1991 LSU Tigers baseball team

1991 LSU Tigers baseball
1991 LSU Tigers baseball
National champions ; Southeastern Conference champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	55-18 (19-7 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (8th year);
Assistant coaches	Smoke Laval (8th year); Dane Canevari (1st year);
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

Last updated May 11, 2024

1991 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 LSU ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	7	.731	55	–	18	.753
No. 4 Florida ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	8	.667	51	–	21	.708
No. 22 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	12	–	9	.571	42	–	21	.667
No. 25 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	14	–	11	.560	42	–	20	.677
Auburn ‍‍‍	14	–	12	.538	35	–	24	.593
Kentucky ‍‍‍	13	–	12	.520	41	–	20	.672
Tennessee ‍‍‍	13	–	13	.500	41	–	19	.683
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	31	–	24	.564
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	8	–	19	.296	29	–	28	.509
Georgia ‍‍‍	7	–	19	.269	27	–	31	.466

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 8th season at LSU.

Roster

1991 LSU Tigers roster

Pitchers

10 Mike Sirotka - Sophomore
14 Gregg Moock - Sophomore
23 Rick Greene - Sophomore
28 Matt Chamberlain - Freshman
30 Chad Ogea - Junior
32 David Herry - Junior
36 Ronnie Rantz - Freshman
37 Mark LaRosa - Senior
39 Jeff Naquin - Freshman
41 Bhrett McCabe - Freshman
42 Henri Saunders - Junior
44 Paul Byrd - Junior

Infielders

1 Tookie Johnson - Senior
3 Andy Sheets - Sophomore
4 Mike Neal - Freshman
5 Luis Garcia - Junior
12 Pat Garrity - Senior
20 Johnny Tellechea - Senior
24 Keyaan Cook - Freshman

Catchers

6 Adrian Antonini - Freshman
8 Gary Hymel - Senior
31 Dale Adams - Freshman
40 Tim Bauer - Junior

Outfielders

7 Danny Zahl - Junior
9 Chris Moock - Junior
17 Tiger Blackwell - Freshman
18 Jared Mula - Sophomore
21 Lyle Mouton - Junior
27 Rich Cordani - Senior
29 Mike Graham - Sophomore
33 Harry Berrios - Freshman
35 Armando Rios - Sophomore
23 Tracy Woodburn Freshman

Coaches

15 Skip Bertman - 8th Season
22 Smoke Laval - 8th Season
11 Dane Canevari - 1st Season

Schedule

1991 LSU Tigers baseball game log

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC Record
February 9	Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium	6-4	1–0	–
February 10	Oklahoma State	Alex Box Stadium	6-0	2–0	–
February 12	Louisiana Tech	Alex Box Stadium	10-3	3–0	–
February 15	Stephen F. Austin	Alex Box Stadium	5-0	4–0	–
February 15	Stephen F. Austin	Alex Box Stadium	14-3	5–0	–
February 16	Stephen F. Austin	Alex Box Stadium	9-0	6–0	–
February 22	Texas A&M	Alex Box Stadium	1-3	6–1	–
February 23	Texas A&M	Alex Box Stadium	13-8	7–1	–
February 23	Texas A&M	Alex Box Stadium	5-0	8–1	–
February 26	SE Louisiana	Alex Box Stadium	8-3	9–1	–
February 27	Southern	Alex Box Stadium	8-1	10–1	–

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC Record
March 1	vs. Miami (FL)	Superdome	4-3	11–1	–
March 2	vs. Florida	Superdome	6-5	12–1	–
March 3	vs. Florida State	Superdome	0-8	12–2	–
March 4	Northwestern State	Alex Box Stadium	3-7	12–3	–
March 5	Tulane	Alex Box Stadium	6-7	12–4	–
March 6	New Orleans	Maestri Field	7-5	13-4	–
March 8	at UNLV	Rebel Stadium	14-4	14–4	–
March 9	at UNLV	Rebel Stadium	1-5	14–5	–
March 9	at UNLV	Rebel Stadium	9-4	15–5	–
March 12	Notre Dame	Alex Box Stadium	3-6	15–6	–
March 13	Saint Louis	Alex Box Stadium	6-4	16–6	–
March 17	Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium	4-2	17–6	1–0
March 17	Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium	6-5	18–6	2–0
March 19	at Southern	Lee-Hines Field	5-2	19–6	–
March 20	at Tulane	Turchin Stadium	1-5	19-7	–
March 23	at Mississippi	Swayze Field	4-0	20–7	3–0
March 23	at Mississippi	Swayze Field	3-2	21–7	4–0
March 24	at Mississippi	Swayze Field	7-3	22–7	5–0
March 26	Louisiana College	Alex Box Stadium	2-1	23–7	–
March 27	Jackson State	Alex Box Stadium	14-4	24–7	–
March 30	at Auburn	Plainsman Park	6-2	25–7	6–0
March 30	at Auburn	Plainsman Park	3-2	26–7	7–0
March 31	at Auburn	Plainsman Park	13-8	27–7	8–0

