#17 Chris Reid Season 2019
LSU Graduate – Summer 2019 (Sport Administration)
SEC Co-Player of the Week (April 1, 2019)
Excellent player who appeared in 183 games (114 starts, mostly at third base) during his four-year career at LSU … has a nice left-handed swing that makes consistent contact and uses the whole field … earned his LSU degree in sport administration in the summer of 2019.
2019 Season
Played in 57 games (47 starts) batting .255 (42-for-165) with 11 doubles, one homer, 33 RBI and 31 runs … Collected three RBI and three runs scored in NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 31-June 2) … batted .462 (6-for-13) in Ole Miss series (May 3-5) with two doubles, one RBI and two runs … named SEC Co-Player of the Week on April 1 after he led LSU to the series victory at Miss. State (March 28-30), batting .750 (6-for-8) with one double, six RBI and four runs scored … Reid also walked three times and was hit by a pitch, recording a .769 on-base percentage in three games … in LSU’s 10-5 win in Game 2, Reid paced the Tigers’ 13-hit attack by going 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI and three runs scored … in the Tigers’ 11-2, series-clinching win in Game 3, Reid provided two RBI with a double and a sacrifice fly, and he scored two runs … delivered a two-out, two-strike RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning March 20 to tie Nicholls, 4-4, and send the contest into extra innings; LSU won, 5-4, in the 10th … 4-for-10 in the Kentucky series (March 16-17) with one double, four RBI and two runs … launched his second career homer – a solo shot – in March 9 win over California – Reid’s first homer came on March 5, 2016, versus Fordham when the Baton Rouge native was a freshman.
2018 Season
Played in 46 games (17 starts), batting .267 (16-for-60) with one double, seven RBI and 12 runs scored … batted .300 (3-for-10) as a pinch hitter … 3-for-4 at the plate versus Hawaii (March 11) with one RBI and two runs.
2017 Season
Played in 25 games (three starts), batting .208 (5-for-24) with three RBI and four runs scored … provided two pinch-hit singles in the College World Series, one versus Oregon State (June 19) and one versus Florida (June 27) … 1-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored in win over Wichita State (March 12) … contributed a single and an RBI at McNeese State (March 8).
2016 Season
Played in 55 games (47 starts), batting .287 (48-for-167) with nine doubles, one triple, one homer, 14 RBI and 27 runs … LSU’s second-leading hitter in SEC games, batting .337 (31-for-92) with seven doubles, one triple, nine RBI and 15 runs … hit .313 (5-for-16) in the NCAA Regional with one walk … 3-for-7 in the Florida series (May 19-21) with two doubles, one RBI and one run scored … hit .417 (5-for-12) in the Arkansas series (May 6-8) with one double, one RBI and two runs … batted .556 in Ole Miss series (April 28-30) as he collected five hits in nine at-bats; Reid belted three doubles while scoring three runs and posting one RBI … he recorded a career-best four hits – including two doubles – in Game 3 of the Ole Miss series on April 30 … 3-for-5 in LSU win at Missouri (April 17) with one RBI and two runs … hit .364 (4-for-11) at Auburn (April 1-3) with one triple, two RBI and two runs … belted inside-the-park home run on March 5 versus Fordham in Game 1 of a doubleheader.
Prior to LSU
Named a 2015 Perfect Game All-American … a three-time All-State selection and was named All-Metro and All-District on four occasions … hit .416 in 2015 with nine doubles, two triples, two homers and a .615 on-base percentage … struck out only 11 times in 122 plate appearances … batted .454 as a junior with 13 doubles and 29 RBI … also earned all-state honors three times in football as the St. Michael punter.
Personal
Full name is Christopher Paul Reid … parents are Jeff and Lisa Reid … father is a paint contractor, mother is in sales … father studied business at LSU … grandfather, Dr. Roy Constantin, earned his master’s in horticulture at LSU and became an LSU professor … great uncle, Milton Constantin, earned a master’s at LSU in agronomy … cousin, Ronnie Reid, played football at LSU and another cousin, Sonny Reid, was an LSU gymnast … majoring in sport administration at LSU … born August 5, 1996 in Baton Rouge.
Reid’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 6 vs. Ole Miss (5/5/19)
Hits: 4 at Ole Miss (4/30/16)
Runs Scored: 3 at Mississippi State (3/29/19)
Doubles: 2 at Ole Miss (4/30/16)
Triples: 1 at Auburn (4/2/16)
Home Runs: 1 vs. Fordham (3/5/16); vs. California (3/9/19)
RBI: 3 vs. Southern (3/27/19); at Mississippi State (3/29/19)