2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jake Hirabayashi
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sherman Oaks, Calif.
- High School:
- Notre Dame HS
Notes
Selected in the 39th round of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Minnesota Twins ... Played 144 career games at UCLA.ย
2019
Played in 38 games, including 17 starts, in his senior season at UCLA ... Batted .190 (11-58) with four doubles, one home run, and 11 RBIs ... Struck out 14 times and drew nine walks ... Played mostly third base ... Appeared in three games, starting one, during the postseason ... Batted .143 in league play ... Hit his lone home run of 2019, matched a season-high with two RBIs on May 4 at Arizona State ... His first hit of the year was a two-run single at Georgia Tech on Feb. 23 ... Went 2-5 with an RBI against Loyola Marymount on Mar. 26.ย
2018
Played in 43 games, making 28 starts โฆ hit .280 with 25 runs scored and 15 RBIs โฆ totaled nine extra-base hits with two home runs and seven doubles โฆ ranked fifth on the team with a .410 slugging percentage โฆ finished third on the team with a .430 on-base percentage โฆ drew 20 walks and seven hit by pitches โฆ registered eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games โฆ hit .317 in 19 Pac-12 games with nine runs scored and eight RBIs ... tallied two doubles with a home run in conference play โฆ finished conference season with a .439 slugging percentage and a .491 on-base percentage โฆ recorded three RBIs and first career home run against Michigan State on March 3 โฆ went 3-for-4 with three runs and two doubles vs. Loyola Marymount on March 6 โฆ registered three RBIs with two base hits against Washington State on March 17 โฆ hit second home run of the season and scored three times vs. Arizona State on March 24.
2017 (Summer)
Hit .268 with two home runs, seven doubles, 23 RBIS and 29 runs scored for Lacrosse in the Northwoods League โฆ recorded a .356 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage with 33 walks and eight hit by pitches โฆ stole 15 bases โฆ played with teammate Jeremy Ydens.
2017
Appeared in 37 games and started in 14 games in the infield โฆ hit .218 with eight runs scored and two RBIs โฆ totaled two extra-base hits with a pair of doubles โฆ slugged .255 and posted a .295 on-base percentage โฆ drew six walks โฆ totaled two multi-hit games โฆ appeared in 22 conference games with eight starts โฆ hit .143 with three runs and one RBI during conference play โฆ slugged .171 with one double in Pac-12 play and recorded a .167 on-base percentage โฆ went 2-for-2 and drove in a run at the Long Beach Regional vs. San Diego State โฆ tied career-high with two hits against San Diego State on May 2.
2016 (Summer)
Played for the La Crosse Loggers in the Northwoods League ... Batted .250 with three doubles, three RBI and seven runs in 24 games for La Crosse ... drew 12 walks and had just seven strikeouts ... stole six bases in seven attempts ... La Crosse compiled a 38-33 overall record.
2016
Appeared in 26 games, making 18 starts (16 at catcher, two at third base)โฆhit .106 with four runs and five RBIโฆtotaled one extra-base hit, a doubleโฆslugged .121 and posted an on-base percentage of .203โฆdrew eight walksโฆrecorded one multi-hit and one multi-RBI gameโฆwent 4-for-28 (.143) with one run and one RBI in Pac-12 playโฆmade his first career start on February 20 against North Carolinaโฆrecorded his first career hit and drove in a season-high three runs on February 27 at Cal Polyโฆrecorded his first career multi-hit game with two hits against Stanford on April 9.
2015 (Summer)
Played for the Wenatchee AppleSox in the West Coast League ... batted .253 with 21 runs and nine RBI over 28 games โฆ racked up four extra-base hits and stole eight bases โฆ totaled 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
Four-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) under head coach Tom Dill โฆ ranked No. 85 on Perfect Game USAโs list of Top 500 High School prospects in California for 2015 โฆ 2015 Perfect Game USA California Region second team All-American โฆ 2014 Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American High Honorable Mention and 2013 Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Third Team โฆ named to the 2013 Rawlings Top Prospect team at the Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Games โฆ as a senior at Notre Dame HS, hit .348 with 33 runs and 15 RBI in 29 games, leading his team to the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs โฆ as a junior, hit .300 with five doubles, three RBIs and 17 runs in 26 games โฆ totaled 14 stolen bases and posted a .411 on base percentage โฆ as a sophomore, batted .289 with two homeruns, five doubles, 13 RBIs and 23 runs in 28 games โฆ stole 10 bases and recorded a .423 on base percentage โฆ as a freshman, hit .340 with three doubles, nine RBIs and seven runs in 19 games.
Personal
Full name: Jake Ethan Hirabayashi โฆ born in Los Angeles, Calif. โฆ parents are Keith Hirabayashi and Suzanne Fawcett โฆ decided to attend UCLA because it is close to home and is one of the best universities in the country โฆ lists his hobby outside of baseball as fishing โฆ majoring in economics.
Career Highs
At-Bats: 5 (five times)
Runs: 3 (two times)
Hits: 3 vs. LMU (3/6/18)
RBI: 3 (three times) vs. WSU (3/17/18)
Doubles: 2 vs. LMU (3/6/18)
Triples: N/A
Home Runs: 1 (three times)
Stolen Bases: 1 at Washington State (5/19/19)
