Miscellaneous Tournament Information


 

Champions


Year Team             		Site
1977 Ole Miss 			Oxford, Miss.
1978 Auburn 			Gainesville, Fla.
1979 Mississippi State 		Starkville, Miss.
1980 Vanderbilt 		Gainesville, Fla.
1981 Florida 			Starkville, Miss.
1982 Florida 			Gainesville, Fla.
1983 Alabama 			Starkville, Miss.
1984 Florida 			Gainesville, Fla.
1985 Mississippi State 		Baton Rouge, La.
1986 LSU 			Baton Rouge, La.
1987 Mississippi State 		Athens, Ga.
1988 Florida 			Starkville, Miss.
1989 Auburn 			Gainesville, Fla.
1990* LSU/Mississippi State 	Hoover, Ala.
1991 Florida 			Baton Rouge, La.
1992 LSU 			New Orleans, La.
1993 Eastern - Tennessee 	Columbia, S.C.
     Western - LSU 		Baton Rouge, La.
1994 Eastern - Tennessee 	Lexington, Ky.
     Western - LSU 		Oxford, Miss.
1995 Eastern - Tennessee 	Knoxville, Tenn.
     Western - Alabama 		Starkville, Miss.
1996 Alabama 			Birmingham, Ala.
1997 Alabama 			Columbus, Ga.
1998 Auburn 			Birmingham, Ala.
1999 Alabama 			Birmingham, Ala.
2000 LSU 			Birmingham, Ala.
2001 Mississippi State 		Birmingham, Ala.
2002 Alabama 			Birmingham, Ala.
2003 Alabama 			Birmingham, Ala.
2004 South Carolina 		Birmingham, Ala.
2005 Mississippi State 		Birmingham, Ala.
2006 Ole Miss 			Hoover, Ala.
2007 Vanderbilt 		Hoover, Ala.
2008 LSU 			Hoover, Ala.
* LSU and Mississippi State were declared tournament 
co-champions by SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer when 
lightning and rain ended play in Game 11 with LSU 
leading 6-0 with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Most Valuable Players

Year Player Pos. Team 1979 Mike Kelley OF Mississippi State 1980 Dave Nenad DH Vanderbilt 1981 Jeff Keener P Kentucky 1982 Rich Bombard P Florida 1983 David Magadan 1B Alabama 1984 Alan Cockrell OF Tennessee 1985 Gene Morgan P Mississippi State 1986 Jeff Yurtin 3B LSU 1987 Dan Paradoa OF Mississippi State 1988 Brian Reimsnyder OF Florida 1989 Roger Miller C Georgia 1990 Jon Harden P Mississippi State 1991 Herbert Perry DH Florida Brian Purvis OF Florida 1992 Andy Sheets SS LSU 1993 Eastern - Todd Helton 1B Tennessee Western - Harry Berrios OF LSU 1994 Eastern - Todd Helton 1B Tennessee Steve Soper 2B Tennessee Western - Russ Johnson SS LSU 1995 Eastern - Todd Helton 1B Tennessee Scott Vieira 3B Tennessee Western - Rusty Loflin OF Alabama 1996 Joe Caruso 2B Alabama 1997 David Tidwell OF Alabama 1998 Rodney Nye 1B Arkansas 1999 G.W. Keller OF Alabama 2000 Wally Pontiff IF LSU 2001 Chris Young P Mississippi State 2002 Brent Boyd 1B Alabama 2003 Beau Hearod OF Alabama 2004 Steven Tolleson OF South Carolina Kevin Melillo INF South Carolina 2005 Jeff Butts OF Mississippi State 2006 Mark Wright OF Ole Miss 2007 Pedro Alvarez 3B Vanderbilt 2008 Blake Dean DH LSU

