1987 LSU Tigers baseball team

1987 LSU Tigers baseball
1987 LSU Tigers baseball
NCAA South II Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	55–14 (22–5 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (4th year);
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium

1987 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Georgia ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	8	.692	42	–	21	.667
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	18	–	9	.667	42	–	18	.700
Florida ‍‍‍	17	–	9	.654	32	–	24	.571
Kentucky ‍‍‍	16	–	11	.593	40	–	15	.727
No. 4 LSU ‍‍‍^y	12	–	10	.545	49	–	19	.721
Mississippi State ‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	13	.500	39	–	22	.639
Alabama ‍‍‍	11	–	14	.440	25	–	26	.490
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	11	–	16	.407	25	–	26	.490
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	7	–	20	.259	27	–	25	.519
Tennessee ‍‍‍	5	–	18	.217	17	–	27	.386

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1987 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 fourth season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers reached the College World Series, their second appearance in Omaha, where they finished 4th after wins against Florida State and Arkansas and losses to eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and eventual champion Stanford.

Personnel

Roster

1987 LSU Tigers roster^[2]

Pitchers

2 - Greg Naquin - Junior
14 - Andy Berg - Junior
19 - Ben McDonald - Freshman
21 - Stan Loewer - Senior
29 - Dondi Quarles - Freshman
30 - Gregg Patterson - Junior
32 - Randy LaRose - Senior
33 - Russ Springer - Freshman
35 - Joe Zimmerman - Senior
36 - Dan Kite - Sophomore
39 - Barry Manuel - Junior
40 - Willie Forbes - Senior
44 - Mark Guthrie - Senior

Catchers

16 - Daniel Edwards - Freshman
28 - Joe Lewis - Freshman
41 - Warren Bankston - Freshman
51 - Craig Faulkner - Senior

Outfielders

8 - Joey Belle - Junior
9 - Todd Waggoner - Sophomore
10 - Michael Papajohn - Senior
12 - Terry Belle - Junior
13 - Brad Duplantis - Junior
17 - Rich Vasquez - Junior
23 - Rob Hartwig - Senior

Infielders

1 - Dave Cunningham - Junior
3 - Wayne Stofsky - Sophomore
4 - Andy Galy - Junior
7 - Brian Wilhite - Junior
20 - Shawn Jenkins - Junior
27 - Pete Bush - Sophomore
37 - Jack Voigt - Junior

Coaches

1987 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff^[2]
Skip Bertman - Head coach - 4th Season Tom Brown - Assistant coach - 4th season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 4th Season Cliff Dees - Graduate Assistant Coach Jim Wells - Graduate Assistant Coach - 1st season

Schedule and results

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss

1987 LSU Tigers baseball game log^[3]

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
Feb 17	Louisiana College*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–0	1–0
Feb 18	Louisiana College*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 13–0	2–0
Feb 20	vs Miami (FL)*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Busch Challenge I)	L 2–7	2–1
Feb 21	vs Florida*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Busch Challenge I)	W 5–2	3–1
Feb 22	vs Florida State*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Busch Challenge I)	L 1–2	3–2
Feb 28	Wichita State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–6	4–2

March
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
Mar 1	Wichita State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–2⁷	5–2
Mar 1	Wichita State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 9–3	6–2
Mar 4	Southern*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 15–4	7–2
Mar 5	Southwestern Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–4	8–2
Mar 9	Florida	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 3–5⁷	8–3	0–1
Mar 9	Florida	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 9–1⁷	9–3	1–1
Mar 14	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 2–7⁷	9–4	1–2
Mar 14	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 8–4⁷	10–4	2–2
Mar 15	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 5–0	11–4	3–2
Mar 18	Texas–Arlington*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 4–3	12–4
Mar 18	Texas–Arlington*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 17–2	13–4
Mar 19	Missouri*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–5	14–4
Mar 20	Oral Roberts*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 20–5	15–4
Mar 21	Oral Roberts*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–4	16–4
Mar 22	McNeese State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 17–7	17–4
Mar 24	Nicholls State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–7	18–4
Mar 25	New Orleans*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–7	19–4
Mar 26	Southeastern Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–3	20–4
Mar 28	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–1⁷	20–5	3–3
Mar 28	Alabama	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 4–3⁷	21–5	4–3
Mar 31	Northeast Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 15–0	22–5

April
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
Apr 1	Centenary*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–3	23–5
Apr 7	Southern*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 15–4	24–5
Apr 8	at Tulane*	Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA	W 5–4¹⁵	25–5
Apr 11	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	L 0–4⁷	25–6	4–4
Apr 11	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	L 5–6	25–7	4–5
Apr 12	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	W 6–3	26–7	5–5
Apr 14	vs Centenary*	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	W 10–3	27–7
Apr 15	at Northeast Louisiana*	Lou St. Amant Field • Monroe, LA	W 9–3	28–7
Apr 16	at Louisiana Tech*	J. C. Love Field • Ruston, LA	L 4–5¹⁰	28–8
Apr 18	Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 4–5⁷	28–9	5–6
Apr 18	Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 6–4⁷	29–9	6–6
Apr 19	Mississippi State	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 6–5	30–9	7–6
Apr 20	Nicholls State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 10–5	31–9
Apr 21	Tulane*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–9	31–10
Apr 22	Northwestern State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–0⁶	32–10
Apr 22	Northwestern State*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 8–7	33–10
Apr 25	at Georgia	Foley Field • Athens, GA	L 1–7⁷	33–11	7–7
Apr 25	at Georgia	Foley Field • Athens, GA	W 12–3⁷	34–11	8–7
Apr 26	at Georgia	Foley Field • Athens, GA	L 10–12	34–12	8–8
Apr 27	Southeastern Louisiana*	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–4	35–12
Apr 29	at New Orleans*	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	L 1–3	35–13

May
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 1	at Nicholls State*	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	W 10–2	36–13
May 2	Vanderbilt	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 2–4⁷	36–14	8–9
May 2	Vanderbilt	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 1–0⁷	37–14	9–9
May 3	Vanderbilt	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 11–8	38–14	10–9
May 9	at Auburn	Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL	W 4–0⁷	39–14	11–9
May 9	at Auburn	Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL	W 6–1⁷	40–14	12–9
May 10	at Auburn	Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL	L 1–6	40–15	12–10

Postseason

SEC Tournament
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SECT Record
May 14	(2) Auburn	(5)	Foley Field • Athens, GA	L 8–9	40–16	0–1
May 15	(1) Georgia	(5)	Foley Field • Athens, GA	W 4–2	41–16	1–1
May 16	(4) Kentucky	(5)	Foley Field • Athens, GA	W 4–1	42–16	2–1
May 16	(2) Auburn	(5)	Foley Field • Athens, GA	W 4–2	43–16	3–1
May 17	(6) Mississippi State	(5)	Foley Field • Athens, GA	L 3–13	43–17	3–2

NCAA South II Regional
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	Reg Record
May 21	Tulane	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	W 5–3	44–17	1–0
May 22	New Orleans	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	W 14–1	45–17	2–0
May 23	New Orleans	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	W 3–0	46–17	3–0
May 24	Cal State Fullerton	Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	W 7–3	47–17	4–0

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record	CWS Record
May 29	Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 6–2¹⁰	48–17	1–0
June 1	Oklahoma State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 7–8	48–18	1–1
June 3	Arkansas	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 5–2	49–18	2–1
June 2	Stanford	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 5–6¹⁰	49–19	2–2

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Baseball Roster 1987". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
^ "Baseball Schedule 1987". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.

[roster-2] "Baseball Roster 1987". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

[3] "Baseball Schedule 1987". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

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