1991 LSU Tigers baseball team

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.

1991 LSU Tigers baseball
National Champions Southeastern Conference Champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1991 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

1991 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	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 Tigers won the College World Series, defeating the Wichita State in the championship game.

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 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. SW 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

References

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