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.
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.
2018
Played in 43 games, making 28 starts … hit .280 with 25 runs scored and 15 RBIs … totaled nine extra-base hits with two home runs and seven doubles … ranked fifth on the team with a .410 slugging percentage … finished third on the team with a .430 on-base percentage … drew 20 walks and seven hit by pitches … registered eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … hit .317 in 19 Pac-12 games with nine runs scored and eight RBIs ... tallied two doubles with a home run in conference play … finished conference season with a .439 slugging percentage and a .491 on-base percentage … recorded three RBIs and first career home run against Michigan State on March 3 … went 3-for-4 with three runs and two doubles vs. Loyola Marymount on March 6 … registered three RBIs with two base hits against Washington State on March 17 … 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 … recorded a .356 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage with 33 walks and eight hit by pitches … stole 15 bases … played with teammate Jeremy Ydens.
2017
Appeared in 37 games and started in 14 games in the infield … hit .218 with eight runs scored and two RBIs … totaled two extra-base hits with a pair of doubles … slugged .255 and posted a .295 on-base percentage … drew six walks … totaled two multi-hit games … appeared in 22 conference games with eight starts … hit .143 with three runs and one RBI during conference play … slugged .171 with one double in Pac-12 play and recorded a .167 on-base percentage … went 2-for-2 and drove in a run at the Long Beach Regional vs. San Diego State … 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)…hit .106 with four runs and five RBI…totaled one extra-base hit, a double…slugged .121 and posted an on-base percentage of .203…drew eight walks…recorded one multi-hit and one multi-RBI game…went 4-for-28 (.143) with one run and one RBI in Pac-12 play…made his first career start on February 20 against North Carolina…recorded his first career hit and drove in a season-high three runs on February 27 at Cal Poly…recorded 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 … racked up four extra-base hits and stole eight bases … totaled six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … 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 … ranked No. 85 on Perfect Game USA’s list of Top 500 High School prospects in California for 2015 … 2015 Perfect Game USA California Region second team All-American … 2014 Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American High Honorable Mention and 2013 Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Third Team … named to the 2013 Rawlings Top Prospect team at the Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Games … 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 … as a junior, hit .300 with five doubles, three RBIs and 17 runs in 26 games … totaled 14 stolen bases and posted a .411 on base percentage … as a sophomore, batted .289 with two homeruns, five doubles, 13 RBIs and 23 runs in 28 games … stole 10 bases and recorded a .423 on base percentage … as a freshman, hit .340 with three doubles, nine RBIs and seven runs in 19 games.
Personal
Full name: Jake Ethan Hirabayashi … born in Los Angeles, Calif. … parents are Keith Hirabayashi and Suzanne Fawcett … decided to attend UCLA because it is close to home and is one of the best universities in the country … lists his hobby outside of baseball as fishing … 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)
