1983 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


The 1983 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi, from May 13 through 15. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament.

1983 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama (1st title)
Winning coachBarry Shollenberger (1st title)
MVPDave Magadan (Alabama)
1983 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‍147 .6673814 .731
Tennessee  ‍‍‍127 .6322616 .619
Georgia  ‍‍‍119 .5502919 .604
Kentucky  ‍‍‍611 .3533114 .689
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍615 .2862223 .489
Western Division
No. 12 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y175 .7734215 .737
No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍y147 .6674611 .807
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍1012 .4552618 .591
LSU  ‍‍‍912 .4292821 .571
Auburn  ‍‍‍418 .1821634 .320
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1983[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Eastern Division
Florida147.667
3
Tennessee127.632
1
4
Georgia119.550
2.5
Kentucky611.353
6
Vanderbilt615.286
8
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Western Division
Mississippi State175.773
1
Alabama147.667
2.5
2
Ole Miss1012.455
7
LSU912.429
7.5
Auburn418.182
13

Tournament

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
2Alabama15
3Florida2
2Alabama8
4Tennessee6
4Tennessee20
1Mississippi State11
2Alabama10
1Mississippi State9
Lower round 1Lower final
1Mississippi State9
3Florida34Tennessee4
1Mississippi State5

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BDave MagadanAlabama
2BPete WhiteMississippi State
3BBrett ElbinAlabama
SSBob ParkerMississippi State
CFrank VellaggiaAlabama
OFRafael PalmeiroMississippi State
OFAlan CockrellTennessee
OFCurt CornwellTennessee
DHRusty EnsorTennessee
UTDean EichelbergerTennessee
PBrian FarmerOle Miss
PTim MeachamAlabama
PJeff BrantleyMississippi State
MVPDave MagadanAlabama

See also

References