1987 LSU Tigers baseball team

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
Seasons

1987 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 12–2^7 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 3–5^7 8–3 0–1 Mar 9 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–1^7 9–3 1–1 Mar 14 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY L 2–7^7 9–4 1–2 Mar 14 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 8–4^7 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 0–1^7 20–5 3–3 Mar 28 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–3^7 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 5–4^15 25–5 Apr 11 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 0–4^7 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 4–5^10 28–8 Apr 18 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–5^7 28–9 5–6 Apr 18 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–4^7 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 11–0^6 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 1–7^7 33–11 7–7 Apr 25 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 12–3^7 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 2–4^7 36–14 8–9 May 2 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 1–0^7 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 4–0^7 39–14 11–9 May 9 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 6–1^7 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 6–2^10 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 5–6^10 49–19 2–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
2. "Baseball Roster 1987". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
3. "Baseball Schedule 1987". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 4, 2026.