1988 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
The 1988 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 19 through 22 at George Cole Field on the campus of The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.
The number 1 seed went 4–1 to win the team's 8th SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.
Format and seeding
The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 8 teams in a double-elimination tournament.| Place | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Seed |
| Place | Team | W | L | % | GB | W | L | % | Seed |
| 1 | 18 | 2 | - | 58 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 17 | 4 | 1.5 | 52 | 15 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 12 | 9 | 6.5 | 39 | 23 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 9 | 12 | 9.5 | 25 | 31 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 13 | 10.5 | 27 | 32 | - | |||
| 6 | 7 | 14 | 11.5 | 34 | 25 | - | |||
| 7 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 22 | - | |||
| 8 | 6 | 15 | 12.5 | 31 | 28 | - |