1997 LSU Tigers baseball team

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.

1997 LSU Tigers baseball
National Champions SEC Champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
Record	57-13 (22-7 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman
Hitting coach	Jim Schwanke
Pitching coach	Mike Bianco
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida  x‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			40	–	24		.625
No. 25 Tennessee  x‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			42	–	19		.689
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	24		.564
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			33	–	24		.579
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			20	–	34		.370
Georgia  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			28	–	27		.509
Western
No. 1 LSU  x‍†‍‍	22	–	7		.759			57	–	13		.814
No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍	20	–	9		.690			56	–	14		.800
No. 7 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			47	–	21		.691
No. 6 Auburn  ‍‍‍	17	–	12		.586			50	–	17		.746
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	15	–	14		.517			36	–	20		.643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			22	–	31		.415
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion Rankings from Baseball America

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
Regular season February # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC Record 1[1] February 15 Baylor 13–2 Alex Box Stadium Shipp (1–0) Bradford (0–1) - 6,563 1–0 2[2] February 15 Baylor 11–5 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (1–0) Lambert (0–1) - 6,140 2–0 3[3] February 16 Baylor 8–3 Alex Box Stadium Painich (1–0) Wells (0–1) - 6,549 3–0 4[4] February 18 Centenary 9–2 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (1–0) Schoenborn (0–1) - 5,687 4–0 5[5] February 19 Southern 16–2 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (1–0) Gordon (1–1) - 5,636 5-0 6[6] February 21 North Carolina 11–4 Superdome Shipp (2–0) Elmore (0–1) - 7,727 6–0 7[7] February 22 N.C. State 3–2 Superdome Coogan (2–0) Black (1–2) - 11,449 7–0 8[8] February 23 Duke 9–8 Superdome Demouy (1–0) Sullivan (0–1) - 7,755 8–0 9[9] February 28 VCU 15–2 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (3–0) Finley (2–2) - 5,488 9–0 March # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 10[10] March 1 VCU 22–0 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (2–0) Burch (0–3) - 6,104 10–0 11[11] March 2 VCU 6–4 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (2–0) Berryman (2–2) - 5,546 11–0 12[12] March 4 Tulane 8–5 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (4–0) Brown (0–1) - 7,017 12–0 13[13] March 5 Southern 12–1 Alex Box Stadium Painich (2–0) Williams (1–1) - 5,503 13–0 14[14] March 7 Vanderbilt 19–5 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (5–0) Seybt (1–2) - 6,848 14–0 1-0 15[15] March 8 Vanderbilt 8–7 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (3–0) Snow (2–2) Demouy (1) 6,975 15–0 2-0 16[16] March 9 Vanderbilt 7–3 Alex Box Stadium Shipp (3–0) Colley (2–2) - 6,635 16–0 3-0 17[17] March 11 Louisiana Tech 8–2 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (4–0) Sonnier (1–2) Coogan (1) 6,548 17–0 18[18] March 12 Louisiana College 14–7 Alex Box Stadium Painich (3–0) Teeter (1–3) - 5,920 18–0 19[19] March 14 Georgia 6–5 (10) Foley Field Demouy (2–0) Jerue (1–1) - 2,302 19–0 4-0 20[20] March 15 Georgia 9–11 Foley Field Brownlee (3–0) Demouy (2–1) Crawford (2) 2,024 19–1 4-1 21[21] March 16 Georgia 7–3 Foley Field Coogan (6–0) Bridges (3–1) Thompson (1) 2,018 20–1 5-1 22[22] March 18 New Orleans 4–6 Privateer Park Faust (5–0) Thompson (2–1) Cabeceiras (1) 5,288 20–2 23[23] March 21 Florida 11–3 Alex Box Stadium Shipp (4–0) Edge (2–2) - 6,898 21–2 6-1 24[24] March 22 Florida 13–10 Alex Box Stadium Daugherty (1–0) Wilkerson (4–3) Painich (1) 6,659 22–2 7-1 25[25] March 23 Florida 9–5 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (3–1) McClendon (4–2) - 6,660 23–2 8-1 26[26] March 25 Louisiana Tech 13–1 J.C. Love Field Painich (4–0) Kelly (0–1) - 3,251 24–2 27[27] March 26 NE Louisiana 2–6 Indian Field Loland (2–2) Berthelot (4–1) - 4,371 24–3 28[28] March 28 Tennessee 12–3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Coogan (7–0) Cosgrove (5–2) - 2,795 25–3 9-1 29[29] March 29 Tennessee 7–2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Thompson (4–1) Folkers (3–1) - 3,337 26–3 10-1 30[30] March 30 Tennessee 8–6 (11) Lindsey Nelson Stadium Berthelot (5–1) Myers (5–2) Albritton (1) 2,757 27–3 11-1 April # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 31[31] April 1 Nicholls State 13–5 Alex Box Stadium Demouy (3–1) Viator (1–4) - 7,012 28–3 32[32] April 2 