2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jack Filby
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- C.K. McClatchy HS
Notes
Four-year member of the UCLA baseball program ... Primarily a reliever, but also had a run as a starting first baseman early in the 2021 season ... One of the strongest students in the program during his tenure, making the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in each season he was eligible, and earning a spot on the UCLA All-Academic Team as a sophomore ... Had a career 6.68 ERA on the mound, including a solid freshman season (4.05 ERA, 25 Ks in 20 IP) in which he helped the Bruins to a program-record 52 wins ... As a batter, had a career .455 on-base percentage.ย
Career Highlights
2020 UCLA All-Academic Team (top GPA on team)
Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-22)
11-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2022
Made six appearances as a senior, all on the mound and in relief ... Had no record, an 18.69 ERA, and three strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings ... Tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning against Washington State on May 14 ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and spring quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed) ...ย Selected toย the 2022ย Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution).
2021
In his true junior season, appeared in 36 games with 11 starts ... Made seven pitching appearances, all out of the bullpen ... Made eight starts at first base and three at DH ... Slashed .188/.451/.271 over 48 at-bats with 10 runs scored, nine hits, one double, one home run, 12 RBIs, and 22 walks ... Had the fourth-most walks on the team despite ranking 13th in plate appearances ... Had the third-highest OBP of any player on the team, and second-highest among players with more than five plate appearances ... Drew a bases-loaded four-pitch walk to drive in a walk-off run in two separate games: Feb. 26 vs. UC Irvine and Mar. 20 vs. Arizona ... All of his starts came in the first 12 games of the year ... Team was 8-3 with him in the lineup, including a 7-1 mark with him as the starting first baseman ... Made one error in 56 chances for a .982 fielding percentage ... Against Pac-12 opponents, batted .286 (4-14) ... Had four hits in a team-high 16 pinch-hit ABs (.250) ... Had a .520 OBP over six games during the month of February ... Had a huge moment on Apr. 30 against Oregon State; with UCLA down to its last strike and Filby at the plate as a pinch hitter, ripped a three-run double off the top of the wall in right-center field to tie the game at 5-5 (UCLA would win the game, 6-5, in the bottom of the 10th) ... Went 2-4, scored a pair of runs, and reached base three times against San Francisco on Feb. 20 (all either set or matched a season-high) ... Drew at least one walk in each of his 11 starts, and had 18 total in those games (1.63 walks per game; the NCAA-high in BB/game for the 2021 season was 1.17) ... Hit his first career home run on Mar. 2 against Cal State Fullerton ... Had a season-high three walks against UC Irvine on Feb. 27 ... On the pitching side, had no record and a 9.00 ERA over seven innings ... Struck out four and walked four ... Had a 3.00 ERA over his first three appearances, and 3.18 ERA over his first five appearances ... Unscored upon in back-to-back outings against Stanford on Apr. 10 and Loyola Marymount on Apr. 13 ... Named to the 2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution) ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed) ... Over the summer, played with the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod League ... Appeared exclusively as a pitcher, going 2-1 with a 7.20 ERA over 12 appearances (one start) ... Struck out exactly a batter per innings over 20 IP ... Fired five innings of one-run, two-hit ball in his lone start of the summer, on Aug. 3 at Harwich.ย
2020
Made three appearances on the mound and had one pinch-hit plate appearance ... Had no record and a 0.00 ERA with two strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings of relief work ... Didn't allow a hit all year on the mound ...ย Walked in his lone plate appearance, at USC on Mar. 8 ... The Bruins were 4-0 in games he appeared ... Struck out two batters as part of a 1-2-3 eighth inning against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 18 ... Also had scoreless relief appearances against UC Riverside on Feb. 15 and St. Mary's on Feb. 22 ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units) ... Named to the 2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Was baseball's representativeย on the 2019-20 UCLA All-Academic Team (top cumulative GPA on the team).
