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California Golden Bears baseball

California Golden Bears baseball
2024 California Golden Bears baseball team
Founded1892; 132 years ago (1892)
UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley
Head coachMike Neu (7th season)
ConferenceACC
LocationBerkeley, CA
Home stadiumEvans Diamond
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameGolden Bears
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
NCAA Tournament champions
1947, 1957
College World Series appearances
1947, 1957, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2011
NCAA regional champions
1980, 1988, 1992, 2011
NCAA Tournament appearances
1947, 1957, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019
Regular season conference champions
1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1957, 1960, 1965, 1980

The California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other California athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond.

History

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament 13 times, and in the College World Series 6 times. They have won two National Championships: at the first College World Series in 1947 and again in 1957. In 1964, future major leaguer Mike Epstein batted .384 for the team and was named an All-American.

In 2010, the university announced that baseball would be one of five sports cut as a cost-cutting measure.[2] However, in April 2011, after receiving more than $9 million in pledges from supporters of the program, the program was reinstated.[3] Even donors from Stanford University, California's biggest rival, pitched in to help save the Golden Bears baseball team.[4] The Bears would then make the NCAA tournament as a 3-seed and go on a Cinderella run to the College World Series before falling to #1 overall seed Virginia to finish the season ranked 8th in the nation.[5]

California in the NCAA Tournament

Year Record Pct Notes
1947 4-0 1.000 College World Series Champion, Western Playoff
1957 7-1 .875 College World Series Champion, District 8
1980 8-3 .727 College World Series 3rd Place, Midwest Regional
1985 0-2 .000 West II Regional
1988 4-2 .667 College World Series 7th Place, Central Regional
1991 3-2 .600 Midwest Regional
1992 4-3 .571 College World Series 7th Place, East Regional
1995 1-2 .333 Mideast Regional
2001 1-2 .333 Baton Rouge Regional
2008 0-2 .000 Long Beach Regional
2010 0-2 .000 Norman Regional
2011 7-3 .700 College World Series 5th Place, hosted Santa Clara Super Regional
2015 2-2 .500 College Station Regional
2019 0-2 .000 Fayetteville Regional
TOTALS
 41–28 .594

Coaches

Head coach Years Win–loss Pct.
No Coach 1882–1886, 1901–1906 11–14 .440
Cohen 1887 2–1 .667
Cochran, Smith 1898 1–2 .333
Joseph Corbett 1899 2–0 1.000
George Van Haltern 1900 2–1 .667
Bob McCarthey 1907–1908 10–11 .476
W. Z. Zeb Smith 1909–1910 3–3 .500
Jimmie Schaeffer 1911–1915 39–21–2 .645
Carl Zamloch 1916–1917, 1919–1929 146–93–7 .608
Clair Goodwin 1918 4–1 .800
Clint Evans 1930–1954 547–256 .681
George Wolfman 1955–1973 484–335 .591
Jackie Jensen 1974–1977 109–95 .534
Bob Milano 1978–1999 688–644–4 .516
David Esquer 2000–2017 525–467–2 .529
Mike Neu 2018–present 153–134 .533

Source:[6]

