#46 Parker Bugg Season 2016
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
MLB Draft: 34th round in 2013 (Baltimore); 27th round in 2016 (Miami)
Tall, right-handed pitcher from San Diego who made a tremendous impact upon the LSU bullpen during his career … made 80 appearances (one start) on the mound during his three-season career from 2014 through 2016 … posted a 4-6 career mark with a 2.64 ERA and nine saves in 112.1 innings … recorded 34 walks and 100 strikeouts and limited opponents to .200 batting average … named to the 2016 and 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll and the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as an accounting major .. has a good feel for pitching and uses an over-the-top low 90s fastball with a major downhill plane to be effective … suffered a broken foot during his 2013 senior season in high school and missed the second half of the year … selected in the 34th round of the MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles … selected in the 2016 MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins in the 27th round and signed with the Marlins in the summer of 2016.
2016 Season
Made 28 relief appearances, posting a 1-2 record and a 3.40 ERA in 39.2 innings with four saves, 16 walks, 36 strikeouts and a .209 opponent batting average … fired 2.1 scoreless innings to earn save vs. Mississippi State in SEC Tournament (May 26), limiting the Bulldogs to one hit with no walks and two strikeouts … earned save versus Florida (May 19) with three perfect innings, including two strikeouts … dominant relief outing vs. Arkansas on May 8, allowing no runs on one hit in three innings with no walks and three strikeouts … pitched a combined 2.2 shutout innings (two appearances) in Miss. State series (April 22-24),allowing just two hits with no walks and three strikeouts … Recorded a three-inning save at Missouri (April 16), allowing one run on three hits with no walks and two Ks … Earned his first save of the season with a brilliant relief outing at Auburn (April 3), clinching the series victory for LSU … Bugg blanked Auburn — which had the highest team batting average among SEC teams in league games – over 3.2 innings, allowing two hits with one walk and one strikeout … impressive relief outing on March 29 vs. Tulane – worked two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and no walks while recording three strikeouts.
2015 Season
Made 26 relief appearances, recording a 1-2 mark and a 1.72 ERA in 36.2 innings with 13 walks, 35 strikeouts and three saves … limited opponents to just a .180 cumulative batting average … worked 3.2 scoreless innings (four appearances) in LSU’s NCAA Tournament games, allowing just one hit with no walks and two strikeouts … allowed just one run on eight hits in last 15 innings of relief with three walks and 16 strikeouts … pitched 1.2 scoreless innings against TCU in the College World Series (June 18), allowing one hit with one strikeout … earned win in Game 1 of NCAA Super Regional vs. UL-Lafayette (June 6), recording three straight outs in the top of the 9th before LSU won in the bottom of the inning … earned save in NCAA Regional championship win over UNC Wilmington (June 1), striking out the final batter with a runner at second to preserve 2-0 win … earned save in LSU’s 9-8 SEC Tournament win over Auburn (May 20), firing a scoreless ninth inning with no hits and two strikeouts … threw season-high 55 pitches in 3.2-inning relief outing at Miss. State (May 2) – allowed one run on three hits with no walks and four strikeouts … fired two perfect innings in relief at Georgia (April 18), recording two strikeouts … excellent relief outing on April 12 vs. Auburn – worked four innings and allowed one run on five hits with no walks and two strikeouts … fired two perfect relief innings vs. Ole Miss (March 14) with three strikeouts … earned save in LSU’s 4-2 win over Nebraska (March 8); pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing just one single … fired four strikeouts in only 1.2 innings of relief vs. Southeastern Louisiana on Feb. 26.
2014 Season
Appeared in 26 games (one start), recording a 2-2 mark with a 2.75 ERA and two saves in 36 innings … registered five walks and 29 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .211 batting average … first career collegiate start on April 29 vs. Alcorn State – worked two innings, allowing no runs on two hits with two strikeouts … winning pitcher in LSU’s 4-3, 13-inning victory at Ole Miss on April 17 – worked a scoreless 12th inning with no hits, no walks and two strikeouts … earned first career LSU win in relief vs. Miss. State (April 6); limited Bulldogs to one run on two hits in 1.2 IP with one walk and three strikeouts … superb relief outing versus Georgia (March 23), pitching a season-high 4.0 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with two strikeouts … strong relief outing in LSU win at Vanderbilt (March 14); fired 1.1 innings, allowing an unearned run with no walks and two strikeouts … earned a save versus Purdue (March 9), allowing no runs on one hit in 1.2 innings with one strikeout … earned first career save on February 15 at New Orleans – one scoreless inning with three strikeouts.
Prior to LSU
Posted a 5-1 mark with a 0.90 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 39 innings as a senior at Rancho Bernardo High School … missed the last seven weeks of the season, however, to due to a stress fracture in his right foot … led his team to two CIF San Diego Section D1 championships … named to the San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team … member of the 2012 Southern California Milwaukee Brewers Area Code Team.
Personal
Full name is Parker Brent Bugg … parents are Steven and Betty Ann Bugg … father is a United States Secret Service special agent; mother is a dental hygienist …. father played baseball and basketball at Louisville; mother played field hockey at Eastern Kentucky … has one older sister, Taylor … chose to attend LSU because “it has a rich tradition that cannot be matched anywhere else in the country; the fan base is the best in the country, and LSU always puts itself in position to win the College World Series; I also felt Coach Dunn’s (LSU pitching coach Alan Dunn) experience in professional baseball would prepare me for the next level” … majoring in accounting at LSU … born October 26, 1994 in Louisville, Ky.
Bugg’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 4 vs. Auburn (4/12/15); vs. Georgia (3/23/14)
Strikeouts: 4 at Mississippi State (5/2/15); vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2/26/15)
Hits Allowed: 5 twice; most recently vs. Auburn (4/12/15)
Runs: 4 vs. Houston (6/2/14)
Earned Runs: 4 vs. Houston (6/2/14)
Walks: 3 at Texas A&M (3/24/16)