Louisiana State University

• Location: Baton Rouge, LA
• Nickname: Tigers
• Conference: Southeastern Conference 1933-present; Southern Conference -1932
• Ballpark: Alex Box Stadium

College World Series Appearances: 19: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, & 2023

College World Series titles in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009 and 2023

College World Series runner up in 2017

Stats of MLB players who went here

Louisiana State University has been a baseball powerhouse, winning seven editions of the College World Series and producing over 50 major leaguers.

Shortly after winning its seventh CWS title in 2023, LSU became the first school to have the first top two pick in any Amateur Draft: P Paul Skenes went first overall and was immediately followed by OF Dylan Crews in the 2023 amateur draft.

People who went here

2006-2014 Logo

• Joe Adcock, infielder
• Kurt Ainsworth, pitcher
• Ben Alsup, minor league pitcher
• Mike Alvarez, minor league pitcher and manager
• Al Baird, infielder
• Rachel Balkovec, minor league manager
• Sean Barker, outfielder
• Albert Belle, outfielder
• Tom Bernhardt, minor league outfielder
• Harry Berrios, minor league outfielder
• Mike Bianco, college coach
• Buddy Blair, infielder
• Josh Booty, infielder
• Jim Bowie, infielder
• Alex Bregman, infielder
• Joe Broussard, minor league pitcher
• Paul Byrd, pitcher
• Bubba Church, pitcher
• Matt Clark, infielder
• Louis Coleman, pitcher
• Roy Corcoran, pitcher
• Chase Costello, minor league pitcher
• Walker Cress, pitcher
• Brad Cresse, minor league catcher
• Dylan Crews, minor league outfielder
• Mike Daly, scout
• Alvin Dark, infielder and manager
• Jarret DeHart, coach
• Greg Deichmann, outfielder
• Duane Dewey, minor league catcher
• Mel Didier, scout
• Ryan Eades, pitcher
• Craig Faulkner, minor league catcher-infielder
• Al Flair, infielder
• Mike Fontenot, infielder
• Jake Fraley, outfielder
• Mark Freeman, pitcher
• Charlie Furbush, pitcher
• Eddy Furniss, minor league infielder
• Mitch Gaspard, college coach
• Kevin Gausman, pitcher
• Micah Gibbs, minor league catcher
• David Gomez, college coach
• Nick Goody, pitcher
• Rick Greene, pitcher
• Wes Grisham, minor league outfielder
• Dan Guillory, minor league pitcher
• Mark Guthrie, pitcher

