1989 LSU Tigers baseball team

1989 LSU Tigers baseball
NCAA Central Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	55–17 (18–9 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (6th year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Mississippi State  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	5		.800			54	–	14		.794
No. 4 LSU  ‍‍‍y	18	–	9		.667			55	–	17		.764
Florida  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10		.583			44	–	22		.667
Georgia  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			37	–	25		.597
Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			32	–	24		.571
Auburn  ‍‍‡‍y	12	–	12		.500			44	–	20		.688
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	11	–	15		.423			31	–	21		.596
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			34	–	21		.618
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			28	–	25		.528
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	4	–	23		.148			23	–	36		.390
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1989 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his sixth season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers reached the College World Series, their third appearance in Omaha, where they finished 4th after wins against Long Beach State and Miami (FL) and losses to Miami and eventual runner-up Texas.

Personnel

Roster

1989 LSU Tigers roster [2]
	Pitchers 2 - Greg Naquin - Senior 14 - Jason Wall - Junior 16 - Paul Byrd - Freshman 17 - Keith Millay - Freshman 19 - Ben McDonald - Junior 30 - Chad Ogea - Freshman 32 - David Herry - Sophomore 33 - Russ Springer - Junior 37 - Mark LaRosa - Sophomore 40 - Rusty Jenkins - Freshman 41 - John O'Donoghue - Sophomore 42 - Curt Leskanic - Junior		Catchers 5 - Mike Bianco - Senior 8 - Gary Hymel - Sophomore 35 - Mickey Mondello - Freshman 39 - Richard Doughty - Junior Outfielders 4 - Ron Lim - Junior 9 - Todd Waggoner - Senior 11 - Scott Schneidewind - Senior 18 - Jared Mula - Freshman 20 - Matt Gruver - Senior 21 - Kevin Berry - Junior 24 - Craig Cala - Senior 51 - Eric Strovink - Freshman		Infielders 1 - Tookie Johnson - Sophomore 3 - Keith Osik - Sophomore 7 - Chris Moock - Sophomore 10 - Glenn Haggerty - Freshman 12 - Pat Garrity - Sophomore 13 - Luis Garcia - Freshman 23 - Phil Espinosa - Senior 27 - Pete Bush - Senior 29 - Mike Graham - Freshman 36 - Wes Grisham - Junior

Coaches

1989 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff [2]
Skip Bertman - Head coach - 6th Season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 4th Season Beetle Bailey - Assistant coach Jim Wells - Graduate Assistant Coach - 3rd season Randy Davis - Graduate Assistant Coach Jeff Southall - Graduate Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss

1989 LSU Tigers baseball game log [3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Feb 11 TCU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–2 1–0 Feb 12 TCU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–5 2–0 Feb 14 Southern Miss* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–1 3–0 Feb 17 Mercer* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–4 4–0 Feb 18 Mercer* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 5–0 Feb 19 Mercer* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–7 6–0 Feb 21 Louisiana College* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–3 7–0 Feb 24 vs Oklahoma State* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Busch Challenge III) W 6–0 8–0 Feb 25 vs Oral Roberts* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Busch Challenge III) W 10–7 9–0 Feb 26 vs Oklahoma* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Busch Challenge III) L 7–911 9–1 Feb 28 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 19–6 10–1
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Mar 1 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–05 11–1 Mar 4 at Tennessee Lower Hudson Field • Knoxville, TN L 1–57 11–2 0–1 Mar 4 at Tennessee Lower Hudson Field • Knoxville, TN W 7–0 12–2 1–1 Mar 5 at Tennessee Lower Hudson Field • Knoxville, TN W 9–3 13–2 2–1 Mar 8 New Orleans* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–1 14–2 Mar 11 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–0 15–2 3–1 Mar 12 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 16–2 4–1 Mar 12 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 2–17 17–2 5–1 Mar 14 George Washington* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–3 18–2 Mar 15 St. John's* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–8 19–2 Mar 16 St. John's* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–5 20–2 Mar 18 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 11–711 21–2 6–1 Mar 19 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 15–07 22–2 7–1 Mar 19 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY L 9–12 22–3 7–2 Mar 23 Northwestern State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–5 23–3 Mar 24 Stephen F. Austin* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–3 24–3 Mar 25 Stephen F. Austin* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–1 25–3 Mar 26 at Tulane* Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA W 4–3 26–3 Mar 28 at Southwestern Louisiana* Moore Family Field • Lafayette, LA W 4–1 27–3 Mar 30 Tulane* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–313 28–3
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Apr 1 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–67 29–3 8–2 Apr 1 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–6 30–3 9–2 Apr 2 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–1 31–3 10–2 Apr 5 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–4 32–3 Apr 8 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 11–5 33–3 11–2 Apr 8 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 4–7 34–3 12–2 Apr 9 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 1–2 34–4 12–3 Apr 11 Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–1 35–4 Apr 12 Nicholls State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–7 35–5 Apr 15 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–48 35–6 12–4 Apr 15 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–4 35–7 12–5 Apr 16 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 19–9 36–7 13–5 Apr 19 Southwestern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 6–9 36–8 Apr 20 at Northwestern State* H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 14–6 37–8 Apr 22 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 7–17 38–8 14–5 Apr 22 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–310 39–8 15–5 Apr 23 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA L 2–4 39–9 15–6 Apr 25 Northeast Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–6 40–9 Apr 26 at New Orleans* Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 5–1 41–9 Apr 29 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–107 42–9 16–6 Apr 29 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–4 43–9 17–6 Apr 30 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–9 43–10 17–7
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 6 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 0–17 43–11 17–8 May 6 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 8–12 43–12 17–9 May 7 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 8–1 44–12 18–9
Postseason
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SECT Record May 11 (5) Georgia (2) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 6–3 45–12 1–0 May 12 (3) Florida (2) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 6–8 45–13 1–1 May 13 (6) Auburn (2) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 5–8 45–14 1–2
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 19 Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–2 46–14 May 20 Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–1 47–14 May 21 Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–5 48–14
NCAA Central Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 25 (5) UNLV (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 12–10 49–14 1–0 May 26 (3) South Alabama (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 4–6 49–15 1–1 May 27 (5) UNLV (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 13–8 50–15 2–1 May 27 (3) South Alabama (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 6–5 51–15 3–1 May 28 (1) Texas A&M (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 13–5 52–15 4–1 May 28 (1) Texas A&M (2) Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 5–411 53–15 5–1
College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 3 (3) Miami (FL) (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–5 53–16 0–1 June 4 (7)Long Beach State (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–5 54–16 1–1 June 6 (3) Miami (FL) (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–3 55–16 2–1 June 8 (2) Texas (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 12–7 55–17 2–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1989". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. "Baseball Roster 1989". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
3. "Baseball Schedule 1989". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 8, 2026.