Hometown Heroes: Southeast Louisiana products in MLB, MiLB (Through October 1, 2023)

Here are the final season pitching and hitting statistics for many of the 2023 major-league and minor-league players who prepped or played collegiately in the New Orleans area and Southeast Louisiana. All stats are cumulative for the season, through Sunday, October 1. Below are some of the highlights for the last month.

Kevin Gausman (LSU) led the American League in strikeouts (237) and strikeouts per 9 innings (11.5).

After spending practically the entire season on the Injured List, Tanner Rainey (St. Paul’s, Southeastern) made an appearance on September 30 with the Washington Nationals.

Ian Gibaut (Tulane) tied for second in pitching appearances (74) in the National League. His 138 ERA+ was the highest among the hometown hero pitchers.

Alex Bregman (LSU) led the hometown hero batters with a 122 OPS+.

After slashing .317/.395/.522 at the Triple-A level, Andrew Stevenson (LSU) got called up by the Nationals in September, his first major-league appearance since 2021.

Paul Gervase (LSU) finished the season with an impressive 15.2 strikeouts per 9 innings.

Hometown heroes in the upcoming MLB playoffs include Alex Bregman (LSU) and J. P. France (Shaw HS, Tulane) with the Astros; Kevin Gausman (LSU) with the Blue Jays; Wade Miley (Loranger HS, Southeastern) with the Brewers; Aaron Nola (LSU) with the Phillies; and Josh Smith (LSU) with the Rangers.

MLB

Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) 161 G, .262 BA, .363 OBP, 25 HR, 98 RBI, 3 SB, 122 OPS+

Jake Fraley—Reds (LSU) 111 G, .256 BA, .339 OBP, 15 HR, 65 RBI, 21 SB, 109 OPS+

J.P. France—Astros (Shaw HS, Tulane, Miss. State) MLB: 24 G, 11-6, 3.83 ERA, 136.1 IP, 101 SO; 110 ERA+; MiLB: 5 G, 2-1 ERA, 19.1 IP, 26 SO

Kevin Gausman—Blue Jays (LSU) 31 G, 12-9, 3.16 ERA, 185.0 IP, 237 SO, 134 ERA+

Ian Gibaut—Reds (Tulane) 74 G, 8-4, 3.33 ERA, 75.2 IP, 69 SO, 3 SV, 138 ERA+

Alex Lange—Tigers (LSU) 67 G, 7-5, 3.68 ERA, 66.0 IP, 79 SO, 26 SV, 120 ERA+

Aaron Loup—Angels (Hahnville HS, Tulane) 55 G, 2-3, 6.10 ERA, 48.2 IP, 45 SO, 1 SV, 73 ERA+

DJ LeMahieu—Yankees (LSU) 136 G, .243 BA, .327 OBP, 15 HR, 44 RBI, 96 OPS+

Wade Miley—Brewers (Loranger HS, Southeastern) 23 G, 9-4, 3.14 ERA, 120.1 IP, 79 SO, 137 ERA+

Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic HS, LSU) 32 G, 12-9, 4.46 ERA, 193.2 IP, 202 SO, 96 ERA+

Tanner Rainey—Nationals (St. Paul’s HS, Southeastern) 1 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA. 1.0 IP, 1 SO, 0 SV; MiLB: 13 G, 0-1, 3.75 ERA, 12.0 IP, 13 SO

Jake Rogers—Tigers (Tulane) 107 G, .221 BA, .286 OBP, 21 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB, 96 OPS+

Josh Smith—Rangers (Catholic HS, LSU) 90 G, .185 BA, .304 OBP, 6 HR, 15 RBI, 1 SB, 73 OPS+

Andrew Stevenson—Twins (St. Thomas More HS, LSU) MLB: 25 B, .189 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 4 SB. 31 OPS+; MiLB: 106 G, .317 BA, .395 OBP, 16 HR, 57 RBI, 44 SB

Triple-A

Drew Avans–-Dodgers (Southeastern) 129 G, .254 BA, .355 OBP, 11 HR, 58 RBI, 23 SB

Greg Deichmann—A’s (Brother Martin HS, LSU) 108 G, .245 BA, .324 OBP, 19 HR, 61 RBI, 16 SB

Hunter Feduccia—Dodgers (LSU) 90 G, .279 BA, .387 OBP, 11 HR, 57 RBI

Hudson Haskin—Orioles (Tulane) 33 G, .287 BA, .394 OBP, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 8 SB (Ended season on Injured List)

Austin Nola—Padres (Catholic HS, LSU) MiLB: 8 G, .185 BA, .267 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI; MLB: 52 G, .146 BA, .260 OBP, 1 HR, 8 RBI (Ended season on Injured List)

Eric Orze—Mets (UNO) 39 G, 3-4, 5.31 ERA, 61.0 IP, 81 SO, 0 SV

Michael Papierski—Tigers (LSU) 77 G, .266 BA, .371 OBP, 8 HR, 51 RBI

Kramer Robertson—Cardinals (LSU) 121 G, .205 BA, .356 OBP, 3 HR, 37 RBI, 23 SB

Cam Sanders – Cubs (E. D. White HS, LSU) 51 G, 7-2, 5.15 ERA, 64.2 IP, 97 SO, 5 SV

Jake Slaughter—Cubs (LSU) 104 G, .243 BA, .340 OBP, 22 HR, 77 RBI, 16 SB

Chase Solesky—White Sox (Tulane) 26 G, 5-11, 5.31 ERA, 117.0 IP, 92 SO, 0 SV

Grant Witherspoon – Tigers (Tulane) 73 G, .238 BA, .350 OBP, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 9 SB (Released on August 9)