Year-by-year results

National Champions College World Series berth NCAA Tournament berth Conference Tournament Champions Conference/Division Regular Season Champions
Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results Final poll[a]
Overall Conference Conference Postseason BA CB Coaches
Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish
California Golden Bears
1892 No coach Independent 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
1893 0 3 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
1894 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
1895 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
1896 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
1897 Cohen 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — — — — —
1898 Cochran, Smith 1 2 0 .333 — — — — — — — — — —
1899 Joseph Corbett 2 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — —
1900 George Van Haltren 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — — — — —
1901 No coach 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — — — — —
1902 2 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — —
1903 2 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — —
1904 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — — — — —
1905 2 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — —
1906 1 1 0 .500 — — — — — — — — — —
1907 Bob McCarthey 1 2 0 .333 — — — — — — — — — —
1908 9 9 0 .500 — — — — — — — — — —
1909 W. Z. Zeb Smith 2 1 0 .667 — — — — — — — — — —
1910 1 2 0 .333 — — — — — — — — — —
1911 Jimmie Schaeffer 7 3 1 .682 — — — — — — — — — —
1912 16 10 0 .615 — — — — — — — — — —
1913 0 2 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — —
1914 4 2 1 .643 — — — — — — — — — —
1915 12 4 0 .750 — — — — — — — — — —
1916 Carl Zamloch Pacific Coast Conference 11 11 2 .500 3 0 0 1.000 1st — — — — —
1917 12 8 1 .595 3 0 0 1.000 1st — — — — —
1918 Clair Goodwin 4 1 0 .800 2 1 0 .667 2nd — — — — —
1919 Carl Zamloch 7 5 0 .583 0 2 0 .000 6th — — — — —
1920 22 10 1 .682 5 1 0 .833 1st — — — — —
1921 10 8 1 .553 3 0 0 1.000 1st — — — — —
1922 12 6 1 .658 2 1 0 .667 2nd — — — — —
1923 12 7 1 .625 3 0 0 1.000 1st — — — — —
1924 13 11 0 .542 3 3 0 .500 T–1st — — — — —
1925 11 2 0 .846 1 2 0 .333 2nd — — — — —
1926 8 6 0 .571 4 2 0 .667 1st — — — — —
1927 CIBA 4 9 0 .308 4 8 0 .333 5th — — — — —
1928 8 4 0 .667 8 4 0 .667 2nd — — — — —
1929 16 7 0 .696 11 3 0 .786 1st — — — — —
1930 Clint Evans 12 3 0 .800 12 3 0 .800 2nd — — — — —
1931 15 7 0 .682 13 5 0 .722 3rd — — — — —
1932 16 6 0 .727 12 6 0 .667 2nd — — — — —
1933 19 9 0 .679 9 2 0 .818 1st — — — — —
1934 25 6 0 .806 14 1 0 .933 1st — — — — —
1935 20 9 0 .690 10 5 0 .667 T–1st — — — — —
1936 18 13 0 .581 6 9 0 .400 4th — — — — —
1937 20 7 0 .741 11 4 0 .733 1st — — — — —
1938 39 8 0 .830 12 3 0 .800 1st — — — — —
1939 24 9 0 .727 9 6 0 .600 3rd — — — — —
1940 22 10 0 .688 9 6 0 .600 3rd — — — — —
1941 37 11 0 .771 11 4 0 .733 T–1st — — — — —
1942 22 5 0 .815 11 4 0 .733 2nd — — — — —
1943 23 9 0 .719 14 1 0 .933 1st — — — — —
1944 9 14 0 .391 3 5 0 .375 3rd — — — — —
1945 12 9 0 .571 7 1 0 .875 T–1st — — — — —
1946 24 9 0 .727 8 4 0 .667 2nd — — — — —
1947 31 10 0 .756 11 4 0 .733 T–1st — NCAA Tournament champions — — —
1948 20 14 0 .588 8 3 0 .727 3rd — — — — —
1949 31 17 0 .646 5 10 0 .333 5th — — — — —
1950 24 13 0 .649 8 6 0 .571 2nd — — — — —
1951 22 16 0 .579 6 10 0 .375 4th — — — — —
1952 21 16 0 .568 5 11 0 .313 5th — — — — —
1953 22 15 0 .595 8 8 0 .500 3rd — — — — —
1954 19 11 0 .633 7 9 0 .438 T–3rd — — — — —
1955 George Wolfman 17 16 0 .515 7 9 0 .438 4th — — — — —
1956 25 9 0 .735 9 7 0 .563 2nd — — — — —
1957 35 10 0 .778 12 4 0 .750 1st — NCAA Tournament champions — — —
1958 19 12 0 .613 9 7 0 .563 2nd — — — — —
1959 22 13 0 .629 9 7 0 .563 T–2nd — — — — —
1960 30 14 0 .682 12 4 0 .750 T–1st — — — 16 —
1961 29 10 0 .744 11 5 0 .688 2nd — – — 14 —
1962 24 20 0 .545 7 9 0 .438 3rd — — — — —
