2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Daniel Amaral
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Huntington Beach HS
Notes
Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 414th pick in the 14th round of the 2018 MLB Draft โฆ his 32 career stolen bases are the fifth most by a Bruin since 2001.
2018
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection โฆ named All-Pac-12 honorable mention for the second consecutive season โฆ earned All-Regional Team honors at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional โฆ played and started in 55 games in centerfield โฆ hit .289 with career-high 51 runs scored and a career-best 38 RBIs โฆ led team with 14 stolen bases โฆ finished regular season ranked inside the top-10 in the Pac-12 in runs scored, stolen bases and hit by pitches โฆ totaled 22 extra-base hits with 16 doubles and three home runs โฆ ended season with a .443 slugging percentage and a .426 on-base percentage โฆ drew 34 walks and 15 hit by pitches โฆ registered 17 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games โฆ finished 64th in the NCAA in hit by pitches with 15 โฆ hit .269 in 28 Pac-12 games with 23 runs scored and 20 RBIs โฆ recorded 13 extra-base hits in conference play with nine doubles, two triples and two home runs โฆ set career-high with four RBIs against USC with a double and a triple on April 21 โฆ went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and four runs scored vs. Cal State Fullerton on April 24 โฆ collected a double and a triple with three RBIs at UC Irvine on May 1 โฆ hit first home run of the season against Baylor on Feb. 24 โฆ registered a home run and a double vs. Oregon on May 19.
2017 (Summer)
Named to Northwoods League Postseason All-Star Team with Mankato โฆ batted .347 with 13 doubles, seven triples, 27 RBIs and 41 runs scored โฆ recorded 30 walks compared to just 19 strikeouts โฆ stole 23 bases โฆ played alongside Ryan Kreidler and Kyle Cuellar.
2017
All-Pac-12 honorable mention โฆ appeared and started in 52 games in the outfield โฆ third on the team batting .282 with 24 runs scored and 21 RBIs โฆ totaled eight extra-base hits with one home run and seven doubles โฆ slugged .330 and posted a .364 on-base percentage โฆ drew 17 walks and was hit by a pitch a team-high 11 times โฆ Led the Pac-12 with 16 stolen bases โฆ totaled team-best 17 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games โฆ second on the team hitting .345 with 18 runs and 13 RBIs during conference play โฆ slugged .373 with three doubles in Pac-12 play and recorded a .416 on-base percentage โฆ tied for Pac-12 lead with eight stolen bases โฆ set a career-high with four base hits vs. Utah on May 21 โฆ Drove in career-best three runs with first career home run vs. San Jose State on Feb. 19 โฆ Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored at USC on May 6.
2016 (Summer)
Played for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League ... batted .302 with one home run, one triple, four doubles, 20 RBI and 24 runs in 51 games ... ranked second among all Northwest League players with 34 stolen bases (in 40 attempts) ... Duluth posted a 30-42 overall record
2016
Appeared in 29 games, making 11 starts (five in left field, four in center field and two at designated hitter)โฆhit .178 with nine runs and two RBIโฆled the team with six pinch-running appearances and second on the team with 11 pinch-hit appearancesโฆslugged .178 and posted an on-base percentage of .255โฆdrew four walks and was hit by pitch onceโฆconverted both of his stolen base attemptsโฆrecorded one multi-hit gameโฆhit .148 with two runs and two RBI in Pac-12 playโฆtied for third on the team with four sacrifices during conference playโฆmade his first career appearance on February 20 against North Carolinaโฆmade his first career start and recorded his first career hit against Texas on March 12โฆscored a run in all of his first four appearancesโฆscored a career-high three runs on March 29 against Cal State Fullertonโฆrecorded a career-high two hits and scored a run at Pepperdine on April 19.
2015 (Summer)
Played for the Wenatchee AppleSox in the West Coast League ... batted .231 with 17 runs and six RBI over 23 games โฆ totaled six extra-base hits and stole eight bases โฆ racked up six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games โฆ helped lead Wenatchee to a 24-30 overall record and a third place finish in the West Coast League East Division.
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Huntington Beach High School (Huntington Beach, Calif.) under head coach Benji Medure โฆ 2015 Division I All-CIF Southern Section Player of the Year โฆ 2015 Division I first team All-CIF-SS selection โฆ 2015 MaxPreps All-State first team selection โฆ 2015 Orange County Register All-County team selection โฆ 2015 LA Times All-Area team selection โฆ 2015 Perfect Game USA California Region All-American Honorable Mention โฆ played for the Kansas City Royals at the 2014 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ 2014 Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Honorable Mention โฆ as a senior at Huntington Beach HS, batted .394 with 34 runs, leading his team to the CIF-SS Division I championship โฆ as a junior, batted .406 with one homerun, six doubles, 15 RBIs and 15 runs in 25 games, leading his team to the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs โฆ father Rich and brother Beau played baseball and sister Jessica currently plays softball at UCLA.
Personal
Full name: Daniel James Amaral โฆ born in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ parents are Richard and Michele Amaral โฆ his father played baseball at UCLA and his mother attended UCLA โฆ has an older brother Beau (24) who played baseball at UCLA and an older sister Jessica (22) who played softball at UCLA โฆ also has another older brother Jojo (21) โฆ decided to attend UCLA to carry on his familyโs athletic legacy at the University โฆ lists his biggest athletic thrill as winning the CIF title at Huntington Beach High School in 2015 โฆ admires his father former utility player for the Seattle Mariners Rich Amaral โฆ lists his hobby outside of baseball as surfing โฆ majoring in history.
Career Highs
At-Bats: 6 (three times) vs. LMU (3/6/18)
Runs: 4 (two times) vs. Cal State Fullerton (4/24/18)
Hits: 4 vs. Utah (5/21/17)
RBI: 4 vs. USC (4/21/18)
Doubles: 2 (two times) at Washington (5/11/18)
Triples: 1 (three times) at UC Irvine (5/1/18)
Home Runs: 1 (four times) vs. Oregon (5/19/18)
Stolen Bases: 2 (four times) vs. Portland (2/18/18)