McNeese State 9–6 Alex Box Stadium Daugherty (2–0) Huggins (2–6) - 6,591 29–3 33[33] April 4 South Carolina 9–8 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (8–0) Moore (1–1) Demouy (2) 6,538 30–3 12-1 34[34] April 5 South Carolina 7–8 Alex Box Stadium Jodie (6–0) Thompson (4–2) Speer (1) 6,753 30–4 12-2 35[35] April 6 South Carolina 11–10 (7) Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (6–1) Hoshour (4–2) Coogan (2) 6,828 31–4 13-2 36[36] April 8 Tulane 12–2 Turchin Stadium Demouy (4–1) Bell (3–2) - 4,500 32–4 37[37] April 9 NE Louisiana 12–4 Alex Box Stadium Painich (5–0) Sheets (2–2) - 6,575 33–4 38[38] April 12 Mississippi State 6–9 Dudy Noble Field Johnson (3–1) Coogan (8–1) - - 33–5 13-3 39[39] April 12 Mississippi State 20–12 Dudy Noble Field Thompson (5–2) Dilgard (5–1) - 6,032 34–5 14-3 40[40] April 13 Mississippi State 1–4 Dudy Noble Field Jackson (6–2) Painich (5–1) Johnson (7) 4,012 34–6 14-4 41[41] April 15 SW Louisiana 8–10 Alex Box Stadium Devey (1–0) Coogan (8–2) - 6,752 34–7 42[42] April 16 SE Louisiana 11–4 Alex Box Stadium Guillory (1–0) Pitarro (2–1) - 5,986 35–7 43[43] April 18 Ole Miss 7–1 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (9–2) Walker (1–2) - 6,775 36–7 15-4 44[44] April 19 Ole Miss 6–4 Alex Box Stadium Daugherty (3–0) DeYoung (3–6) Demouy (3) 6,661 37–7 16-4 45[45] April 20 Ole Miss 11–4 Alex Box Stadium Painich (6–1) Rodgers (3–3) - 6,713 38–7 17-4 46[46] April 22 New Orleans 8–11 Alex Box Stadium Hymel (5–2) Berthelot (6–2) - 6,413 38–8 47[47] April 23 Northwestern State 11–5 Alex Box Stadium Demouy (5–1) Lawrence (7–3) - 5,761 39–8 48[48] April 25 Auburn 7–1 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (10–2) Hudson (10–2) - 6,866 40–8 18-4 49[49] April 26 Auburn 8–0 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (6–2) Hebson (8–2) - 7,018 41–8 19-4 50[50] April 29 Southern 11–1 Alex Box Stadium Painich (7–1) Robinson (5–1) - 6,565 42–8 May # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 51[51] May 2 Arkansas 13–8 Baum Stadium Daugherty (4–0) Lunney (4–2) - 3,918 43–8 20-4 52[52] May 3 Arkansas 11–5 Baum Stadium Thompson (7–2) Carnes (6–4) - 5,067 44–8 21-4 53[53] May 4 Arkansas 1–16 Baum Stadium Wright (5–2) Painich (7–1) Franks (7) 4,118 44–9 21-5 54[54] May 9 Alabama 4–6 Sewell-Thomas Stadium Vaz (3–1) Coogan (10–3) - 5,117 44–10 21-6 55[55] May 10 Alabama 2–28 Sewell-Thomas Stadium Henderson (10–2) Thompson (7–3) - 5,117 44–11 21-7 56[56] May 11 Alabama 6–4 Sewell-Thomas Stadium Thompson (8–2) Fisher (8–2) Demouy (4) 5,117 45–11 22-7
Post-season SEC baseball tournament # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record 57[57] May 15 Auburn 5–2 Golden Park Coogan (11–3) Schoening (5–2) Demouy (5) 3,642 46–11 1-0 58[58] May 16 Tennessee 12–5 Golden Park Thompson (9–3) Cosgrove (10–5) - 2,576 47–11 2-0 59[59] May 17 Alabama 12–7 Golden Park Painich (8–2) Bernard (4–4) - 4,030 48–11 3-0 60[60] May 18 Alabama 2–12 Golden Park Daniel (5–0) Berthelot (6–3) - 4,268 48–12 3-1 NCAA South I Regional # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record 61[61] May 22 UNC Greensboro 14–0 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (12–3) Surridge (6–6) - 6,654 49–12 1-0 62[62] May 23 Oklahoma 14–3 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (10–3) Smith (3–1) Guillory (1) 6,573 50–12 2-0 63[63] May 24 South Alabama 5–11 Alex Box Stadium Rayborn (2–1) Shipp (4–1) Nakamura (2) 6,726 50–13 2-1 64[64] May 25 Long Beach State 14–7 (11) Alex Box Stadium Coogan (13–3) Petrosian (4–3) - 6,687 51–13 3-1 65[65] May 26 South Alabama 14–4 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (11–3) Norton (9–6) - - 52–13 4-1 66[66] May 26 South Alabama 15–4 Alex Box Stadium Painich (9–2) Sparks (11–1) Daugherty (1) 7,041 53–13 5-1 College World Series # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record 67[67] May 30 Rice 5–4 Rosenblatt Stadium Demouy (6–1) Anderson (10–2) - 20,551 54–13 6-1 68[68] June 1 Stanford 10–5 Rosenblatt Stadium Coogan (14–3) Peterson (11–3) - 23,867 55–13 7-1 69[69] June 4 Stanford 13–9 Rosenblatt Stadium Berthelot (7–3) Hutchinson (8–4) Coogan (3) 22,218 56–13 8-1 70[70] June 7 Alabama 13–6 Rosenblatt Stadium Thompson (12–3) Daniel (5–1) - 24,401 57–13 9-1

Statistical Leaders

Batting Average
Brandon Larson	.381
Eddy Furniss	.378
Blair Barbier	.353

Hits
Brandon Larson	110
Eddy Furniss	98
Mike Koerner	96

Home Runs
Brandon Larson	40
Mike Koerner	22
Eddy Furniss	17
Tom Bernhardt	17

RBI
Brandon Larson	118
Eddy Furniss	77
Mike Koerner	69

Wins
Patrick Coogan	14
Doug Thompson	12
Joey Painich	9

ERA
Chris Demouy	3.63
Kevin Shipp	4.10
Patrick Coogan	4.46

Strikeouts
Doug Thompson	158
Patrick Coogan	144
Joey Painich	72

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