2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins finished the season with a 38–26 overall record.[2] With a 17–7 conference record, UCLA shared the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with Arizona and Stanford.[3] The team qualified for the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were seeded #1 in the Oklahoma City Regional. The Bruins beat Delaware and Oklahoma to reach the regional finals. UCLA again played the Oklahoma Sooners in the finals, and beat them 11–3 to advance to the Baton Rouge Super Regionals.[4] The Bruins faced the LSU Tigers, who were the #1 seed from the Baton Rouge Regional. UCLA lost the first game of the series 2–8, and lost the second game 8–14.[5] LSU went on to win the 2000 College World Series, and never lost a game in the entire tournament.

2000 UCLA Bruins baseball
Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional vs. LSU, L, 2–8, 8–14
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2000 record38–26 (17–7 Pac-10)
Head coachGary Adams
Home stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Stanford  y 177 .708  5016 .758
No. 12 Arizona State  y 177 .708  4415 .746
No. 16 UCLA  y 177 .708  3826 .594
No. 5 USC  y 168 .667  4420 .688
California   1113 .458  2528 .472
Oregon State   915 .375  2827 .509
Arizona   816 .333  2630 .464
Washington   717 .292  2630 .464
Washington State   618 .250  2036 .357
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

UCLA set the NCAA record for most players drafted from a university in a single season when 12 players were picked in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]

Schedule

2000 UCLA Bruins Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

UCLA Bruins in the 2000 MLB Draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Chase Utley2B1st15thPhiladelphia Phillies
Rob Henkel3rd71stFlorida Marlins
Garrett Atkins5th137thColorado Rockies
Bill Scott8th231stMilwaukee Brewers
Ryan Carter8th235thPhiladelphia Phillies
Forrest Johnson13th378thDetroit Tigers
Charles Merricks17th497thColorado Rockies
Chad Cislak19th576thCleveland Indians
Nick Lyon20th586thTampa Bay Devil Rays
Ryan Hamill25th743rdSt. Louis Cardinals
Brian Baron46th1348thMinnesota Twins
Freddie Mitchell50th1441stChicago White Sox

Notes

  • May 23, 2000 – Former baseball coach Art Reichle died at 86. He played football, rugby and baseball at UCLA from 1934–36 and coached for more than 30 years. His players included Jackie Robinson and Chris Chambliss.[7]

References

  1. http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
  2. "2000 results". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  3. "Bruin Baseball Falls To Stanford 17–11, But Ends Season As Co-Pac-10 Champions". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  4. "Regional Champions!!". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  5. "Baseball Eliminated From NCAA Super Regional". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  6. "UCLA Sets NCAA Record With 12 Players Selected In Major League Draft". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  7. Former Baseball Coach Art Reichle Passes Away (Archived 2013-07-02), UCLABruins.com, May 25, 2000. Accessed 2013-06-23. Archived 2013-07-02.
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