1999 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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1999 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama (5th title)
Winning coachJim Wells (4th title)
MVPG.W. Keller (Alabama)
Attendance98,873
1999 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
South Carolina  x‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 35 23   .603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 25 32   .439
Florida  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 31 25   .554
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 28 28   .500
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 25 30   .455
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 22 33   .400
Western Division
No. 17 Arkansas  x‍‍y 22 8   .733 42 23   .646
No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍y 21 9   .700 53 16   .768
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 18 11   .621 41 24   .631
No. 15 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 46 19   .708
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 34 28   .548
No. 30 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 15 14   .517 42 21   .667
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1999 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 19 through 23. Alabama defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Regular season results[edit]

The top four teams (based on conference results) from both the Eastern and Western divisions earned invites to the tournament.[citation needed]

Tournament[edit]

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
7Ole Miss6
2Alabama7
2Alabama4
6Mississippi State3
6Mississippi State7
3South Carolina5
2Alabama12-
6Mississippi State11-
7Ole Miss2
3South Carolina06Mississippi State2
7Ole Miss0
2Alabama9
8Auburn6
4Arkansas3
1LSU2
8Auburn3
4Arkansas2
5Kentucky4
4Arkansas6
8Auburn56
4Arkansas99
1LSU10
5Kentucky04Arkansas9
1LSU8
  • Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-tournament team[edit]

Most valuable player G.W. Keller, Alabama

Position Player School
1B Jeremy Brown Alabama
2B Mark Burnett Arkansas
3B Rodney Nye Arkansas
SS Joe Jester Arkansas
C Kelley Gulledge Alabama
OF Mailon Kent Auburn
OF G.W. Keller Alabama
OF Jamie Rock Mississippi State
DH Travis Chapman Mississippi State
P Tanner Brock Mississippi State
P Dan McShea Ole Miss
MVP G.W. Keller Alabama

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 16, 2015.