Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Hunter Feduccia became the 17th former LSU Tiger to claim a World Series ring when the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees, 7-6, in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium to win the 2024 Fall Classic.
Feduccia, who played high school baseball at Barbe High, was a 12th-round draft choice of the Dodgers in 2018, made his MLB debut this past July. He appeared in five games for the Dodgers during the regular season, as he recorded four hits in 12 at-bats with one RBI and two runs.
The Lake Charles native hit .295 this season at Triple-A Oklahoma City with a .420 on-base percentage and .451 slugging percentage in 64 games.
During the 2018 season, Feduccia started 48 games at catcher for LSU hitting .233 with 10 doubles, three home runs, and 31 RBI. Before that, Feduccia played two seasons at LSU at Eunice. He was voted the 2016 & 2017 LSU-Eunice Defensive Player of the Year, and he batted .394 in 2017 with 11 doubles, three triples, six homers, 47 RBI, and nine steals.
17 former LSU baseball players have played for, or managed, World Series championship teams on 22 occasions. The first former Tiger to do so was New York Giants infielder Alvin Dark in 1954.
Since 1990, 43 former Tigers have been a part of MLB playoff squads, and 15 LSU players have been members of World Series Championship teams in that span (1990-2024).
World Series Champions from LSU
INF Alvin Dark, New York Giants – 1954 (player); Oakland Athletics – 1974 (manager)
1B Joe Bill Adcock, Milwaukee Braves – 1957
LHP Mark Guthrie, Minnesota Twins – 1991
LHP Eddie Yarnall, New York Yankees – 1999 and 2000
LHP Randy Keisler, New York Yankees – 2000
RHP Russ Springer, Arizona Diamondbacks – 2001
RHP Curtis Leskanic, Boston Red Sox – 2004
RHP Brian Wilson, San Francisco Giants – 2010 and 2012
INF Mike Fontenot, San Francisco Giants – 2010
LHP Brian Tallet, St. Louis Cardinals – 2011
INF Ryan Theriot, St. Louis Cardinals – 2011; San Francisco Giants – 2012
RHP Louis Coleman, Kansas City Royals – 2015
3B Alex Bregman, Houston Astros – 2017 and 2022
RHP Will Harris, Houston Astros – 2017
OF Andrew Stevenson, Washington Nationals – 2019
INF Josh Smith, Texas Rangers – 2023
C Hunter Feduccia, Los Angeles Dodgers – 2024
