Pac-12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year | |
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Awarded for | the most outstanding baseball pitcher in the Pac-12 Conference |
Country | United States |
First awarded | 1991 |
Currently held by | Alex Williams, Stanford |
The Pac-12 Conference pitcher of the Year is a baseball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding pitcher. From 1991 to 1998, an award was given to the most outstanding pitcher in the South division. After the 1999 season, the divisions were eliminated, making all Pac-12 pitchers eligible.
† | Co-pitchers of the Year |
* | Awarded a national pitcher of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award |
pitcher (X) | Denotes the number of times the pitcher had been awarded the pitcher of the Year award at that point |
Also known to be the first indian born professional baseball player, drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1994 and the Texas Rangers in 1995
Season | Pitcher | School | Reference |
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1999 | Barry Zito | Southern California | [1] |
2000† | Rick Currier | Southern California | [1] |
2000† | Justin Wayne | Stanford | [1] |
2001 | Mark Prior * | Southern California | [1] |
2002 | Jeremy Guthrie | Stanford | [1] |
2003 | John Hudgins | Stanford | [1] |
2004 | Tim Lincecum | Washington | [1] |
2005 | Ian Kennedy | Southern California | [1] |
2006 | Tim Lincecum * (2) | Washington | [1] |
2007 | Preston Guilmet | Arizona | [1] |
2008 | Mike Leake | Arizona State | [1] |
2009 | Mike Leake (2) | Arizona State | [1] |
2010 | Seth Blair | Arizona State | [1] |
2011 | Trevor Bauer * | UCLA | [1] |
2012 | Alex Keudell | Oregon | [2] |
2013 | David Berg | UCLA | [3] |
2014 | Jace Fry | Oregon State | [4] |
2015 | David Berg (2) | UCLA | [5] |
2016 | Troy Rallings | Washington | [6] |
2017 | Luke Heimlich | Oregon State | [7] |
2018 | Luke Heimlich (2) | Oregon State | [8] |
2019 | Ryan Garcia | UCLA | [9] |
2021 | Brendan Beck | Stanford | [10] |
2022 | Alex Williams | Stanford | [11] |
Season | Pitcher | School | Reference |
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1991 | Jackie Nickell | Southern California | [1] |
1992 | Pete Janicki | UCLA | [1] |
1993† | Marc Barcelo | Arizona State | [1] |
1993† | Bobby Kahlon | California | [1] |
1994† | Noah Peery | Arizona State | [1] |
1994† | Dan Reed | Stanford | [1] |
1995† | Randy Flores | Southern California | [1] |
1995† | Kyle Peterson | Stanford | [1] |
1996 | Seth Etherton | Southern California | [1] |
1997 | Kyle Peterson (2) | Stanford | [1] |
1998† | Jeff Austin | Stanford | [1] |
1998† | Seth Etherton (2) | Southern California | [1] |
School (year joined) a | Winners | Years |
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Stanford (1959) | 9 | 1994†, 1995†, 1997, 1998†, 2000†, 2002, 2003, 2021, 2022 |
Southern California (1959) | 8 | 1991, 1995†, 1996, 1998†, 1999, 2000†, 2001, 2005 |
Arizona State (1978) | 5 | 1993†, 1994†, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
UCLA (1959) | 4 | 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015 |
Washington (1959) | 3 | 2004, 2006, 2016 |
Arizona (1978) | 1 | 2007 |
California (1959) | 1 | 1993† |
Oregon b (1964) | 1 | 2012 |
Oregon State (1964) | 2 | 2014, 2017, 2018 |
Utah (2011) | 0 | — |
Washington State (1962) | 0 | — |
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