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

Teams	6
Format	Six-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Dudy Noble Field Starkville, Mississippi
Champions	Florida (4th title)
Winning coach	Joe Arnold (2nd title)
MVP	Brian Reimsnyder (Florida)
Attendance	43,068

1988 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Florida  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	6		.778			48	–	19		.716
No. 14 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	18	–	9		.667			38	–	25		.603
No. 23 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			44	–	20		.688
Auburn  ‍‍‍	16	–	10		.615			39	–	16		.709
LSU  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			39	–	21		.650
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			29	–	28		.509
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			30	–	23		.566
Alabama  ‍‍‍	9	–	17		.346			27	–	26		.509
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			21	–	29		.420
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			24	–	29		.453
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular-season results

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Florida	21	6	.778	—	1
Kentucky	18	9	.667	3	2
Mississippi State	17	10	.630	4	3
Auburn	16	10	.615	4.5	4
LSU	16	11	.593	5	5
Georgia	11	16	.407	10	6
Vanderbilt	11	16	.407	10	—
Alabama	9	17	.346	11.5	—
Tennessee	9	18	.333	12	—
Ole Miss	6	21	.222	15	—

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						6	Georgia	3
						5	LSU	7
	6	Georgia	8								5	LSU	2
	1	Florida	3								1	Florida	7
						1	Florida	4
						4	Auburn	3
	2	Kentucky	9													1	Florida	3	5
	5	LSU	7													3	Mississippi State	1	3
						2	Kentucky	5
						3	Mississippi State	6
	4	Auburn	7								3	Mississippi State	4
	3	Mississippi State	10								6	Georgia	2
						6	Georgia	5
						2	Kentucky	4

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Tommy Raffo	Mississippi State
2B	Vince Castaldo	Kentucky
SS	Brad Hildreth	Mississippi State
3B	Darin Rieman	Kentucky
C	Barry Winford	Mississippi State
OF	Brian Reimsnyder	Florida
OF	Rich Vasquez	LSU
OF	Bruce Chick	Georgia
DH	Mario Linares	Florida
P	Jeff Gidcumb	Florida
P	Mark Lipson	Georgia
MVP	Brian Reimsnyder	Florida

See also

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

References

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