Florida
UT	Steve Bollman	LSU
P	Kerry Kellogg	Florida
P	Ken Kurtz	Mississippi State
MVP	Mike Kelley	Mississippi State

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References

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

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