*Tripp Haddad, Palestinian national team infielder

• Will Harris, pitcher
• Brad Hawpe, outfielder
• Matt Heath, college coach
• Eric Hetzel, pitcher
• Aaron Hill, infielder
• Jaden Hill, minor league pitcher
• Justin Hill, college coach
• Trey Hodges, pitcher
• J.C. Holt, minor league infielder
• Roland Howell, pitcher
• Mark Howie, minor league infielder
• Gary Hymel, minor league catcher
• Matt Jackson, minor league pitcher
• Russ Johnson, infielder
• JaCoby Jones, infielder
• Ryan Jorgensen, catcher
• Randy Keisler, pitcher
• Orie Kerlin, catcher
• Nick Krall, General Manager
• Leon Landry, minor league outfielder
• Alex Lange, pitcher
• Brandon Larson, infielder
• Jacob Latz, pitcher
• Brett Laxton, pitcher
• Rob Leary, minor league catcher and manager
• Bill Lee, pitcher
• D.J. LeMahieu, infielder
• Curt Leskanic, pitcher
• Todd Linden, outfielder
• Tony Lonero, Serie A1 catcher
• Dave Madison, pitcher
• Mikie Mahtook, outfielder
• Paul Mainieri , college coach
• Manny Mantrana, minor league infielder and college coach
• Barry Manuel, pitcher
• Landon Marceaux, minor league pitcher
• Jerry Marchand, minor league player
• Bob Mariano, minor league infielder and manager
• J.P. Martinez, coach
• Matt Mauck, minor league catcher
• Ben McDonald, pitcher
• John Mercer, infielder
• Mike Miley, infielder
• Jared Mitchell, minor league outfielder
• Joe Moock, infielder
• Mitch Mormann, minor league pitcher
• Warren Morris, infielder
• Lyle Mouton, outfielder
• Ivan Naccarata, minor league infielder
• Mike Neal, minor league infielder
• Aaron Nola, pitcher
• Austin Nola, catcher
• John O'Donoghue, pitcher
• Chad Ogea, pitcher
• Keith Osik, catcher
• Scott Pace, minor league pitcher
• Michael Papierski, catcher
• Clay Parker, pitcher
• Lloyd Peever, minor league pitcher
• Wally Pontiff, Jr., drafted infielder
• Edgar Ramírez, minor league pitcher
• Anthony Ranaudo, pitcher
• Jeff Reboulet, infielder
• Raph Rhymes, minor league outfielder
• Armando Ríos, outfielder
• Kramer Robertson, infielder
• Austin Ross, minor league pitcher
• Bama Rowell, infielder
• Nick Rumbelow, pitcher
• Connie Ryan, infielder and manager
• Billy Sadler, pitcher
• Cam Sanders, minor league pitcher
• Ryan Schimpf, infielder
• Kade Scivicque, minor league catcher
• Andy Sheets, infielder
• Mike Sirotka, pitcher
• Paul Skenes, minor league pitcher
• Greg Smith, pitcher
• Josh Smith, infielder
• Riley Smith, pitcher
• Russ Springer, pitcher
• Larry Stanford, minor league pitcher
• Nick Stavinoha, outfielder
• Andrew Stevenson, outfielder
• Red Swanson, pitcher
• Brian Tallet, pitcher
• Herb Tassin, minor league player
• Ryan Theriot, infielder
• Jason Vargas, pitcher
• Ryan Verdugo, pitcher
• Jack Voigt, outfielder
• Jack Wallace, catcher
• Todd Walker, infielder
• Jim Wells, college coach
• Brian West, pitcher
• Randy Wiles, pitcher
• Jason Williams, minor league infielder
• Brian Wilson, pitcher
• J.T. Wise, minor league catcher
• Sid Womack, catcher
• Ed Yarnall, pitcher
• Shane Youman, pitcher

Head Coaches

• E.B. Young - 1893
• E.A. Scott - 1897
• A.W. Jeardeau - 1898
• C.V. Cusachs - 1899
• L.P. Piper - 1900-1901
• W.S. Borland - 1902-1903
• D.A. Killian - 1905-1906
• J. Phillips - 1907
• E.R. Wingard - 1908-1909
• John W. Mayhew - 1910-1911
• Bob Pender - 1912-1913
• Doc Stroud - 1914-1921
• Branch Bocock - 1922-1923
• Moon Ducote - 1924
• Mike Donahue - 1925-1926
• Henry Rabenhorst - 1927-1942, 1946-1956
• A.L. Swanson - 1943-1944
• Ray Didier - 1957-1963
• Jim Waldrop - 1964-1965
• Jim Smith - 1966-1978
• Jack Lamabe- 1979-1983
• Skip Bertman - 1984-2001
• Smoke Laval - 2002-2006
• Paul Mainieri - 2007-2021
• Jay Johnson, 2022-present

Assistant Coaches

• Mike Bianco, 1993-1997
• Andy Cannizaro, 2014-2016
• Randy Davis, ?1988-1990?
• Alan Dunn, 2012-2021
• Cliff Godwin, 2007-2008
• David Grewe, 2009-2011
• Justin Hill, 2006
• Wes Johnson, 2022-2023
• Jason Kelly, 2022
• Smoke Laval, 1979, 1984-1993
• Terry Rooney, 2007-2008
• Turtle Thomas, 2000-2006