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC Record
April 2	McNeese State	Alex Box Stadium	3-6	27–8	–
April 3	Nicholls State	Alex Box Stadium	6-5	28-8	–
April 6	Florida	Alex Box Stadium	6-5	29-8	9–0
April 6	Florida	Alex Box Stadium	5-3	30-8	10–0
April 7	Florida	Alex Box Stadium	12-6	31-8	11–0
April 9	at Northwestern State	H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field	7-3	32-8	–
April 10	at Louisiana Tech	J. C. Love Field	13-6	33-8	–
April 13	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	3-5	33-9	11–1
April 13	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	5-6	33-10	11–2
April 14	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	11-4	34-10	12–2
April 16	Centenary	Alex Box Stadium	15-2	35-10	–
April 17	at New Orleans	Maestri Field	5-2	36-10	–
April 20	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium	7-17	36-11	12–3
April 20	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium	7-11	36-12	12–4
April 21	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium	3-7	36-13	12–5
April 24	NE Louisiana	Alex Box Stadium	12-3	37-13	–
April 25	SE Louisiana	Alex Box Stadium	2-15	37-14	–
April 27	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium	15-4	38-14	13–5
April 27	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium	6-8	38-15	13–6
April 28	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium	11-6	39-15	14–6

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC Record
May 4	Vanderbilt	Alex Box Stadium	21-5	40-15	15–6
May 4	Vanderbilt	Alex Box Stadium	8-5	41-15	16–6
May 5	Vanderbilt	Alex Box Stadium	6-11	41-16	16–7
May 11	at Georgia	Foley Field	10-4	42-16	17–7
May 11	at Georgia	Foley Field	5-0	43-16	18–7
May 12	at Georgia	Foley Field	16-7	44-16	19–7

Post-season

1991 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 16	vs. Kentucky	Alex Box Stadium	8-7	45-16
May 18	vs. Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium	8-2	46-16
May 18	vs. Florida	Alex Box Stadium	1-7	46-17
May 19	vs. Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium	9-4	47-17
May 18	vs. Florida	Alex Box Stadium	4-8	47-18

NCAA tournament: South Regional
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 24	vs. Northwestern State	Alex Box Stadium	13-2	48–18
May 26	vs. Oklahoma	Alex Box Stadium	4-3	49–18
May 27	vs. Texas A&M	Alex Box Stadium	7-1	50–18
May 28	vs. Louisiana	Alex Box Stadium	8-5	51–18

NCAA tournament: College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 31	vs. Florida	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–1	52–18
June 2	vs. Fresno State	Rosenblatt Stadium	15–3	53–18
June 5	vs. Florida	Rosenblatt Stadium	19–8	54–18
June 8	vs. Wichita State	Rosenblatt Stadium	6–3	55–18

Awards and honors

Rich Cordani

All-SEC Second Team^[2]

Rick Greene

All-America Second Team^[2]

Gary Hymel

College World Series Most Outstanding Player ^[3]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-SEC Second Team^[2]

Tookie Johnson

All-SEC First Team^[2]

Chris Moock

SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team^[2]

Lyle Mouton

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America Third Team^[2]
All-SEC Second Team^[2]

Chad Ogea

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America Second Team^[2]

John Tellechea

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Tigers in the 1991 MLB Draft

The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Chad Ogea	RHP	3rd	86th	Cleveland Indians
Paul Byrd	RHP	4th	112th	Cleveland Indians
Lyle Mouton	OF	5th	126th	New York Yankees
Mark Larosa	RHP	8th	217th	Montreal Expos
Gary Hymel	C	14th	373rd	Montreal Expos
Chris Moock	3B	79th	1565th	New York Yankees

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↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Individual Honors" (PDF). LSUSports.net. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2012.

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[LSU-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Individual Honors" (PDF). LSUSports.net. Retrieved July 19, 2012.

[CWS-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 19, 2012.

[4] "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2012.

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v t e LSU Tigers 1991 College World Series champions
3 Andy Sheets 8 Gary Hymel (College World Series MOP) 10 Mike Sirotka 21 Lyle Mouton 23 Rick Greene 30 Chad Ogea 44 Paul Byrd
Head Coach 15 Skip Bertman Assistant Coach 22 Smoke Laval
Regular season 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

v t e LSU Tigers baseball
Venues	State Field (1893–1924) First LSU Diamond (1929–1935) Second LSU Diamond (1936–1937) Alex Box Stadium (1938–2008) Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field (2009–present) Worley Family Batting Cage Pavilion LSU Baseball Training Facility Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Culture & lore	Championships History Traditions
People	Head coaches College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees All-Americans Player awards Coaches awards
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in underline; College World Series appearances in italics

1991 LSU Tigers baseball
National champions Southeastern Conference champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	55-18 (19-7 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (8th year)
Assistant coaches	Smoke Laval (8th year) Dane Canevari (1st year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →