2023 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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2023 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA Bruins primary logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Record27–24–1 (12–16–1 Pac-12)
Head coach
Hitting coachBryant Ward (9th season)
Home stadium Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
  2022
2024 
2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 4 Stanford  y2370 .76738160 .704
No. 23 Oregon State  y18120 .60039180 .684
Washington  y17120 .58635180 .660
USC  17130 .56734231 .595
Arizona State  16130 .55232230 .582
No. 12 Oregon  y16140 .53338200 .655
UCLA  12161 .43128241 .538
Arizona  y12180 .40033240 .579
California  12180 .40024280 .462
Washington State  10190 .34529230 .558
Utah  9201 .31722321 .409
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 30, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 UCLA Bruins baseball team represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins play their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They are led by head coach John Savage, in his 19th season at UCLA.

Contents

Previous season

The Bruins finished with a record of 40–24, and 19–11 in conference play In the postseason, the Bruins were invited and participated in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Auburn in the Auburn Regional in Auburn, Alabama.

Personnel

Roster

2023 UCLA Bruins roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 7 – Ethan Flanagan – Sophomore
  • 10 – Nate Leibold – Sophomore
  • 11 – Ben Jacobs – Freshman
  • 12 – Gage Jump – Sophomore
  • 14 – Charles Harrison – Senior
  • 16 – Jack O'Connor – Freshman
  • 20 – Josh Alger – Sophomore
  • 25 – Cody Delvecchio – Freshman
  • 28 – James Hepp – Sophomore
  • 29 – Finn McIllroy – Freshman
  • 30 – Alonzo TredwellSophomore
  • 31 – Chris Aldrich – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 32 – Josh Hahn – Senior
  • 33 – Jake Saum – Senior
  • 34 – Jake Brooks – Junior
  • 35 – Luke Jewett – Sophomore
  • 40 – Michael Barnett – Freshman
  • 45 – Chris Grothues – Freshman
  • 51 – Caedon Kottinger – Junior
  • 55 – Kelly Austin – Redshirt.svg Senior

Catchers

  • 9 – Darius Perry – Senior
  • 17 – Jack Holman – Sophomore
  • 19 – Aidan Berger – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 36 – Knox Loposer – Graduate

Infielders

  • 1 – Cody Schrier – Sophomore
  • 3 – Duce Gourson – Sophomore
  • 4 – Kyle KarrosJunior
  • 5 – Daylen Reyes – Junior
  • 6 – Payton Brennan – Freshman
  • 8 – Andrew Walters – Freshman
  • 38 – AJ Salgado – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 6 – Payton Brennan – Freshman
  • 15 – Jarrod Hocking – Freshman
  • 18 – Carson Yates – Junior
  • 21 – JonJon Vaughns – Junior
  • 24 – Malakhi Knight – Sophomore
  • 27 – Keenan Proctor – Freshman
  • 32 – Josh Hahn – Senior
  • 44 – Toussaint Bythewood – Freshman

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff [2]
  • John Savage – Head coach – 19th season
  • Bryant Ward – Assistant coach – 8th season
  • Niko Gallego – Assistant coach – 9th season
  • David Berg – Volunteer assistant coach – 5th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2023 UCLA Bruins Game Log (27–24–1)
Regular season: 28–24–1 (Home: 19–9–1; Away: 8–14 Neutral: 1–1)
Postseason: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 1–1)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [3] 1515*121212812221922
Baseball America [4] 1213141312912
Collegiate Baseball^ [5] 131010109913
NCBWA [6] 1413131211812232322
D1Baseball [7] 1717171613712242222

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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References

  1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "2023 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  3. USA Today Coaches Poll
  4. Baseball America Poll
  5. Collegiate Baseball Poll
  6. NCBWA Poll
  7. D1Baseball Poll