All-Time Standings

Team Appearances W-L Pct. Tourney Titles LSU 24 54-34 .614 7 Alabama 21 39-31 .557 7 Vanderbilt 13 32-26 .552 2 Tennessee 12 25-21 .543 3 Miss. State 26 48-42 .533 6 Ole Miss 14 26-25 .510 5 Florida 28 46-48 .489 2 Auburn 19 28-35 .444 0 South Carolina 16 22-29 .431 1 Arkansas 14 41-24 .415 0 Georgia 17 23-34 .404 0 Kentucky 14 16-28 .364 0

Largest Tournament Average Attendance

Year Site Total Games Average 1. 2003 Hoover, Ala. 122,393 13 9,415 2. 2008 Hoover, Ala. 124,139 14 8,867 3. 2005 Hoover, Ala. 119,580 14 8,541 4. 2002 Hoover, Ala. 124,440 15 8,296 5. 2006 Hoover, Ala. 108,173 14 7,727 6. 1999 Hoover, Ala. 98,873 14 7,062 7. 2000 Hoover, Ala. 85,653 13 6,589 8. 2007 Hoover, Ala. 87.893 14 6,278 9. 1998 Hoover, Ala. 87,295 14 6,235 10. 2001 Hoover, Ala. 85,771 14 6,127 11. 2004 Hoover, Ala. 75,259 13 5,789 12. 1996 Hoover, Ala. 60,144 13 4,626

Largest Tournament Single-Game Attendance

Date Site Game Attendance 1. 5/23/99 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 9, Arkansas 3 16,165 2. 5/23/03 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 7, Auburn 5 14,427 3. 5/13/98 Hoover, Ala. Auburn 11, Alabama 8 14,390 4. 5/26/02 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 6, S. Carolina 2 13,367 5. 5/24/06 Hoover, Ala. LSU 4, Alabama 3 12,838 6. 5/24/03 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 13, Auburn 3 12,673 7. 5/24/08 Hoover, Ala. LSU 12, Alabama 10 12,324 8. 5/29/05 Hoover, Ala. Miss. State 4, Ole Miss 1 12,290 9. 5/21/08 Hoover, Ala. Kentucky 9, Alabama 3 11,967 10. 5/27/06 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 8, LSU 3 11,923 11. 5/25/03 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 10, LSU 3 11,705 12. 5/23/08 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 13, Kentucky 4 11,519 5/27/05 Hoover, Ala. Ole Miss 5, Alabama 3 11,519 14. 5/25/05 Hoover, Ala. Ole Miss 4, Alabama 1 11,318 15. 5/22/99 Hoover, Ala. Alabama 12, Miss. State 11 11,129 16. 5/25/08 Hoover, Ala. LSU 8, Ole Miss 2 11,123

Largest Tournament Session Attendance

Date Site Session Attendance 1. 5/23/03 Hoover, Ala. Session 4* 14,427 2. 5/26/02 Hoover, Ala. Session 9* 13,367 3. 5/24/06 Hoover, Ala. Session 2* 12,838 4. 5/24/03 Hoover, Ala. Session 6/7* 12,673 5. 5/24/08 Hoover, Ala. Session 6 12,324 6. 5/29/05 Hoover, Ala. Session 8* 12,290 7. 5/26/06 Hoover, Ala. Session 5* 11,983 8. 5/21/08 Hoover, Ala. Session 2 11,967 9. 5/25/03 Hoover, Ala. Session 8 11,705 10. 5/23/08 Hoover, Ala. Session 5 11,519 5/27/05 Hoover, Ala. Session 5 11,519 12. 5/25/05 Hoover, Ala. Session 2 11,318 13. 5/25/08 Hoover, Ala. Session 9 11,123 14. 5/35/02 Hoover, Ala. Session 6 10,907 15. 5/16/01 Hoover, Ala. Session 2 10,816 16. 5/23/02 Hoover, Ala. Session 4 10,263 17. 5/22/02 Hoover, Ala. Session 1* 10,111 18. 5/20/01 Hoover, Ala. Session 9 10,023 * Session Record