1997 LSU Tigers baseball team

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1997 LSU Tigers baseball
National Champions
SEC Champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record57-13 (22-7 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coach Jim Schwanke
Pitching coach Mike Bianco
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium
Seasons
←  1996
1998 →
1997 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida  x‍‍‍17–13 .56740–24 .625
No. 25 Tennessee  x‍‍‍17–13 .56742–19 .689
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍14–16 .46731–24 .564
South Carolina  ‍‍‍13–17 .43333–24 .579
Kentucky  ‍‍‍10–20 .33320–34 .370
Georgia  ‍‍‍8–22 .26728–27 .509
Western
No. 1 LSU  x‍†‍‍22–7 .75957–13 .814
No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍20–9 .69056–14 .800
No. 7 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍19–11 .63347–21 .691
No. 6 Auburn  ‍‍‍17–12 .58650–17 .746
Arkansas  ‍‍‍15–14 .51736–20 .643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍6–24 .20022–31 .415
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
Rankings from Baseball America

The 1997 LSU Tigers baseball team won a second consecutive NCAA championship at the College World Series, and the fourth overall for the school. The 1997 team put on an impressive display of power, hitting an NCAA record 188 home runs, including one in each of the 70 games they played that season.

Contents

The Tigers were coached by Skip Bertman, who was in his 14th season as LSU head baseball coach. LSU set a school record for victories, finishing with a 57–13 record, and won their second straight Southeastern Conference championship with a 22–7 overall mark.

Schedule/results

1997 LSU Tigers baseball Game Log
Post-season
SEC baseball tournament
#DateOpponentScoreSite/stadiumWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
57 [57] May 15Auburn5–2 Golden Park Coogan (11–3)Schoening (5–2)Demouy (5)3,64246–111-0
58 [58] May 16Tennessee12–5Golden ParkThompson (9–3)Cosgrove (10–5)-2,57647–112-0
59 [59] May 17Alabama12–7Golden ParkPainich (8–2)Bernard (4–4)-4,03048–113-0
60 [60] May 18Alabama2–12Golden ParkDaniel (5–0)Berthelot (6–3)-4,26848–123-1
NCAA South I Regional
#DateOpponentScoreSite/stadiumWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
61 [61] May 22 UNC Greensboro 14–0Alex Box StadiumCoogan (12–3)Surridge (6–6)-6,65449–121-0
62 [62] May 23 Oklahoma 14–3Alex Box StadiumThompson (10–3)Smith (3–1)Guillory (1)6,57350–122-0
63 [63] May 24 South Alabama 5–11Alex Box StadiumRayborn (2–1)Shipp (4–1)Nakamura (2)6,72650–132-1
64 [64] May 25 Long Beach State 14–7 (11)Alex Box StadiumCoogan (13–3)Petrosian (4–3)-6,68751–133-1
65 [65] May 26South Alabama14–4Alex Box StadiumThompson (11–3)Norton (9–6)--52–134-1
66 [66] May 26South Alabama15–4Alex Box StadiumPainich (9–2)Sparks (11–1)Daugherty (1)7,04153–135-1
College World Series
#DateOpponentScoreSite/stadiumWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
67 [67] May 30 Rice 5–4 Rosenblatt Stadium Demouy (6–1) Anderson (10–2)-20,55154–136-1
68 [68] June 1 Stanford 10–5Rosenblatt StadiumCoogan (14–3) Peterson (11–3)-23,86755–137-1
69 [69] June 4Stanford13–9Rosenblatt StadiumBerthelot (7–3)Hutchinson (8–4)Coogan (3)22,21856–138-1
70 [70] June 7Alabama13–6Rosenblatt StadiumThompson (12–3)Daniel (5–1)-24,40157–139-1

Statistical Leaders

Batting Average
Brandon Larson.381
Eddy Furniss .378
Blair Barbier.353
Hits
Brandon Larson110
Eddy Furniss 98
Mike Koerner96
Home Runs
Brandon Larson40
Mike Koerner22
Eddy Furniss 17
Tom Bernhardt17
RBI
Brandon Larson118
Eddy Furniss 77
Mike Koerner69
Wins
Patrick Coogan14
Doug Thompson12
Joey Painich9
ERA
Chris Demouy3.63
Kevin Shipp4.10
Patrick Coogan4.46
Strikeouts
Doug Thompson158
Patrick Coogan144
Joey Painich72

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