1986 LSU Tigers baseball team

1986 LSU Tigers baseball
1986 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC Champions; SEC Tournament champions; NCAA South I Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	55–14 (22–5 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (3rd year);
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium

1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 LSU ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	5	.815	55	–	14	.797
No. 21 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	18	–	9	.667	43	–	20	.683
Auburn ‍‍‍	15	–	12	.556	31	–	24	.564
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	38	–	17	.691
Georgia ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	35	–	24	.593
Florida ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	27	–	26	.509
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	34	–	21	.618
Tennessee ‍‍‍	10	–	17	.370	27	–	23	.540
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	9	–	18	.333	25	–	29	.463
Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	20	.259	25	–	28	.472

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1986 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 third season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers reached the College World Series, their first appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for 5th place after a win against Maine and losses to Loyola Marymount and eventual third-place finisher Miami (FL).^[2]^[3]

Personnel

Roster

1986 LSU Tigers roster^[4]

Pitchers

2 - Greg Naquin - Sophomore
18 - Corey Gomez - Freshman
19 - Greg Fontenot - Junior
20 - Scott Boudreaux - Junior
21 - Stan Loewer - Junior
30 - Gregg Patterson - Sophomore
32 - Randy LaRose - Junior
35 - Joe Zimmerman - Junior
36 - Dan Kite - Freshman
39 - Barry Manuel - Sophomore
40 - Willie Forbes - Junior
44 - Mark Guthrie - Junior

Catchers

9 - Alan Galy - Freshman
14 - Rob Leary - Senior
17 - Tim Beamon - Freshman
51 - Craig Faulkner - Junior

Outfielders

5 - Eric Johnson - Junior
8 - Joey Belle - Sophomore
10 - Michael Papajohn - Junior
12 - Terry Belle - Sophomore
13 - Brad Duplantis - Sophomore
23 - Rob Hartwig - Junior
28 - Willie Prevost - Freshman
45 - Todd Waggoner - Freshman
37 - Jack Voigt - Sophomore

Infielders

1 - Burke Broussard - Senior
3 - Wayne Stofsky - Freshman
4 - Andy Galy - Sophomore
7 - Jeff Reboulet - Senior
24 - Darrin Bartel - Junior
27 - Pete Bush - Freshman
29 - Troy Bourque - Freshman
31 - Jeff Yurtin - Senior
33 - Jim Bowie - Junior

Coaches

1986 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff^[4]
Skip Bertman - Head coach - 3rd Season Tom Brown - Assistant coach - 3rd season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 3rd Season Cliff Dees - Graduate Assistant Coach Mike Jenkins - Graduate Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss

1986 LSU Tigers baseball game log^[5]

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
Feb 18	Louisiana College*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–0	1–0
Feb 19	New Orleans*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 3–2	2–0
Feb 22	Arkansas*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–7	3–0
Feb 23	Arkansas*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 6–7	3–1
Feb 24	Southwestern Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 4–0	4–1
Feb 26	vs Southeastern Louisiana*	North Park • Denham Springs, LA	W 17–4	5–1

March
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
Mar 1	at Florida	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	W 9–1⁷	6–1	1–0
Mar 1	at Florida*	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	W 18–4⁷	7–1	2–0
Mar 2	at Florida*	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	W 12–5	8–1	3–0
Mar 4	Northeast Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–6	9–1
Mar 6	Tulane*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–1	10–1
Mar 8	Kentucky	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–7⁷	11–1	4–0
Mar 8	Kentucky	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 5–1⁷	12–1	5–0
Mar 9	Kentucky	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–10	13–1	6–0
Mar 11	Southeastern Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 15–3	14–1
Mar 14	Kansas State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–4	15–1
Mar 15	Missouri*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 5–1	16–1
Mar 18	Southern*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–5	17–1
Mar 18	New Orleans*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 9–8	18–1
Mar 19	at Southwestern Louisiana*	Moore Family Field • Lafayette, LA	W 5–4¹¹	19–1
Mar 22	at Alabama	Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 6–5¹⁰	20–1	7–0
Mar 23	at Alabama	Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 8–6	21–1	8–0
Mar 23	at Alabama	Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 4–5	21–2	8–1
Mar 25	at Northeast Louisiana*	Lou St. Amant Field • Monroe, LA	W 13–5	22–2
Mar 26	at Centenary*	Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA	W 9–5	23–2
Mar 27	at Stephen F. Austin*	Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	W 10–7	24–2
Mar 29	Tennessee	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 3–2¹¹	25–2	9–1
Mar 29	Tennessee	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 3–2⁷	26–2	10–1
Mar 30	Tennessee	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–5	27–2	11–1

