2000 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2000 LSU Tigers baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record52-17 (19–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium
Seasons
 1999
2001 
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  xy255 .833538 .869
No. 17 Florida  y1811 .6214423 .657
Georgia  1415 .4833226 .552
Kentucky  1216 .4293820 .655
Tennessee  1018 .3574023 .635
Vanderbilt  524 .1722133 .389
Western
No. 1 LSU  xy1910 .6555217 .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  y1710 .6303917 .696
No. 25 Auburn  y1713 .5674120 .672
No. 27 Alabama  y1614 .5334124 .631
Ole Miss  1217 .4143025 .545
Arkansas  820 .2862430 .444
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 17th season at LSU.

Contents

The Tigers won the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game for Bertman's fifth and final national championship at LSU.

Roster

2000 LSU Tigers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Chucky Son - Sophomore
  • 14 Tim Nugent - Junior
  • 18 David Miller - Junior
  • 21 Brian Tallet - Junior
  • 23 Chad Vaught - Freshman
  • 25 Jeremy Loftice - Senior
  • 27 Trey Hodges - Senior
  • 27 Ben Saxon - Senior
  • 30 Brad David - Freshman
  • 32 Sam Taulli - Freshman
  • 34 Bo Pettit - Freshman
  • 35 Hunter Gomez - Senior
  • 37 Ryan Richard - Freshman
  • 38 Heath McMurray - Junior
  • 40 Jason Scobie - Junior
  • 42 Shane Youman - Sophomore
  • 43 Billy Brian - Sophomore
  • 44 Weylin Guidry - Sophomore
  • 48 Jeremy Alford - Freshman
  • 50 David Shank - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 1 Ryan Theriot - Sophomore
  • 4 Blair Barbier - Senior
  • 6 Victor Brumfield - Sophomore
  • 8 Johnnie Thibodeaux - Junior
  • 9 Mike Daly - Junior
  • 13 Ray Wright - Junior
  • 16 Jeff Lipari - Junior
  • 25 Brad Hawpe - Junior
  • 29 Mike Fontenot - Freshman
  • 31 Wally Pontiff - Freshman
  • 46 Thomas Evans - Freshman

Catchers

 

Outfielders

  • 2 Antoine Simon - Senior
  • 3 Jeremy Witten - Senior
  • 7 Tommy Morel - Sophomore
  • 12 Billy McBride - Freshman
  • 20 David Raymer - Junior
  • 24 Cedrick Harris - Junior
  • 33 Christian Bourgeois - Junior

Coaches

  • 15 Skip Bertman17th season
  • 11 Dane Canevari – 10th season
  • 17 Turtle Thomas – 1st season
 

Schedule and results

2000 LSU Tigers baseball game log (52–17)
Regular season (39–17)
Postseason (13–0)
Schedule Source: [2]

Awards and honors

Blair Barbier
Brad Cresse
Mike Fontenot
Cedrick Harris
Brad Hawpe
Trey Hodges
Bo Pettit
Wally Pontiff
Brian Tallet
Ryan Theriot

Tigers in the 2000 MLB draft

The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft. [5]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB team
Brian TalletLHP2nd55th Cleveland Indians
Brad CresseC5th159th Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryan JorgensenC7th193rd Chicago Cubs
Cedrick HarrisOF10th309th Arizona Diamondbacks
Brad Hawpe1B11th317th Colorado Rockies
Heath McMurrayRHP12th351st Milwaukee Brewers
Trey HodgesRHP17th520th Atlanta Braves
Billy BrianRHP25th734th Kansas City Royals

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