2019
Made 23 relief appearances in his debut season at UCLA ... Recorded a 2-0 record with a 4.05 ERA ... Struck out 25 batters and walked just sevenย in 20.0 innings ... Also had five at-bats, going 2-5 (.400) ... Picked up the win on Opening Day after throwing a perfect seventh inning ... Became first Bruin freshman in John Savage era (since 2005) to earn the win on Opening Day ... Went nine straight outings without allowing a run from Mar. 3 to Apr. 2, spanning 6.0 innings ... Made nine appearances in Pac-12 play, posting a 5.14 ERA ... Made one appearance in the postseason, allowing one earned run in one inning against Loyola Marymount in the Los Angeles Regional final ... Allowed an earned run in just one of his first 13 outings for an ERA of 0.90 ... Had a season-high two strikeouts in nine separate outings ... Went six-up, six-down over two innings at Georgia Tech on Feb. 23 ... Pitched a season-high 2 1/3 innings against East Carolina University on Apr. 12, retiring the final six batters he faced in a row ... His 11.25 strikeouts per nine innings ratio ranked third on the team ... Was 2-3 on the year in pinch-hit appearances ... Rolled an RBI single back up the middle on Mar. 29 at USC in his first collegiate plate appearance ... Also had a base hit in his second plate appearance, at Stanford on Apr. 5 ... Started as the DH on Apr. 15 against Pepperdine, going 0-2 ... Was fourth on the team in appearances ...ย Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed) ... Spent the summerย with the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League ... Was 2-2 on the mound with a 4.58 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 17 2/3 innings ... Played the field in 31 games, hitting .213 over 108 at-bats ... Ranked the No. 6 prospect in the Northwoods League by Baseball America ... Struck out five batters in two innings of relief against Rochester on Jul. 12 ... Over a five-game hitting streak from Jul. 10-18, went 8-22 (.364) and walked twice ... Had a pair of three-hit performances.ย
2018 (Summer)
Spent the summer with the Walla Walla Sweets of the West Coast League ...ย Batted .256 with a .352 on-base percentage for Walla Wallaย โฆ Had seven extra-base hits over 51 games for the Sweets โฆ Went 2-4 in the playoffs with a double and two RBIs โฆ Played both middle infield positions โฆ Added 7 1/3 innings of pitching to his resume, finishing with a 1.23 ERA.
High School
Four-year varsity baseball letterwinner at McClatchy High School (Sacramento, Calif.) under head coach Michael de Necochea โฆ Ranked No. 25 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 174 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ 2017 Perfect Game Rawlings Underclass Third Team All-American โฆ 2017 MaxPreps Medium Schools All-State first team honoree โฆ 2017 All-Sacramento Bee first team selection โฆ Named to the Rawlings Top Prospect Team at the 2017 Perfect Game National Showcase โฆ Played for the Oakland Athletics at the 2017 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ 2017 17U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team โฆ 2016 Perfect Game Rawlings Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American โฆ 2016 All-Sacramento Bee second team selection โฆ Competed in the 2016 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games โฆ Named to the Top Prospect Team at the 2016 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games โฆ Played for the Oakland Athletics at the 2016 Underclass Area Code Games โฆ 2015 All-Sacramento Bee honorable mention โฆ 2015 California World Series Underclass โ Coastal All-Tournament Team โฆ As a senior, slashed .373/.511/.597 with 10 extra-base hits and 21 RBIs in 24 games. As a junior at McClatchy HS, hit .427 with 33 runs, 15 RBIs, 31 walks and one home run โฆ As a sophomore, hit .325 with 29 runs, 18 RBIs and three doubles โฆ As a freshman, hit .512 with 35 runs, 28 RBIs and 13 doubles.
Personal
Jack Filby was bornย to parents Lindsay and Scott in Sacramento, Calif. ... Has one older sister, Caitlin ... Chose UCLA because "it has been my dream school ever since I was kid. It has great coaching, academics, and I believe I can become a better player at UCLA" ... Describes pitching a complete-game two-hitter and driving in three runs in the first round of the playoffs as a high school junior as his greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Favorite athletes include Derek Jeter and Mike Trout ... Likes to fish, play ping-pong, and ride horses in his free time ... Would like people to know he's good at ping-pong ... Majoring in history.ย
Career Highs
Innings: 2.1 vs. East Carolina (4/12/19)
Strikeouts: 2 (manyย times)
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At-Bats: 4 vs. San Francisco (2/20/21)
Runs: 2 (twice)
Hits: 2 vs. San Francisco (2/20/21)
RBI: 3 vs. Oregon State (4/30/21)
Doubles: 1 vs. Oregon State (4/30/21)
Triples: --
Home Runs: 1 vs. Cal State Fullerton (3/2/21)
Stolen Bases: 1 vs. Cal State Fullerton (3/2/21)