April
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
Apr 2	at Nicholls State*	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	W 8–3⁷	28–2
Apr 2	at Nicholls State*	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	L 1–2⁷	28–3
Apr 3	at Northwestern State*	H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA	W 24–0⁷	29–3
Apr 5	Ole Miss	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 9–6⁷	30–3	12–1
Apr 5	Ole Miss	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 3–6⁷	30–4	12–2
Apr 6	Ole Miss	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–1	31–4	13–2
Apr 8	Louisiana Tech*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 4–3	32–4
Apr 9	Nicholls State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 16–4	33–4
Apr 12	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	W 4–0⁷	34–4	14–2
Apr 12	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	W 4–0⁷	35–4	15–2
Apr 13	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	L 5–6	35–5	15–3
Apr 15	Southwestern Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 5–4	36–5
Apr 16	at New Orleans*	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	L 2–8	36–6
Apr 19	Georgia	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 3–1⁷	37–6	16–3
Apr 19	Georgia	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 8–11¹¹	37–7	16–4
Apr 20	Georgia	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–8	38–7	17–4
Apr 23	Southern*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 18–5⁷	39–7
Apr 24	at Tulane*	Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA	W 6–5	40–7
Apr 26	at Vanderbilt	McGugin Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–4⁷	41–7	18–4
Apr 26	at Vanderbilt	McGugin Field • Nashville, TN	W 7–5⁷	42–7	19–4
Apr 27	at Vanderbilt	McGugin Field • Nashville, TN	L 4–6	42–8	19–5
Apr 29	at New Orleans*	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	L 1–7	42–9
Apr 30	Centenary*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–3	43–9

May
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 3	Auburn	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–1⁷	44–9	20–5
May 3	Auburn	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–3⁷	45–9	21–5
May 4	Auburn	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 4–3	46–9	22–5

Postseason

SEC Tournament
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SECT Record
May 9	(4) Georgia	(1)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–6	47–9	1–0
May 10	(2) Alabama	(1)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–7	48–9	2–0
May 11	(4) Georgia	(1)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–4	49–9	3–0

May
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
May 17	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 1–5⁷	49–10
May 17	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 4–2⁷	50–10
May 18	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 2–8	50–11
May 19	at Florida State	Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 4–6	50–12

NCAA South I Regional
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	Reg Record
May 22	Jackson State	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–11	51–12	1–0
May 23	Oklahoma	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–5	52–12	2–0
May 24	Louisiana Tech	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–4	53–12	3–0
May 25	Tulane	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–6	54–12	4–0

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	CWS Record
May 30	Loyola Marymount	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–4	54–13	0–1
June 1	Maine	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 8–4	55–13	1–1
June 2	Miami (FL)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–4	55–14	1–2

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ Mark Clements (April 27, 2016). "LSU's first College World Series team reminisces on an incredible season 30 years ago". Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 225 Baton Rouge. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
^ Ross Dellenger (March 24, 2016). "LSU's 1986 College World Series sparked a blazing trail". The Advocate. Baton Rouge, LA. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
^ ^a ^b "Baseball Roster 1986". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
^ "Baseball Schedule 1986". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 2, 2026.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

[2] Mark Clements (April 27, 2016). "LSU's first College World Series team reminisces on an incredible season 30 years ago". Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 225 Baton Rouge. Retrieved January 2, 2026.

[3] Ross Dellenger (March 24, 2016). "LSU's 1986 College World Series sparked a blazing trail". The Advocate. Baton Rouge, LA. Retrieved January 2, 2026.

[roster-4] "Baseball Roster 1986". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 2, 2026.

[5] "Baseball Schedule 1986". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 2, 2026.

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