1986 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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

1986 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (1st title)
Winning coachSkip Bertman (1st title)
MVPJeff Yurtin (LSU)
Attendance14,240
1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 LSU  ‍y225 .8155514 .797
No. 21 Alabama  ‍‍‍y189 .6674320 .683
Auburn  ‍‍‍1512 .5563124 .564
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍1413 .5193817 .691
Georgia  ‍‍‍1413 .5193524 .593
Florida  ‍‍‍1413 .5192726 .509
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍1215 .4443421 .618
Tennessee  ‍‍‍1017 .3702723 .540
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍918 .3332529 .463
Kentucky  ‍‍‍720 .2592528 .472
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1986[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
LSU225.815
1
Alabama189.667
4
2
Auburn1512.556
7
3
Georgia1413.519
8
4
Ole Miss1413.519
8
Florida1413.519
8
Mississippi State1215.444
10
Tennessee1017.370
12
Vanderbilt918.333
13
Kentucky720.259
15

Tournament

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
3Auburn7
2Alabama8
2Alabama7
1LSU10
4Georgia6
1LSU10
1LSU8
4Georgia4
Lower round 1Lower final
4Georgia6
3Auburn72Alabama4
4Georgia11

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BPete FreemanGeorgia
2BMike QuallsAlabama
3BJeff YurtinLSU
SSJimmy HarrellGeorgia
CDoug DukeAlabama
OFJoey BelleLSU
OFMike PapajohnLSU
OFTrey GainousAuburn
UTPat BaileyAlabama
PCris CarpenterGeorgia
PBarry ManuelLSU
MVPJeff YurtinLSU

References

  1. SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
  2. SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists