UC Irvine Baseball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
UC Irvine Anteaters
 
Big West (43-12, 22-8)
 
 
Coach: Ben Orloff
 
Key Field Players:
Myles Smith, Junior, OF, .405 BA, 8 HR, 43 RBI
Caden Kendle, Senior, OF, .389 BA, 5 HR, 54 RBI
Woody Hadeen, Junior, IF, .365 BA, 0 HR, 29 RBI, 12 SB
Anthony Martinez, Sophomore, 1B, .324 BA, 9 HR, 70 RBI
Jo Oyama, Senior, IF, .290 BA, 8 HR, 51 RBI
Thomas McCaffrey, Senior, C, .300 BA, 10 HR, 46 RBI
Will Bermudez, Junior, IF, .314 BA, 4 HR, 47 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Nick Pinto, Senior, P, 3.44 ERA, 9-2 W/L, 89.0 IP, 90 SO
Trevor Hansen, Freshman, P, 5.64 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 68.2 IP, 66 SO
Branon Luu, Freshman, P, 4.09 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 44.0 IP, 25 SO
Ricky Tibbett, Senior, P, 3.07 ERA, 4-1 W/L, 44.0 IP, 48 SO, 10 SV
Ricky Ojeda, Freshman, P, 3.06 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 47.0 IP, 69 SO, 1 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .315 (13th in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.71 (106, 5)
Doubles per Game: 2.27 (18, 1)
Earned Run Average: 4.62 (34, 5)
Fielding Percentage: .976 (57, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 1.12 (140, 2)
Scoring Offense: 9.0 (13, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .486 (72, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.71 (245, 6)
Triples per Game: 0.29 (43, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2021Regionaldefeated Nevada, lost to Stanford, defeated North Dakota State, defeated Stanford, eliminated by Stanford
2014Regionaldefeated UNLV, defeated Oregon State, lost to Oregon State, defeated Oregon State
2014Super Regionaldefeated Oklahoma State, defeated Oklahoma State
2014CWSdefeated Texas, lost to Vanderbilt, eliminated by Texas
2011Regionaldefeated Fresno State, defeated San Francisco, defeated UCLA
2011Super Regionaleliminated by Virginia
2010Regionallost to LSU, defeated Kent State, defeated LSU, eliminated by UCLA
2009Regionaldefeated Fresno State, lost to Virginia, defeated San Diego State, eliminated by Virginia
2008Regionaldefeated Oral Roberts, defeated Nebraska, defeated Oral Roberts
2008Super Regionaleliminated by LSU
2007Regionaldefeated Wake Forest, defeated Texas, defeated Texas
2007Super Regionaldefeated Wichita State
2007CWSlost to Arizona State, defeated Cal State Fullerton, defeated Arizona State, eliminated by Oregon State
 
*all team stats through 5/19