Double-A

Donovan Benoit–-Reds (Tulane) 22 G, 1-4, 3.38 ERA, 32.0 IP, 39 SO, 3 SV

Jacob Berry – Marlins (LSU) 107 G, .233 BA, .284 OBP, 9 HR, 59 RBI, 10 SB

Jared Biddy–-Rockies (Southeastern) 5 G, 0-0, 19.64 ERA, 7.1 IP, 4 SO, 0 SV (Released on May 23)

Collin Burns–Orioles (De La Salle HS, Tulane) 44 G, .213 BA, .305 OBP, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 14 SB (Ended season on Injured List)

Daniel Cabrera—Tigers (John Curtis HS/Parkview Baptist HS, LSU) 70 G, .239 BA, .367 OBP, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 5 SB

Hayden Cantrelle—Giants (Louisiana Lafayette) 99 G, .215, .390 OBP, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 14 SB

Brendan Cellucci—Red Sox (Tulane) 37 G, 1-2, 5.29 ERA, 51.0 IP, 63 SO, 0 SV

Dylan Crews – Nationals (LSU) 35 G, .292 BA, .377 OBP, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 4 SB

Paul Gervase – Mets (LSU) 38 G, 4-2, 2.05 ERA, 57.0 IP, 96 SO, 7 SV

Keagan Gillies—Orioles (Brother Martin HS, Tulane) 33 G, 5-1, 2.43 ERA, 40.2 IP, 61 SO, 4 SV

Cole Henry–Nationals (LSU) 14 G, 0-3, 6.21 ERA, 33.1 IP, 37 SO, 0 SV

Kody Hoese—Dodgers (Tulane) 98 G, .244 BA, .300 OBP, 11 HR, 36 RBI, 1 SB

Paul Skenes – Pirates (LSU) 5 G, 0-0, 5.40 ERA, 6.2 IP, 10 SO, 0 SV

Bryce Tassin—Tigers (Southeastern) 37 G, 3-5, 3.81 ERA, 59.0 IP, 49 SO, 0 SV

High-A

Cade Doughty – Blue Jays (LSU) 102 G, .264 BA, .342 OBP, 18 HR, 68 RBI, 4 SB

Jaden Hill—Rockies (LSU) 16 G, 0-9, 9.48 ERA, 43.2 IP, 57 SO, 0 SV (Ended season on Injured List)

Aaron McKeithan–-Cardinals (Tulane) 63 G, .266 BA, .375 OBP, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 2 SB (Ended season on Injured List)

Tre Morgan—Rays (Brother Martin HS, LSU) 14 G, .396 BA, .482 OBP, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 4 SB (Ended season on Injured List)

Braden Olthoff—Angels (Tulane) Voluntarily Retired on August 21

Todd Peterson—Nationals (LSU) 42 G, 2-6, 4.85 ERA, 55.2 IP, 44 SO, 9 SV

Mac Sceroler—Reds (Denham Springs HS, Southeastern) 11 G, 3-0, 5.89 ERA, 18.1 IP, 22 SO, 1 SV (Ended season on Injured List)

Tyree Thompson–Braves (Karr HS) 28 G, 3-2, 3.39 ERA, 66.1 IP, 78 SO, 3 SV

Low-A

Jack Aldrich—Cubs (Tulane) 6 G, 2-0, 5.68 ERA, 6.1 IP, 9 SO, 1 SV (Released on August 22)

Zach Arnold—Phillies (LSU) 26 G, .290 BA, .374 OPB, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 8 SB

Gavin Dugas—Nationals (LSU) 18 G, .185 BA, .380 OBP, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB

Tyler Hoffman—Rockies (Tulane) 32 G, 3-2, 8.40 ERA, 30.0 IP, 31 SO, 0 SV

Brayden Jobert—Cardinals (Northshore HS, Delgado CC, LSU) 32 G, .189 BA, .330 OBP, 2 HR, 12RBI, 6 SB

Landon Marceaux—Mets (Destrehan HS, LSU) 18 G, 3-9, 5.50 ERA, 75.1 IP, 59 SO, 0 SV (Ended season on Injured List)

Blake Money—Orioles (LSU) 6 G, 0-0, 3.72 ERA, 9.2 IP, 11 SO, 1 SV

Carson Roccaforte—Royals (Louisiana Lafayette) 31 G, .293 BA, .391 OBP, 0 HR, 15 RBI 16 SB

Jordan Thompson—Dodgers (LSU) 23 G, .268 BA, .330 OPB, 0 HR, 8 RBI, 4 SB

Rookie League

Zack Hess—Tigers (LSU) 10 G, 1-0, 7.20 ERA, 10.0 IP, 13 SO, 0 SV (Ended season on Injured List)

Independent League

Giovanni DiGiacomo—(LSU) 37 G, .312 BA, .446 OBP, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 5 SB

Brandon Kaminer—(LSU) 15 G, 5-4, 9.18 ERA, 50.0 IP, 35 SO, 0 SV

Zach Watson—(LSU) IND: 28 G, .309 BA, .346 OBP, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 6 SB; MiLB: 52 G, .209 BA, .265 OBP, 8 HR, 31 RBI, 11 SB

Japanese League

Kyle Keller–-Hanshin (Jesuit, Southeastern) 27 G, 1-0, 1.71 ERA, 26.1 IP, 28 SO, 1 SV

Jacob Waguespack—Orix (Dutchtown HS, Ole Miss) 35 G, 4-7, 4.53 ERA, 55.2 IP, 75 SO, 2 SV