UC San Diego Tritons baseball

UC San Diego's baseball team

UC San Diego Tritons baseball
2024 UC San Diego Tritons baseball team

Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Overall record	931–682–10 (.577)
University	University of California, San Diego
Head coach	Eric Newman (13th season)
Conference	Big West
Location	La Jolla, California
Home stadium	Triton Ballpark (Capacity: 1,200)
Nickname	Tritons
Colors	Blue and gold
College World Series runner-up
Division II: 2010, 2017
College World Series appearances
Division II: 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019 Division III: 1987, 1994
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division II: 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 Division III: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994
Conference tournament champions
2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Regular season conference champions
Division I: 2023 Division II: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

For information on all UC San Diego sports, see UC San Diego Tritons

The UC San Diego Tritons baseball team is the college baseball program that represents the University of California, San Diego. The Tritons compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big West Conference (BWC). The team plays its home games at Triton Ballpark.

History

The Tritons have made several appearances in the Division II tournament, mostly under the leadership of former head coach Dan O'Brien. The Tritons reached the Division II College World Series for the first time in 2009, finishing fourth. In 2010, the Tritons enjoyed their most successful season to date, compiling a record of 54–8, and reaching the Division II national championship where they eventually fell.

The UC San Diego baseball team plays its home games at Triton Ballpark in La Jolla, which was renovated in 2014. In 2005, the Tritons were the CCAA league champions. In 2007 and 2008, they reached the NCAA West Regionals. In 2009, after winning the CCAA league and CCAA tournament, they advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series under the leadership of coach Dan O'Brien and infielder Vance Albitz, where they placed fourth. In 2010, they were the College World Series runners-up and the CCAA league and tournament champions. In 2011 and 2012, they repeated as CCAA league and tournament champions, again reaching the NCAA West Regionals. They won the CCAA tournament in 2014 as well. In 2017, they were CCAA tournament runners-up and NCAA West Region champions, and placed second in the College World Series.

Triton baseball, like most UCSD athletic programs, transitioned to the NCAA Division I Big West Conference beginning in 2020. They will not be eligible for the Division I College World Series until the reclassification period ends.

Yearly Records

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Postseason
Vince Askey (D-III Ind.) (1980–1981)
1980	Vince Askey	13–22
1981	Vince Askey	7–19
Vince Askey:		20–41 (0.328)
Lyle Yates (D-III Ind.) (1982–1994)
1982	Lyle Yates	9–17
1983	Lyle Yates	8–26
1984	Lyle Yates	10–18–1
1985	Lyle Yates	23–28–1
1986	Lyle Yates	22–16–2	NCAA Regional
1987	Lyle Yates	32–13	DIII College World Series
1988	Lyle Yates	23–12
1989	Lyle Yates	23–19	NCAA Regional
1990	Lyle Yates	19–18–2
1991	Lyle Yates	16–23
1992	Lyle Yates	28–9–1	NCAA Regional
1993	Lyle Yates	16–19–1
1994	Lyle Yates	33–8	DIII College World Series
Lyle Yates:		262–226–8 (0.528)
Robert Fletcher (D-III Ind.) (1995–1997)
1995	Robert Fletcher	23–13
1996	Robert Fletcher	15–20–1
1997	Robert Fletcher	19–17
Robert Fletcher:		57–50–1 (0.528)
Dan O'Brien (D-III Ind.) (1998–2000)
1998	Dan O'Brien	20–18
1999	Dan O'Brien	19–18
2000	Dan O'Brien	22–13
Dan O'Brien (D-III):		61–49 (0.555)
Division III (total):		400–366–9 (0.516)
Dan O'Brien (D-II CCAA) (2001–2011)
2001	Dan O'Brien	14–34	7-28	11th	CCAA Tournament
2002	Dan O'Brien	30–23–1	23-17	5th	NCAA West Regional
2003	Dan O'Brien	25–28	19-19	T-6th	CCAA Tournament
2004	Dan O'Brien	35–24	22-18	5th	CCAA Tournament
2005	Dan O'Brien	37–20	23-17	3rd	NCAA West Regional
2006	Dan O'Brien	35–24	23-13	2nd	CCAA Tournament
2007	Dan O'Brien	37–25	24-12	4th	NCAA West Regional
2008	Dan O'Brien	43–18	NCAA West Regional
2009	Dan O'Brien	41–15	27-9	1st	College World Series
2010	Dan O'Brien	54–8	35-5	1st	National Runners-Up
2011	Dan O'Brien	42–15	29-11	1st	NCAA West Regional
Dan O'Brien (D-II):		393–234–1 (0.625)	257-160-0 (0.616)
Dan O'Brien (total):		454–283–1 (0.615)	257-160-0 (0.616)
Eric Newman (D-II CCAA) (2012–2020)
2012	Eric Newman	33–24	26-14	T-1st	NCAA West Regional
2013	Eric Newman	26–24	20-20	T-6th	CCAA Tournament
2014	Eric Newman	38–16	26-10	3rd	NCAA West Regional
2015	Eric Newman	36–21	27-13	T-2nd	NCAA West Regional
2016	Eric Newman	31–21	20-17	2nd (South)	CCAA Tournament
2017	Eric Newman	44–19	24-13	2nd (South)	National Runners-Up
2018	Eric Newman	43–17	30-14	T-1st	2018 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
2019	Eric Newman	41–16	30-10	1st	2019 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
2020	Eric Newman	17-4	12-4	n/a	n/a
Eric Newman (D-I Big West) (2021–present)
2021	Eric Newman	24-28	21-17	4th
2022	Eric Newman	24-32	13-17	8th
2023	Eric Newman	34-18	21-9	1st	not eligible
Eric Newman:		391–230 (0.630)
Division II (total):		763–445–1 (0.632)	257–160 (0.616)
Division I (total):		82–78–0 (0.513)	55–43 (0.561)
Total:		1,066–737–10 (0.581)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Notable alumni

Kyle Abbott, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Philadelphia Phillies
Vance Albitz, St. Louis Cardinals
Alex Cremidan, Arizona Diamondbacks
Guido Knudson, Detroit Tigers
Alon Leichman, Olympian, member of the Israel national baseball team, and assistant pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds
Randy Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos
Dillon Moyer, Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob Natal, Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins
Tony York, Chicago Cubs

References

"Baseball Record Book – UCSDTritons.com—Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics". Ucsdtritons.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
"UC San Diego Brand Guidelines" (PDF). July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
"Baseball – Schedule/Results – UCSDTritons.com—Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics". Ucsdtritons.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
Loh, Stefanie (April 10, 2015). "UCSD unveils new $6.89M ballpark". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
"Back On Top! No. 18 UCSD Reclaims CCAA Supremacy With Record Sixth Tournament Banner". UCSD Tritons. University of California, San Diego. May 10, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Kenney, Kirk (June 4, 2017). "UCSD's national title hopes end with 5–2 loss to West Chester (Pa.)". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Schneider, Gabe (November 27, 2017). "UC San Diego to Move to Division I Sports". The Triton. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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