1988 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1988 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 12 through 15. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament.

1988 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida (4th title)
Winning coachJoe Arnold (2nd title)
MVPBrian Reimsnyder (Florida)
Attendance43,068
1988 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Florida  ‍y216 .7784819 .716
No. 14 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y189 .6673825 .603
No. 23 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y1710 .6304420 .688
Auburn  ‍‍‍1610 .6153916 .709
LSU  ‍‍‍1611 .5933921 .650
Georgia  ‍‍‍1116 .4072928 .509
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍1116 .4073023 .566
Alabama  ‍‍‍917 .3462726 .509
Tennessee  ‍‍‍918 .3332129 .420
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍621 .2222429 .453
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular-season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Florida216.778
1
Kentucky189.667
3
2
Mississippi State1710.630
4
3
Auburn1610.615
4.5
4
LSU1611.593
5
5
Georgia1116.407
10
6
Vanderbilt1116.407
10
Alabama917.346
11.5
Tennessee918.333
12
Ole Miss621.222
15

Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
6Georgia3
5LSU7
6Georgia85LSU2
1Florida31Florida7
1Florida4
4Auburn3
2Kentucky91Florida35
5LSU73Mississippi State13
2Kentucky5
3Mississippi State6
4Auburn73Mississippi State4
3Mississippi State106Georgia2
6Georgia5
2Kentucky4

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BTommy RaffoMississippi State
2BVince CastaldoKentucky
SSBrad HildrethMississippi State
3BDarin RiemanKentucky
CBarry WinfordMississippi State
OFBrian ReimsnyderFlorida
OFRich VasquezLSU
OFBruce ChickGeorgia
DHMario LinaresFlorida
PJeff GidcumbFlorida
PMark LipsonGeorgia
MVPBrian ReimsnyderFlorida

See also

References