2022 California Golden Bears baseball team

2022 California Golden Bears baseball
Cal logo written in blue and gold script
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record29–27 (14–16 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Noah Jackson (5th season)
  • Matt Flemer (4th season)
  • Chad Highberger (2nd season)
Home stadiumEvans Diamond
2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 47 – 16 – 0   .746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 48 – 18 – 0   .727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 40 – 24 – 0   .625
Oregon ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 36 – 25 – 0   .590
Arizona ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 39 – 25 – 0   .609
Washington ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 30 – 26 – 0   .536
 ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 26 – 31 – 0   .456
Washington State ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 27 – 26 – 0   .509
Utah ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 26 – 27 – 1   .491
USC ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 25 – 28 – 0   .472
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Neu, in his 5th season at Cal.

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished with a record of 29–26, and 15–15 in conference play.[2] The Golden Bears were not selected to compete in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Personnel

Roster

2022 California Golden Bears roster
 

Pitchers

  • 1 – Christian Becerra – Freshman
  • 4 – Joseph King – Junior
  • 5 – Connor Sullivan – Sophomore
  • 14 – Nick Proctor – Senior
  • 16 – Tucker Bougie – Freshman
  • 18 – Tommy Hannan – Grad. student
  • 19 – Steven Zobac – Junior
  • 21 – Andres Galan – Freshman
  • 22 – Sam Stoutenborough – Senior
  • 23 – Vaughn Mauterer – Junior
  • 24 – Aaron Roberts – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 29 – Ben Lake – Junior
  • 31 – Carson Crawford – Freshman
  • 32 – Chris Stamos – Junior
  • 33 – Lucas Gather – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 34 – Josh White – Junior
  • 35 – Ian May – Freshman
  • 38 – Matt Lozovoy – Junior
  • 40 – Henrik Reinertsen – Grad. student
  • 41 – Paulshawn Pasqualotto – Sophomore
  • 43 – Mitch Benson – Senior
  • 46 – Nick Sweet – Freshman
  • 49 – Mitchell Scott – Senior

Catchers

  • 6 – Cole Elvis – Senior
  • 9 – Dom Souto – Senior
  • 27 – Joey Donnelly – Freshman
  • 30 – Nico Button – Freshman
  • 47 – Caleb Lomavita – Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 – Keshawn Ogans – Junior
  • 10 – Hance Smith – Grad. student
  • 15 – Jack Johnston – Freshman
  • 16 – Tucker Bougie – Freshman
  • 21 – Andres Galan – Freshman
  • 25 – Nathan Martorella – Junior
  • 27 – Joey Donnelly – Freshman
  • 31 – Carson Crawford – Freshman
  • 44 – Blake Atkins – Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 3 – Trevor Tishenkel – Sophomore
  • 8 – Nathan Manning – Junior
  • 17 – Dylan Beavers – Junior
  • 19 – Steven Zobac – Junior
  • 26 – Rodney Green Jr. – Freshman
  • 28 – Garret Nielsen – Redshirt Junior
  • 39 – Jag Burden – Sophomore

Coaches

2022 California Golden Bears baseball coaching staff
  • Mike Neu – Head coach – 5th season
  • Noah Jackson – Assistant coach – 5th season
  • Matt Flemer – Assistant coach – 4th season
  • Chad Highberger – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at Cal.

Schedule

2022 California Golden Bears game log (29–27)
Regular Season: 28–25 (Home: 16–13; Away: 9–11; Neutral: 3–1)
Postseason (1–2)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Golden Bears team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Source:[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[5]——*
Baseball America[6]——
Collegiate Baseball^[7]RV—
NCBWA†[8]RVRV
D1Baseball——

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† 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.

References

  1. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 NCAA Tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. May 31, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". calbears.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  5. ^ USA Today Coaches Poll
  6. ^ Baseball America Poll
  7. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  8. ^ NCBWA Poll