1997 LSU Baseball statistics

Yea they are insane. Crazy how many players were in double digit HRs too.

Yeah, I really think they've gone too far with the bat and ball changes. I believe we've gotten to the point of averaging less than 1 home run per game by either team. Home runs are fun. This isn't like slowing down Chip Kelly's hurry up offense; this is like putting them in shackles and outlawing the option and the forward pass. Can you imagine college football rule changes that resulted in an average of less than one touchdown per game by either team? And not because of great defense, but just by screwing with the rules?

That would be lame as hell. I loved gorilla ball, but I wouldn't mind so much as long as there was still SOME fun and excitement in the game. Hell, at this point, I'm hoping to see the other team crush the ball because I know that means a 90% chance of an out. That's just wrong.

Of course, last night's explosion kind of undercuts my point, but the fact that it was SO extraordinary also kind of makes my point. Why should we be shocked when one of the top 2-3 teams -- noted for powerful bats -- hits multiple home runs in a game? That's a sign of a game made very, very boring.

What jumps out at me from these stats is not only Larsons home runs, but the amount of guys with double digit home runs, which is truly unbelievable.

At the time, everyone thought it was normal, but now looking back on it, really makes you think about how lucky we were to experience this team.

I recall getting the Triple Play Baseball video game on my parent's cpu back in the day and would create this team. I always placed them on the Detroit Tigers for mascot symmetry.

Gotta find a happy medium somewhere... When the 60s were the pitching era in Mlb and the 90s were the hitting era, the best baseball was in the 70s and 80s... Every 30 years it shifts

That was a fun team to watch.

I remember reading about Berkman at that time. He was a man child

Team ERA was 4.62 and if I remember back in the day that was pretty good! If any team had less than a 4 ERA, they were virtually unbeatable (until they played LSU - see Wichita St, Stanford, Clemson , Miami, Etc.).