1963 19 21 0 .475 4 12 0 .250 5th — — — — —
1964 25 17 0 .595 5 15 0 .250 5th — — — — —
1965 29 14 0 .674 12 8 0 .600 T–1st — — — 14 —
1966 32 14 0 .696 11 9 0 .550 T–2nd — — — — —
1967 AAWU 17 27 0 .386 3 13 0 .188 7th — — — — —
1968 Pac-8 24 24 0 .500 7 12 0 .368 6th — — — — —
1969 31 19 0 .620 12 9 0 .571 4th — — — 29 —
1970 28 19 0 .596 9 8 0 .684 4th — — — — —
1971 24 24 0 .500 5 12 0 .294 7th — — — — —
1972 33 21 0 .611 9 9 0 .500 T–2nd — — — — —
1973 21 31 0 .404 6 12 0 .333 4th — — — — —
1974 Jackie Jensen 25 24 0 .510 8 10 0 .444 3rd — — — — —
1975 22 24 0 .478 7 9 0 .438 4th — — — — —
1976 33 20 0 .623 9 14 0 .391 4th — — — — —
1977 29 27 0 .518 5 13 0 .278 T–3rd — — — — —
1978 Bob Milano 35 27 0 .565 6 12 0 .333 T–3rd — — — — —
1979 Pac-10 31 25 1 .553 16 14 0 .533 3rd — — — — —
1980 44 23 1 .654 17 13 0 .567 T–1st — 3rd — 3 —
1981 31 31 1 .500 12 18 0 .400 5th — — — — —
1982 29 32 0 .475 9 17 0 .346 5th — — — — —
1983 23 37 0 .383 9 20 0 .310 6th — — — — —
1984 39 28 1 .581 12 18 0 .400 4th — — — — —
1985 42 24 0 .636 17 13 0 .567 T–2nd — West II Regional 18 28 —
1986 32 25 0 .561 10 20 0 .333 6th — — — — —
1987 36 25 0 .590 12 18 0 .400 T–5th — — — — —
1988 40 25 0 .615 16 14 0 .533 T–3rd — T–7th 9 8 —
1989 35 24 0 .593 10 20 0 .333 T–5th — — — — —
1990 18 43 0 .295 3 27 0 .100 6th — — — — —
1991 37 27 0 .578 14 16 0 .467 3rd — Midwest Regional 23 20 —
1992 35 28 0 .556 14 16 0 .467 T–3rd — T–7th 14 8 —
1993 27 30 0 .474 13 17 0 .433 5th — — — — —
1994 25 35 0 .417 12 18 0 .400 4th — — — — —
1995 32 25 0 .561 18 12 0 .600 3rd — Mideast Regional — 29 —
1996 27 29 0 .482 10 20 0 .333 5th — — — — —
1997 21 38 0 .356 4 26 0 .133 6th — — — — —
1998 22 32 0 .407 5 24 0 .172 6th — — — — —
1999 27 31 0 .466 11 13 0 .458 7th — — — — —
2000 David Esquer 25 28 0 .472 11 13 0 .458 5th — — — — —
2001 34 25 0 .576 14 10 0 .583 T–3rd — Baton Rouge Regional — — —
2002 29 27 0 .518 11 13 0 .458 5th — — — — —
2003 28 27 0 .509 10 14 0 .417 7th — — — — —
2004 25 31 0 .446 9 15 0 .375 T–8th — — — — —
2005 34 23 0 .596 13 11 0 .542 5th — — — — —
2006 26 28 0 .481 9 15 0 .375 9th — — — — —
2007 29 26 0 .527 12 12 0 .500 4th — — — — —
2008 33 21 2 .607 12 12 0 .500 T–4th — Long Beach Regional — 23 —
2009 24 29 0 .453 9 18 0 .333 9th — — — — —
2010 29 25 0 .537 13 14 0 .481 T–5th — Norman Regional — — —
2011 38 23 0 .623 13 13 0 .500 6th — T–5th 11 6 8
2012 Pac-12 29 25 0 .537 12 18 0 .400 T–8th — — — — —
2013 23 31 0 .426 10 20 0 .333 T–8th — — — — —
2014 26 27 0 .491 13 17 0 .433 8th — — — — —
2015 36 21 0 .632 18 12 0 .600 T–3rd — College Station Regional — 23 —
2016 32 21 0 .604 14 16 0 .467 T–8th — — — — —
2017 25 29 0 .463 15 15 0 .500 T–5th — — — — —
2018 Mike Neu 32 22 0 .593 16 14 0 .533 5th — — — — —
2019 32 20 0 .615 17 11 0 .607 4th — Fayetteville Regional — — —
2020 5 11 0 .313 0 0 0 – Cancelled — Cancelled — — —
2021 29 26 0 .527 15 15 0 .500 7th — — — — —
2022 29 27 0 .518 14 16 0 .467 7th T–5th — — — —
2023 24 28 0 .462 12 18 0 .400 T–8th 9th — — — —
2024 36 19 0 .655 17 13 0 .567 6th 3rd — — — —
Total 2,760 2,097 15 .568

Notes

  1. ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959. Baseball America began during the 1981 season.

Source:[6]

Former Bears in Major League Baseball

Some notable Bears who have played in the Major Leagues include:

Marcus Semien

See also

References

  1. ^ Cal Brand Guidelines (PDF). June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cal to Cut Five Intercollegiate Teams". The Daily Californian. September 28, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  3. ^ "Cal baseball team to be reinstated". The Daily Californian. April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Cal Bears make baseball comeback". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches Poll – June 29, 2011 | College Baseball 360".
  6. ^ a b 2019 Golden Bears Record Book
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