1982 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

1982 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Perry Field Gainesville, Florida
Champions	Florida (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jack Rhine (1st title)
MVP	Rich Bombard (Florida)

1982 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‡‍y	14	–	8		.636			34	–	24		.586
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	13	–	9		.591			29	–	17		.630
Georgia  ‍‍‍	12	–	10		.545			28	–	29		.491
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			28	–	17		.622
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	6	–	17		.261			23	–	32		.418
Western Division
Ole Miss  x‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			33	–	19		.635
Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	10		.545			32	–	21		.604
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			28	–	23		.549
LSU  ‍‍‍	9	–	13		.409			26	–	25		.510
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	13		.381			27	–	20		.574
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1982 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1982 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 14 through 16. Florida won their second consecutive tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament.

Regular season results

Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Florida 14 8 .636 — 2 Tennessee 13 9 .591 1 3 Georgia 12 10 .545 2 — Vanderbilt 11 12 .478 3.5 — Kentucky 6 17 .261 8.5 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division Ole Miss 15 6 .714 — 1 Alabama 12 10 .545 3.5 4 Mississippi State 11 13 .458 5.5 — LSU 9 13 .409 6.5 — Auburn 8 13 .381 7 —

Tournament

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Ole Miss	10
	3	Tennessee	4
						1	Ole Miss	7
						2	Florida	8
	2	Florida	7
	4	Alabama	3
											2	Florida	7	9
											3	Tennessee	10	3
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Tennessee	12
	3	Tennessee	7			1	Ole Miss	11
	4	Alabama	6

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Javier Ortiz	Florida
2B	Kirk Hanson	Ole Miss
3B	Dave Magadan	Alabama
SS	David Clements	Ole Miss
C	Mike Stanley	Florida
OF	Guy Summerlin	Ole Miss
OF	Greg Geren	Tennessee
OF	Curt Cornwell	Tennessee
OF	Steve Ford	Florida
DH	Rusty Ensor	Tennessee
UT	Dean Eichelberger	Tennessee
P	Brian Farmer	Ole Miss
P	Teddy Carson	Tennessee
P	Rich Bombard	Florida
MVP	Rich Bombard	Florida

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• Boydsworld 1982 Standings
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists