#36 Eddy Furniss Season 2025
LSU first baseman Eddy Furniss culminated a sterling four-year career by receiving the 1998 Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball’s most outstanding player. Furniss finished his career as the SEC’s all-time leader in hits (349), home runs (80), RBI (309), doubles, (87) and total bases (689). In NCAA annals, Furniss finished his career No. 3 all-time in total bases, No. 4 in home runs and doubles, and No. 5 in RBI. The Nacogdoches, Texas, native — who posted a .371 lifetime batting average — hit .403 in 1998 with 27 doubles, three triples, 28 homers, 85 runs and 76 RBI, earning first-team all-America and all-SEC honors. He was also voted a second-team Academic all-American with a 3.5 gpa in zoology.
In 1997, Furniss helped lead LSU to its second straight NCAA title, earning second-team all-America and all-SEC recognition and first-team Academic all-America honors. He batted .377 with 25 doubles, 17 homers and 77 RBI.
Furniss, a 1996 consensus first-team all-American, was voted the ’96 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year after batting .374 (89-for-238) with a school-record 26 homers and an SEC-record 103 RBI. Furniss, whose home run and RBI totals were the best in the nation, also was named a second-team Academic all-American with a 3.7 gpa in zoology.
Furniss was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ fourth-round draft pick in 1998, and he played four seasons of minor league baseball prior to entering medical school. He is in his fourth year as a student physician at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
Furniss’ LSU Career Statistics
Year | Avg. | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-A |
1995 | .326 | 62 | 215 | 30 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 15 | 44 | 2-2 |
1996 | .374 | 66 | 238 | 69 | 89 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 103 | 46 | 43 | 1-2 |
1997 | .378 | 70 | 259 | 77 | 98 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 77 | 58 | 56 | 0-3 |
1998 | .403 | 67 | 236 | 85 | 95 | 27 | 3 | 28 | 76 | 72 | 40 | 0-3 |
Total |
.371
|
265
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948 | 261 | 352 | 87 | 5 | 80 | 308 | 191 | 183 | 3-10 |