MOBILE, Ala. – Former University of South Alabama baseball All-American and Major Leaguer Juan Pierre will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, the organization recently announced.
Pierre, who helped lead the Florida Marlins to the 2003 World Series title, batted .295 with 255 doubles, 94 triples, 18 home runs, 517 RBI, 1,075 runs scored and 614 stolen bases in 14 MLB seasons with six different organizations. He ranks 18th in career stolen bases in MLB, and led the National League in stolen bases in 2001 (46) and 2003 (65) and led the American League in 2010 with 68.