2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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2024 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA Bruins primary logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Record19–33 (9–21 Pac-12)
Head coach
Hitting coachBryant Ward (10th season)
Home stadium Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 14 Arizona  20100 .66732200 .615
No. 6 Oregon State  19100 .65541130 .759
No. 23 Oregon  19110 .63337160 .698
USC  17120 .58628270 .509
Arizona State  17130 .56731240 .564
California  17130 .56734180 .654
Utah  16140 .53332210 .604
Stanford  11190 .36720320 .385
Washington  10200 .33319291 .398
UCLA  9210 .30019330 .365
Washington State  9210 .30021320 .396
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 16, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2024 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 20th season at UCLA.

Contents

Previous season

The Bruins finished with a record of 27–24–1, and 12–16–1 in conference play.

Personnel

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 – Cody Delvecchio – Sophomore
  • 10 – Nate Leibold – Junior
  • 16 – Jack O'Connor – Sophomore
  • 19 – Landon Stump – Freshman
  • 20 – Justin Lee – Freshman
  • 25 – Josh Alger – Junior
  • 28 – Cal Randall – Freshman
  • 29 – Finn McIllroy – Sophomore
  • 31 – Chris Aldrich – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 32 – James Hepp – Junior
  • 34 – Luke Rodriguez – Freshman
  • 35 – Luke Jewett – Junior
  • 37 – Will Goldberg – Freshman
  • 38 – Owen Egan – Freshman
  • 43 – Matthew Gobel – Freshman
  • 45 – Chris Grothues – Sophomore
  • 47 – Kaena Kiakona – Freshman
  • 50 – Rashad Ruff – Graduate
  • 51 – Caedon Kottinger – Senior
  • 55 – Michael Barnett – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 17 – Jack Holman – Junior
  • 30 – Quintt Landis – Graduate
  • 33 – Blake Balsz – Freshman
  • 40 – Cashel Duggar – Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 – Roch Cholowsky – Freshman
  • 2 – Duce Gourson – Junior
  • 3 – Cody Schrier – Junior
  • 4 – Phoenix Call – Freshman
  • 5 – Daylen Reyes – Senior
  • 6 – Grant Gray – Freshman
  • 7 – Roman Martin – Freshman
  • 9 – Cameron Kim – Freshman
  • 14 – AJ Salgado – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 39 – Mulivai Levu – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 11 – Payton Brennan – Sophomore
  • 15 – Jarrod Hocking – Sophomore
  • 18 – Carson Yates – Senior
  • 21 – JonJon Vaughns – Senior
  • 24 – Malakhi Knight – Junior
  • 27 – Keenan Proctor – Sophomore
  • 36 – Dean West – Freshman
  • 44 – Toussaint Bythewood – Sophomore
  • 48 – Aidan Espinoza – Freshman

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff [2]
  • John Savage – Head Coach – 20th season
  • Bryant Ward – Assistant Coach – 9th season
  • Niko Gallego – Assistant Coach – 10th season
  • David Berg – Assistant Coach – 6th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2024 UCLA Bruins Game Log (19–33)
Regular season: 19-33 (Home: 15-11; Away: 4-20; Neutral: 0-2)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [3] 2424*
Baseball America [4] 24
NCBWA [5] 2219
D1Baseball [6] 2220
Perfect Game [7] 181625

NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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 13, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "2024 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  3. USA Today Coaches Poll
  4. Baseball America Poll
  5. NCBWA Poll
  6. D1Baseball Poll
  7. Perfect Game Poll