1999 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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.

1999 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Alabama (5th title)
Winning coach	Jim Wells (4th title)
MVP	G.W. Keller (Alabama)
Attendance	98,873
← 1998 SEC baseball tournament 2000 →

1999 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	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  x‍†‍‍y	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

Regular season results

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

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	6	Ole Miss	6
	3	Alabama	7
						3	Alabama	4
						7	Mississippi State	3
	7	Mississippi State	7
	2	South Carolina	5
											3	Alabama	12	-
											7	Mississippi State	11	-
	6	Ole Miss	2
	2	South Carolina	0			7	Mississippi State	2
						6	Ole Miss	0
																	3	Alabama	9
	5	Auburn	6
																	1	Arkansas	3
	4	LSU	2
						5	Auburn	3
						1	Arkansas	2
	8	Kentucky	4
	1	Arkansas	6
											5	Auburn	5	6
											1	Arkansas	9	9
	4	LSU	10
	8	Kentucky	0			1	Arkansas	9
						4	LSU	8

• Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-tournament team

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

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