2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jesse Bergin
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Studio City, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake HS
Notes
Selected in the 11th roundย (No. 329 overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Miami Marlins ... Three-year member of the rotation at UCLA ... Career stats include a 15-4 record, 3.91 ERA, and 168 strikeouts over 168.0 innings ... Won each of his first 10 decisions as a Bruin ... 2.38 career ERA against non-conference opponents.ย
Career Highlights
2019 Freshman All-American
Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 15-21, 2021)
2021 Pac-12 All-Conference Team Honorable Mention
2021
Made 16 appearances (all starts) as a true junior ... Went 6-4 with a 4.18 ERA and 65 strikeouts over 79 2/3 innings ... Made 15 starts during the regular season, tied for second-most in the country ... Established career-bests in wins, starts, and innings ... Led UCLA in starts and innings, had the third-most strikeouts ... Over 10 Pac-12 starts, was 3-2 with a 4.93 ERA ... Induced six double plays, tied for most on the team ... UCLA was 10-6 in his starts ... Allowed three earned runs or fewer in 14 of 16 starts ... Was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Weekย for the first time in his career after his Feb. 20 start against San Francisco ... Allowed just one hit and no runs over 6 2/3 innings against the Dons, retiring the first 10 batters of the game in order ... Had one of the best starts of his career on May 29, limiting a potent Arizona State offense to four hits over seven shutout innings (struck out five) ... Started UCLA's postseason opener,ย allowing eight hits and three runs (two earned) with three strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings against North Carolina at the Lubbock Regional ... Tossed six scoreless innings and struck out eight against Cal State Fullerton on Mar. 6 ...ย Struck out a season-high nine batters over six innings against Utah on Apr. 18 ... Allowed no runs in three separate starts ... Started the year as the Saturday starter, settled into the Sunday role over the course of the year.ย
2020
Made four appearances, all starts, as a true sophomore ... Posted a 4-0 record with a 1.27 ERA and 27 strikeouts over 21 1/3 innings ... Had a .173 batting average against and 0.95 WHIP ... Tied for second in the country in wins, trailing only Belmont's Kyle Brennan (5) ... Had the second-most strikeouts on the team, and the best K/9 (11.4) among the team's starters ... Rated as the No. 1 sophomore pitcher in the country per D1Baseball's analytical rankings and the No. 82 starting pitcher overall in their 2020 positional power rankingsย ...ย After 2020, he had allowed no earned runs with 31 strikeouts in 22 careerย innings in the month of February ... Didn't allow a run over his first two starts of the year, striking out 18 batters in 10 1/3 innings over that span ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).ย ย
2019
Made 17 appearances, including 15 starts, in his freshman season ... Posted a 5-0 record with a 4.43 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 67.0 innings ... Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Opened the year as the Sunday starter ... Didn't give up an earned run in either of his first two starts, and only allowed one earned over the first three starts of his career ... Recorded 25 walks and four hit batsmen ... Ranked third on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts ... Averaged 10.21 strikeouts per nine innings, second-best among the team's qualifying starters ... Had a 2.56 ERA against non-conference opponents (13 ER in 45.2 IP) ... Allowed just two hits and no earned runs while striking out nine against St. John's on Feb. 17 in his debut collegiate start, earning the win ... In that start, struck out four consecutive batters (last out of the first, struck out the side in the second) ... Most strikeouts by a Bruin pitcher in their debut start in the John Savage era (since '05) ... Allowed just two hits over six shutout innings at Georgia Tech on Feb. 24 ... Picked off three runners, fifth-most among Pac-12 pitchers ... Among qualifying Pac-12 hurlers, ranked 11th in opposing batting average (.230), eighth in games started (15), and seventh in hits allowed (57) ... Was UCLA's starting pitcher for the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic matchup against USC at Chavez Ravine on Mar. 10 ... Struck out a batter per inning or better in 10 of his 17 outings ... Made seven appearances - and five starts - in Pac-12 play, posting a 7.32 ERA.ย
High School
Four-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Harvard-Westlake High School (Studio City, Calif.) under head coach Jared Halpert โฆ Ranked No. 59 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 400 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ named to the Rawlings Top Prospect Team at the 2017 Perfect Game National Showcase โฆ 2017 17U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team โฆ 2016 Perfect Game Rawlings Underclass Honorable Mention All-American โฆ 2015 Louisville Slugger Select Classic #3 All-Tournament Team โฆ As a sophomore went 9-3 on the mound with a 1.30 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 76 innings pitched and threw a four-hit shutout to lead team to CIF-SS Division 1 championship game.
Personal
Jesse Tilk Bergin was bornย in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Parents are Joy and Michael Bergin ... Has one younger sister, Alana ... Favorite athlete is Max Scherzer ... Listens to Kid Cudi ... Likes to eat sushi ... Roots for the Red Sox ... Enjoys playing video games in his free time ... Majoring in sociology.ย
Career Highs
Innings: 7.0 at Arizona State (5/29/2021)
Strikeouts: 9 (five times)
