1998 LSU Tigers baseball team

1998 LSU Tigers baseball
NCAA South II Regional champions SEC West champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	48–19 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (15th year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ←  1997 1999 →

1998 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	21	–	8		.724			46	–	18		.719
No. 19 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10		.655			42	–	16		.724
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			26	–	31		.456
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	11	–	17		.393			36	–	20		.643
Georgia  ‍‍‍	8	–	21		.276			24	–	30		.444
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			25	–	28		.472
Western Division
No. 3 LSU  x‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			48	–	19		.716
No. 16 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10		.655			43	–	16		.729
No. 12 Auburn  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	12		.571			46	–	18		.719
No. 6 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	15		.483			37	–	20		.649
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	13	–	14		.481			37	–	19		.661
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	13	–	15		.464			30	–	23		.566
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1998 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1998 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 fifteenth season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers won the SEC West and reached the College World Series, their tenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished 3rd after recording wins against eventual champion USC and Mississippi State and two losses to USC in the semifinals.

Personnel

Roster

1998 LSU Tigers roster [2]
	Pitchers 9 - Doug Thompson - Senior 17 - Jason Albritton - Junior 18 - Dan Guillory - Junior 21 - Brian Tallet - Sophomore 26 - Randy Keisler - Junior 28 - Jake Esteves - Senior 30 - Bryan Grace - Junior 31 - Kurt Ainsworth - Freshman 34 - Chris Demouy - Senior 37 - Cody Hartshorn - Freshman 38 - Tim Nugent - Freshman 41 - Brandon Bowe - Junior 42 - Shane Youman - Freshman 43 - Billy Brian - Freshman 44 - Weylin Guidry - Freshman 51 - Matt Colvin - Sophomore		Catchers 13 - Clint Earnhart - Junior 22 - Brad Cresse - Sophomore 47 - Jamin Garidel - Freshman 50 - Courtney Hernandez - Freshman Outfielders 2 - Antoine Simon - Sophomore 3 - Jeremy Witten - Sophomore 10 - Danny Higgins - Senior 20 - Wes Davis - Senior 24 - Cedrick Harris - Freshman 27 - Bryon Bennett - Junior 46 - LaVar Johnson - Freshman		Infielders 1 - Josh Dalton - Junior 4 - Blair Barbier - Sophomore 8 - Johnnie Thibodeaux - Sophomore 14 - Trey McClure - Junior 16 - Jeff Lipari - Freshman 23 - Jeff Leaumont - Junior 25 - Chucky Son - Freshman 33 - Christian Bourgeois - Freshman 35 - Tommy Morel - Freshman 36 - Eddy Furniss - Senior 48 - Mike Daly - Freshman

Coaches

1998 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff [2]
Skip Bertman - Head coach - 15th Season Dan Canevari - Assistant coach Jim Schwanke - Assistant coach

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
2. "Baseball Roster 1998". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 14, 2026.