1969 season Chris Chambliss led the Bruins to the
1969 CWS, UCLA's first. The team defeated
Santa Clara at the NCAA Regional and finished in 7th place, after losing to
Tulsa, 6–5 in 10 innings, and to
Arizona State, 2–1 in 12 innings. Chambliss, who went on to play for
Major League Baseball's
Cleveland Indians,
New York Yankees, and
Atlanta Braves between 1971 and 1986, had a team-high .340 batting average and 15 home runs. Other members of the team included
Bill Bonham,
Mike Reinbach, and
Jim York.
1997 season and the
2002 World Series Champion Anaheim Angels The 1997 team won the Pac-10 title with a 43–18 record (21–9 Pac-10) and reached in the
CWS. The team was led by head coach
Gary Adams and included future
Major League Baseball players
Troy Glaus,
Jim Parque, and
Eric Byrnes.
Jon Heinrichs,
Tom Jacquez,
Eric Valent, and
Peter Zamora also played on the team. During the season, UCLA held a number one ranking, and the team finished the season ranked sixth. At the NCAA tournament Midwest Regional in
Stillwater, Oklahoma, the Bruins lost the first game to
Harvard, but won the next four games, against
Ohio,
Tennessee, Harvard, and
Oklahoma State, in order to advance to the College World Series. At the College World Series, UCLA struggled with poor pitching and defense and lost its first game to Miami, 7–3 (12 innings), and was eliminated by Mississippi State, 7–5, in their second game.
2010 season The Bruins finished the 2010 season with a 43–13 record and were selected to host the Los Angeles Regional of the
2010 NCAA tournament at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The team won the regional by defeating its other three teams,
UC Irvine (39–17),
Kent State (39–23), and defending national champions
LSU (40–20). The Bruins advanced to the Super Regional round, in which they defeated
Cal State Fullerton. The team became UCLA's first to win a College World Series game, defeating
Florida in the first game, 11–3. The Bruins then defeated
TCU twice to advance to the National Championship Series. The Bruins lost both games to
South Carolina in the CWS Championship Series to finish as national runners-up. The team was ranked No. 1 in an April
Baseball America poll. Cody Regis, Beau Amaral, and
Trevor Bauer were named to the All-College World Series Team.
Rob Rasmussen was among ten players from the 2010 team that were selected in the
2010 MLB draft.
2012 season With a 42–14 record, the Bruins hosted the Los Angeles Regional of the
NCAA tournament at Jackie Robinsion Stadium and defeated
Creighton and
New Mexico to advance to the Super Regional. The Bruins then defeated
TCU to advance to the College World Series. At the
College World Series, UCLA defeated
Stony Brook, but was eliminated with losses to
Arizona and
Florida State.
2013 season playing at the
L.A. Regional at
Jackie Robinson Stadium on June 1, 2013 Following a 39–17 regular season record and third-place finish in the Pac-12, UCLA was selected to host a regional in the
2013 NCAA tournament. In it, UCLA defeated Cal Poly, San Diego, and San Diego State to advance to the Super Regional. In the Fullerton Super Regional, UCLA defeated top ranked
Cal State Fullerton, 5–3 (in extra innings) and 3–0, advance to the
College World Series for the third time in four seasons. UCLA advanced to the
2013 College World Series and faced
Mississippi State in a best-of-three final, having defeating the number one national seed
North Carolina, 4–1, in the final game of the preliminary round. The Bruins won the first game, 3–1. They won the second game, 8–0, to win the program's first national championship. The team's pitching staff, including starters
Adam Plutko, Nick Vander Tuig, and Grant Watson, and relievers
James Kaprielian,
Zack Weiss, and
David Berg, gave up only four runs in five games at the World Series. The Bruins became the first team to win the World Series without hitting a home run during the tournament since
Ohio State did in
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