Bauer, Berg Named to D1Baseball All-Decade Team
December 31, 2019 | Baseball
Former UCLA standouts Trevor Bauer and David Berg have both been named to D1Baseball's All-Decade Team.
The exclusive team, featuring the best players over the 2010-19 seasons, had just five starting pitchers and two relief pitchers.
UCLA was one of just four teams to place multiple players on the All-Decade Team, joining South Carolina, Oregon State, and LSU.
Bauer was a three-year standout on the mound for UCLA from 2009-11, posting a career record of 34-8 with a 2.36 ERA and 460 strikeouts over 373 1/3 innings. The Valencia, Calif. native remains the program record-holder in career wins and strikeouts, and ranks second all-time in complete games (15) and innings pitched.
In 2011, he became the first UCLA player ever to win the Golden Spikes Award, presented by USA Baseball to the top amateur baseball player in the country. That season, he went 13-2 with a 1.25 ERA while setting UCLA and Pac-12 records with 203 strikeouts. Bauer was a Second Team All-American as a sophomore in 2010, going 12-3 with a 3.02 ERA. The right-hander would ultimately be selected No. 3 overall in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Arizona.
Arguably the top reliever in NCAA history, Berg starred at UCLA from 2012-15, setting NCAA records in career appearances (175) and single season saves (24, 2013). He holds UCLA school records in appearances, saves (49), and ERA (1.11). He has four of the top-10 single-season ERAs in school history, including the No. 1 mark of 0.68 set in 2015. The right-hander was twice named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and NCBWA Stopper of the Year (2013, 2015), and he is the only Bruin ever to be named All-Pac-12 four times. He was the first reliever ever to earn Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year honors and remains the only pitcher to win Stopper of the Year more than once.
The Covina, Calif. native was the closer on the 2013 National Championship team, appearing in all 10 of UCLA's postseason games, recording six saves and crafting a 1.93 ERA. He was on the mound for the final out of the NCAA Championship Game, finishing off a 3-1 putout to clinch the title against Mississippi State on Jun. 25, 2013. In addition, he combined with James Kaprielian to throw the first no-hitter in UCLA history on May, 15, 2015.
To keep up-to-date on all things UCLA Baseball, follow the team account on Twitter at @UCLABaseball.
The entire D1Baseball All-Decade Team can be found here.
D1Baseball All-Decade Team (2010-19)
SP โ Trevor Bauer, UCLA
SP โ Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton
SP โ Preston Morrison, TCU
SP โ Aaron Nola, LSU
SP โ Michael Roth, South Carolina
RP โ David Berg, UCLA
RP โ Matt Price, South Carolina
C โ Adley Rutschman, Oregon State
1B โ Andrew Vaughn, Cal
2B โ Nick Madrigal, Oregon State
SS โ Alex Bregman, LSU
3B โ Kris Bryant, San Diego
OF โ Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF โ Michael Conforto, Oregon State
OF โ George Springer, Connecticut
DH โ Seth Beer, Clemson
UT โ Brendan McKay, Louisville