#11 Landon Marceaux Season 2020
2021 Second-Team All-American (Perfect Game)
2021 Third-Team All-American (Baseball America, NCBWA, D1 Baseball)
2021 Second-Team All-SEC
2021 First-Team ABCA All-South Region
2021 Louisiana Pitcher of the Year (La. Sportswriters Association)
Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 19, 2021)
2019 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (May 20, 2019)
MLB Draft:
3rd Round in 2021 (Los Angeles Angels)
37th Round in 2018 (New York Yankees)
Worked as LSU’s No. 1 starter for the majority of the 2021 season to complete his three-year career with the Tigers … made 37 career appearances (35 starts), posting a 14-9 record and a 3.23 ERA in 184 innings with 53 walks and 181 strikeouts … selected in the third round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels and signed a pro contract … Started 14 games in 2019 for LSU as a true freshman and pitched in LSU’s weekend rotation in shortened 2020 season … very polished pitcher with a four-pitch mix and ability to command the strike zone… competed on a very high level for 18U USA Baseball, helping his team win the World Cup during his senior year in high school … has an outstanding skill set and work ethic.
2021 Season
Earned 2021 Second-Team All-America and All-SEC accolades … Made 18 appearances (17 starts), posting a 7-7 record and a 2.54 in 102.2 innings with 26 walks and 116 strikeouts … finished No. 5 in the SEC in cumulative ERA (2.54), No. 4 in the league in innings pitched (102.2) and No. 7 in the league in strikeouts (114) … Made two appearances in the NCAA Eugene Regional, one as a starter and one as a reliever … started LSU’s regional opener vs. Gonzaga (June 4) and was charged with the loss as he allowed three runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings with three walks and three strikeouts … threw 101 pitches against Gonzaga but returned on two days’ rest to earn a relief win over Oregon in the regional title game (June 7), firing 2.1 innings with one run on four hits, no walks and two strikeouts … Fired his first career complete game on May 25 vs. Georgia in the SEC Tournament, allowing four runs on nine hits in eight innings with three walks and nine strikeouts … Fired 6.1 shutout innings May 14 to defeat Alabama … he scattered 11 hits – including 10 singles – with one walk and six strikeouts … Recorded his second-highest number of strikeouts this season (11) on May 6 to post a win at Auburn … limited Auburn to three runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings with two walks and 11 Ks … fired 104 pitches in the outing, 66 for strikes … 7 IP vs. No. 1 Arkansas (April 30) – two runs on four hits, no walks, eight strikeouts … Named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week after defeating South Carolina on April 15 … fired a career-high 12 Ks and worked seven shutout innings, allowing three hits and one walk … Defeated Kentucky on April 9, limiting the Wildcats to two runs – one earned – in 7.1 innings with seven hits, no walks and eight strikeouts … Marceaux retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced, and he did not allow a UK player to advance beyond first base until the 6th inning … Saw his streak of 33.2 straight innings without allowing an earned run end in March 26 game at Tennessee … pitched five innings vs. UT and gave up two runs – one earned – on three hits with three walks and nine strikeouts … 7.0 IP vs. Miss. State (March 20), allowing one unearned run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts, but was charged with the loss … Pitched six shutout innings on March 13 versus UT San Antonio, and he recorded 11 strikeouts … Six shutout innings vs. Oral Roberts (March 6) with six hits, no BB, seven Ks … collected10 Ks in win over Nicholls (Feb. 27); allowed no runs on two hits in six IP with no walks.
2020 Season
Made four weekend starts, posting a 2-0 record and a 2.70 ERA in 23.1 innings with seven walks and 22 strikeouts … defeated UMass Lowell on March 7, allowing two runs on four hits in five innings with three walks and eight strikeouts … pitched effectively in a no-decision outing vs. Baylor on Feb. 29, limiting the Bears to two runs on five hits in six innings with two walks and six strikeouts … posted a dominating win over Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 22, allowing four hits in eight shutout innings with no walks and six strikeouts.
2019 Season
Appeared in 15 games (14 starts), posting a 5-2 record and a 4.66 ERA in 58 innings with 43 strikeouts … was 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his last five starts (27.1 innings) with six walks and 19 strikeouts … started Game 2 of the NCAA Super Regional versus Florida State (June 9), working 3.2 innings in a no-decision outing and allowing four runs (two earned) on eight hits with one walk and two strikeouts … voted to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament team after defeating Stony Brook in regional opener (May 31), allowing one earned run on seven hits in five innings with one walk and three strikeouts … quality start versus Auburn in the SEC Tournament (May 23), allowing no earned runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings with one walk and five strikeouts … named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week after he delivered a brilliant outing on May 17 to clinch LSU’s series win over Auburn … Marceaux pitched a career-high seven innings, limiting Auburn to one run on only two hits with no walks and a career-best seven strikeouts … he allowed just one Auburn runner to advance beyond first base during his outing … Marceaux retired 11 straight Auburn hitters from the first inning through the fourth inning, and he retired nine in a row from the fifth through the seventh innings to complete his outing … effective start at Arkansas on May 11, working five innings and limiting the Razorbacks to two runs on seven hits with two strikeouts; Marceaux was not involved in the decision of the Tigers’ 3-2 win … was limited during the season by arm soreness, but made first career SEC appearance on April 28 at Alabama as the starter … defeated Alabama to clinch the series for the Tigers, pitching five innings (82 pitches) against the Crimson Tide while allowing two runs on five hits with three strikeouts … worked three shutout innings as a starter vs. Lamar (April 23), allowing three hits with no walks and one strikeout … excellent outing at Northwestern State (March 12), firing three shutout innings with no hits, no walks and three strikeouts.
Prior to LSU
Selected in the 37th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees … listed as the No. 1 Player in Louisiana in the 2018 high school class by Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report … listed as the No. 50 overall player and No. 18 pitcher in the 2018 high school class by Perfect Game … listed as the No. 109 prospect in the 2018 MLB Draft by Baseball America and No. 117 by MLB Pipeline … three-time selection to the NOLA.com/Times Picayune All-Metro baseball team … received 2018 All-America recognition from Baseball America and from Rawlings/Perfect Game … a two-time All-State selection; three-time 1st Team All-District selection, and 2018 District 7-5A Pitcher of the Year … recorded 76 strikeouts in 49.2 innings in 2018 with only five walks (1 intentional); posted a 5-0 record and a 1.26 ERA … recorded 99 strikeouts in 63.1 innings in 2017 with only eight walks, two no-hitters and a 1.56 ERA … set the Destrehan High School ERA record with a 0.64 ERA as a sophomore in 2016 … career stats at Destrehan High School: 18-3 record, three saves, 168.1 innings, 239 strikeouts, 31 walks and a 1.17 ERA … member of 2017 Team USA 18U Baseball Team, the WBSC 18U Baseball World Cup Gold Medal Winners.
Personal
Full name is Landon Joel Marceaux … majoring in interdisciplinary studies at LSU … born October 8, 1999.
Marceaux’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 8.0 twice – vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/22/20); vs. Georgia (5/25/21)
Strikeouts: 12 vs. South Carolina (4/15/21)
Hits Allowed: 11 vs. Alabama (5/14/21)
Runs: 9 vs. Vanderbilt (4/1/21)
Earned Runs: 8 vs. Vanderbilt (4/1/21)
Walks: 4 at Texas (3/2/19)