1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hunter Field on the campus of Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from April 30 through May 2. This was the third tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its third year of existence. Mercer won their second tournament championship.

1981 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hunter Field Abilene, TX
Champions	Mercer (2nd title)
Winning coach	Barry Myers (2nd title)
MVP	,

1981 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Georgia Southern ^x‍†‍‍	9	–	0	–	0		1.000			41	–	22	–	1		.648
Mercer ‍‍‡‍	3	–	4	–	0		.429			39	–	12	–	1		.760
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	0	–	6	–	0		.000			22	–	25	–	0		.468
West
Hardin–Simmons ^x‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			20	–	28	–	0		.417
Centenary ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			33	–	29	–	0		.532
Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0		.500			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	2	–	10	–	0		.167			16	–	42	–	0		.276
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1981[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The TAAC established two divisions beginning in 1981, and brought the two division winners and second place team from each division to the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division runner up in the first round in the four team double elimination tournament. Hardin-Simmons claimed the West's top seed by tiebreaker.[2][3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Georgia Southern 9 0 1.000 – 1E Mercer 3 4 .429 5 2E Arkansas–Little Rock 0 6 .000 7.5 –

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Hardin–Simmons 8 4 .667 – 1W Centenary 8 4 .667 – 2W Northeast Louisiana 6 6 .500 2 – Northwestern State 2 10 .167 6 –

Results

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1E

Georgia Southern

4

2W

Centenary

3

1E

Georgia Southern

3

2E

Mercer

5

1W

Hardin–Simmons

5

2E

Mercer

7

2E

Mercer

9

–

1E

Georgia Southern

3

–

2W

Centenary

9

1W

Hardin–Simmons

1

1E

Georgia Southern

5

2W

Centenary

4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.[4]

POS	Player	School
P	Scott Barnhouse	Mercer
P	Tim Werkin	Mercer
C	Lawrence Walter	Mercer
INF	Derrell Baker	Georgia Southern
INF	Dave Jedneski	Mercer
INF	Mickey Lezcano	Georgia Southern
INF	Wayne Ryle	Mercer
OF	Frank Millerd	Mercer
OF	David Coss	Centenary
OF	Mark Beale	Hardin–Simmons
OF	Tim Smith	Mercer

References

1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
2. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
3. "2014 Baseball Media Guide". Mercer Bears. p. 70. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
4. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 21. Retrieved March 9, 2014.