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1893	1-0
1895	0-3-1
1897	3-3
1898	2-3
1899	5-5-1
1900	2-3-2
1901	6-3
1902	6-6-1
1903	4-5
1905	4-6
1906	10-3
1907	11-7
1908	9-12-1
1909	7-10
1910	7-9
1911	8-7
1912	8-6
1913	7-11
1914	4-10
1915	10-9-1
1916	15-8
1917	7-4-2
1918	8-4
1919	12-4
1920	10-8-1
1921	9-11-1
1922	7-6
1923	8-9-2
1924	4-9
1925	5-9-2
1926	10-6-1
1927	8-6
1928	7-11
1929	3-6
1930	6-8
1931	3-6-1
1932	4-7-1
1933	2-8	0-4
1934	6-8-1	3-6
1935	8-7	4-6
1936	15-4	7-4
1937	12-14	5-10
1938	7-8-1	3-6-1
1939	22-6	10-2
1940	16-5	10-4
1941	10-13	5-9
1942	9-9	7-5
1943	13-8	11-3
1944	4-8	--
1945	11-7	--
1946	12-5	11-3
1947	10-9-1	4-7
1948	7-14-1	4-10
1949	6-11	5-9
1950	5-9-1	2-7-1
1951	10-6	6-6
1952	9-11	7-9
1953	8-10	7-8
1954	8-11	5-10
1955	6-17	4-11
1956	9-11	7-9
1957	8-11	6-8
1958	14-11	9-6
1959	16-17	7-9
1960	15-14	6-9
1961	20-5	11-4
1962	15-11-1	8-7-1
1963	16-10	9-7
1964	11-11-1	5-7
1965	6-13	4-11
1966	9-14	4-12
1967	17-13	9-8
1968	20-14	10-8
1969	11-24	4-13
1970	16-19	5-11
1971	20-16	10-8
1972	21-21	7-11
1973	18-13	6-7
1974	18-17	7-10
1975	40-16	19-3	CWS Regionals
1976	19-23	11-12
1977	17-27	4-15
1978	12-34	6-18
1979	34-20	13-7	SEC
1980	23-19	8-9
1981	23-30	7-14
1982	26-25	9-13
1983	28-21	9-12
1984	32-23	12-12
1985	41-18	17-7	SEC / CWS Regionals
1986	55-14	22-5	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1987	49-19	12-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1988	39-21	16-11	SEC
1989	55-17	18-9	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1990	54-19	20-7	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1991	55-18	19-7	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1992	50-16	18-6	SEC / CWS Regionals
1993	53-17-1	18-8-1	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1994	46-20	21-6	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1995	47-18	17-12	SEC / CWS Regionals
1996	52-15	20-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1997	57-13	22-7	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1998	48-19	21-9	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS
1999	41-24-1	18-11-1	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2000	52-17	19-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2001	44-22-1	18-12	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2002	44-22	19-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2003	45-22-1	20-9-1	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2004	46-19	18-12	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2005	40-22	18-12	SEC / CWS Regionals
2006	35-24	13-17	SEC
2007	29-26-1	12-17-1
2008	49-19-1	18-11-1	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2009	56-17	20-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2010	41-22	14-16	SEC / CWS Regionals
2011	36-20	13-17
2012	47-18	19-11	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2013	57-11	23-7	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2014	46-16-1	17-11-1	SEC / CWS Regionals
2015	54-12	21-8	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2016	45-21	19-11	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2017	52-20	21-9	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2018	37-25	15-15	SEC / CWS Regionals
2019	40-26	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2020	12-5	0-0
2021	34-22	13-17	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2022	40-22	17-13	SEC / CWS Regionals
2023	54-17	19-10	SEC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS

Further Reading

• Jonathan Mayo: "Skenes, Crews become first teammates to go 1-2", mlb.com, July 9, 2023. [1]