BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore pitcher Kevin Gausman (11-1, 2.72 ERA) was selected No. 4 overall by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Monday night.
Gausman, a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, was the 16th LSU baseball player to be chosen in the first round of the MLB Draft. Including compensatory selections, LSU has produced 13 first-round picks since 1989, when pitcher Ben McDonald was the first overall selection by the Orioles.
The first round and the compensatory picks of the MLB Draft will be completed Monday night. The draft continues at 11 a.m. CT Tuesday with Rounds 2-15 and concludes with Rounds 16-40 beginning at 11 a.m. CT Wednesday.
The selection of Gausman marks the fourth-straight season an LSU player has been chosen in the first round of the MLB Draft.
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LSU’s First-Round Draft Picks (since 1989)
Year (Pick) – Name, Pos., Team
2012 (4) – Kevin Gausman, RHP, Baltimore Orioles
2011 (31) – Mikie Mahtook, OF, Tampa Bay Rays
2010 (39*) – Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, Boston Red Sox
2009 (23) – Jared Mitchell, OF, Chicago White Sox
2003 (13) – Aaron Hill, SS, Toronto Blue Jays
2001 (19) – Mike Fontenot, 2B, Baltimore Orioles
2001 (41*) – Todd Linden, OF, San Francisco Giants
1999 (24) – Kurt Ainsworth, RHP, San Francisco Giants
1997 (14) – Brandon Larson, SS, Cincinnati Reds
1994 (8) – Todd Walker, 2B, Minnesota Twins
1994 (30*) – Russ Johnson, SS, Houston Astros
1992 (16) – Rick Greene, RHP, Detroit Tigers
1989 (1) – Ben McDonald, RHP, Baltimore Orioles
* Supplemental First-Round Selection