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Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Ben McDonald

Pitcher • Denham Springs, LA

— 1987-89 —

 
 
Ben McDonald Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 27, 2021
1. Ben McDonald Marker
Inscription.
All-Time Alex Box Stadium Team
Omaha Era
College Baseball Hall of Fame
Golden Spikes Award, 1989
All-American, 1988-89
 
Erected by LSU Athletics, In Memory of Daniel Ramsey Barfield, Jr.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.
 
Location. 30° 24.356′ N, 91° 11.223′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Gourrier Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8
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other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lane Mestepey (here, next to this marker); Lyle Mouton (here, next to this marker); Warren Morris (here, next to this marker); Ryan Patterson (a few steps from this marker); Chad Ogea (a few steps from this marker); Jason Williams (a few steps from this marker); Trey Hodges (a few steps from this marker); Matt Liuzza (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
 
More about this marker. Located around the Alex Box Stadium perimeter walls.
 
Ben McDonald Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 27, 2021
2. Ben McDonald Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 16, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
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