2009 National Champions
PREVIEW
INTRO
Pitcher Louis Coleman reacts after striking out the final Texas hitter to clinch the 2009 National Championship.
TIGERS
steals in 2009 marks the second-highest single season total in LSU history – Hartwig has the single-season mark with 42 in 1987. LSU DH/OF Blake Dean completed the 2009 season ranked No. 8 on the all-time LSU home run list with 44 dingers. He is No. 6 on the LSU career RBI list with 190. LSU OF/1B Ryan Schimpf finished his career No. 10 on the all-time LSU home run list with 38 career dingers. Schimpf had three home runs in the 2009 College World Series, marking the first time an LSU player hit three homers in the CWS since former first baseman Brad Hawpe launched three dingers in Omaha in 2000. Schimpf had 22 homers in 2009, the 10th-highest singleseason total in LSU history. LSU’s final baseball attendance figure for the 2009 season topped the 400,000 mark, shattering the previous school attendance record. LSU’s total paid attendance for the ’09 season in the New Alex Box Stadium was 403,056 for 42 games, an average of 9,596 per game.
COACHES
recognition in 2009 – right-handers Louis Coleman, Anthony Ranaudo and Matty Ott. Coleman was the ’09 SEC Pitcher of the Year, recording a 14-2 record, a 2.93 ERA and 142 strikeouts in 129 innings. Coleman finished the season ranked No. 2 in the nation in wins and No. 4 in strikeouts. Ranaudo, an all-SEC selection and a member of the College World Series alltournament team, was 12-3 on the year with a 3.04 ERA and 159 strikeouts in 124.1 innings. Ranaudo was No. 3 in the nation in strikeouts, and he became the first LSU pitcher to lead the SEC in Ks since Kurt Ainsworth in 1999. Ott, the SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, established an LSU single-season record with 16 saves. A finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year award, Ott posted a 4-2 mark and a 2.68 ERA with six walks and 69 strikeouts in 50.1 innings. Junior outfielder Jared Mitchell finished his career No. 2 on the all-time LSU steals list with 70. He trails only Rob Hartwig, who had 73 steals from 1986-87. Mitchell’s 36
2009 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM Cameron Rupp, Texas Dustin Ackley, North Carolina DJ LeMahieu, LSU Kyle Seager, North Carolina Tyler Cannon, Virginia Kole Calhoun, Arizona St. Jared Mitchell, LSU Ryan Schimpf, LSU Russell Moldenhauer, Texas Anthony Ranaudo, LSU Taylor Jungmann, Texas
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RECORDS
The 2009 Tigers won 15 of their final 16 games en route to the national championship.
HISTORY
MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER Jared Mitchell, LSU
College World Series MVP Jared Mitchell launched a three-run homer in the first inning of Game 3 of the CWS Finals.
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