2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Michael Curialle
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Capistrano Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- JSerra Catholic HS
Notes
Selected in the 12th round of the 2022 MLB Draft, No. 367 overall, by St. Louis ... Three-year starter at UCLA, primarily in right field ... Has played every position but pitcher, catcher, first base during his Bruin career ... Career .306/.380/.455 slash line with 47 extra-base hits and 41 RBIs across 464 at-bats.ย
Career Highlights
2022 All-Pac-12 Tournament Team
2020 Freshman All-American
Three-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week (Apr. 26, 2022)
2022
Appeared in 58 games as a junior, starting 57 ... Over 238 at-bats, slashed .319/.395/.479 with 49 runs, 76 hits, 17 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 41 RBIs, 21 walks, and 10 HBPs ... Made starts at six different positions: 32 in right field, 13 at third base, four apiece in left field and center field, three at DH, and one at shortstop (no other Bruin started at more than four positions) ... His offensive figures were all career highs (except sac flies and sac bunts) for a full season ... Led the team in batting and runs scored ... Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team after a standout week in Scottsdale: .538/.552/.731 with team highs in hits (14), runs (10), and doubles (three) ... Lone qualifyingย Bruin to finishย the season batting over .300 ... Went 24-77 (.312) with runners in scoring position ... In Pac-12 play, slashed .316/.394/.453 with eight extra-base hits and 16 RBIs ... Was 4-17 (.235) at the Auburn Regional ... Led the team in both batting (.338) and slugging (.554) in true road games ... Was also the team's top hitter in midweek contests, pacing the squad in batting (.333), slugging (.627), home runs (three), and RBIs (11) ... Went 4-5 and stole two bases against CSUN on Opening Day (Feb. 18) ... Had three hits and three RBIs against USC on Mar. 12 ... During a season-long seven-game hitting streakย from May 20-28, had multiple hits in all but one contest and raised his averageย 33 points (to .326) in the process ... Led the squad in multiple-hit games (25), three-hit games (eight), and multi-RBI games (16) ... Popped a pair of home runs at UC Santa Barbara on Apr. 19, his first career multi-HR game ... Went 4-7 with two doubles and four runs scored to help UCLA to a wild 25-22 win over Oregon State on Mar. 28 to reach the divisional final of the Pac-12 Tournament ... Selected as the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week on Apr. 26 after posting multiple hits in each game of a 3-1 week for the Bruins (he hit two HRs at UCSB, then went 7-12 in a series win at California) ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed).ย
2021
Appeared in 55 games as a true sophomore, starting 49 ... Slashed .285/.366/.409 for the season over 186 at-bats with 29 runs, 53 hits, 14 doubles, three triples, one home run, 36 RBIs, 18 walks, and eight HBPs ... Made 44 starts in right field, four at second base, and one in center field ... Started at every slot in the lineup except third and cleanup, tied for the most on the team (Cardenas, Cuellar) ... Team was 31-18 with him in the starting lineup, including a 28-16 mark with him as the starting right fielder ... Had 10 multi-hit games ... His nine multi-RBI games were fourth-most on the team ... His three triples were tied for the team lead and ranked seventh in the Pac-12 Conference ... Didn't make an error in 54 chances ... Batted .271 (26-96) in league play ... Was 2-2 as a pinch hitter forย the season ... Batted .344 with runners in scoring position ... His 22 productive outs were second-most on the team, and his 16 RBIs with two outs were third-most ... Had an 11-game hitting streak from May 7-28, the third-longest by a Bruin in 2021 ... Batted .432 (16-37) during the streak ... Had a performance to remember at Pepperdine on Apr. 20, going 3-4 with career-highs in doubles (three) and RBIs (four) ... Hit over .300 in both March (.328) and May (.348) ... Had a six-game streak from Mar. 14-26 where he had at least one hit and one RBI in each game ... Was hitting over .300 as late as May 27 ... Appeared in three of UCLA's four postseason games ... Hit safely in every game of the Utah series from Apr. 16-18, including his first home run of the season ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for winter quarter (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12 units passed) ... Over the summer, played with the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod League ... Slashed .243/.316/.391 over 35 games with six doubles, three home runs, and 20 RBIs over 115 at-bats ... Hit a grand slam against Bourne on Jun. 23 ... Had three hits, including a pair of doubles, against Harwich on Jul. 28 ... Went 3-4 with a home run and three RBIs against Cotuit on Aug. 1 ... Named the No. 50 prospect in the Cape by Perfect Game.ย
2020
UCLA's Opening Day starter at second base, went on to make 10 appearances as a true freshman ... Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Slashed .325/.357/.525 with two doubles and two home runs in 40 at-bats ... Made seven starts at second base and three in right field ... Rated as the No. 20 freshman hitter in the country per D1Baseball's analytical rankings ... Hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning on Opening Day against UC Riverside for his first career hit ... Had hits in nine of his 10 games ... Recorded at least one RBI in his first seven games ... Went 5-13 with two home runs and five RBIs in the season-opening series against UC Riverside from Feb. 14-16 ... Had four multi-hit games ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units) ...ย Spent the summer with Mankato in the Northwoods League ... Over 39 games, batted .299 with 22 runs scored, 11 extra-base hits, and 21 RBIs ... Had a pair of home runs against Willmar on Aug. 19 ... Had 12 multi-hit efforts, including four three-hit games.ย
2019 (Summer)
Played for Corvallis in the West Coast League โฆ Named to the All-WCL First Team โฆ Listed as the No. 7ย prospect in the WCL by Perfect Game โฆ Helped Corvallis to a fourth straight WCL title, defeating the Victoria HarbourCats in the Championship Series โฆ Over 38 games, batted .267 with eight extra-base hits and 27 RBIs over 128 at-bats โฆ Batted .182 (4-22) with two doubles in the playoffs โฆ Had a fireworks show of his own on Jul. 4, going 2-3 with a pair of home runs and three RBIs at Portland โฆ Was 2-5 with a double and three RBIs in the title-clinching game against Victoria โฆ Walked three times and scored four runs against Walla Walla on Aug. 15 โฆ Had a 13-game hitting streak from Jun. 20 to Jul. 6.
Highย School
Played at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. โฆ As a senior, slashed .413/.457/.666 en route to Collegiate Baseball Second Team High School All-American honors โฆ 2019 Trinity League Golden Glove recipient โฆ Three-time All-Trinity League First Team choice โฆ Ranked the No. 4 shortstop in No. 19 overall prospect in California โฆ Nationally, ranked the No. 23 shortstop and No. 97 overall โฆ Perfect Game Underclass All-American in 2017 and 2018 โฆ Named Offensive MVP of the 2018 Boras Classic after leading JSerra to the tournament championship with a go-ahead home run in the title game.
Personal
Michael James Curialle was born in 2001 โฆ Born in Freehold, N.J. โฆ Father is Michael โฆ Has a younger brother, Dylan โฆ Aspires to play professional baseball โฆ Chose to attend UCLA because โitโs a great school with great academics and baseballโ โฆ Admires Derek Jeter โฆ Drafted in the 31st round, No. 939 overall, of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Colorado.
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2022)
At-Bats: 7 vs. Oregon State (5/28/22)
Runs: 4 (twice)
Hits: 4 (three times)
RBI: 4 vs. Pepperdine (3/5/21)
Doubles: 3 vs. Pepperdine (3/5/21)
Triples: 2 vs. Utah (4/17)
Home Runs: 2 vs. UC Santa Barbara (4/19/22)
Stolen Bases: 2 (three times)
