2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Zach Pettway
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Long Beach Wilson HS
Notes
Selected in the 16th roundย (No. 486ย overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Clevelandย ... A four-year rotation member at UCLA, finished his career with a 16-11 record, 3.77 ERA, and 241 strikeouts over 264 2/3 inningsย ย ... Had a 29-1 K-BB ratio as a junior ... D1Baseball's Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year in 2020 ... Freshman All-American in 2018 ... UCLA's Opening Day starter in 2019 and 2020.
Career Highlights
2021 First Team Preseason All-American
2021 Lubbock Regional All-Tournament Team
Senior CLASS Award Finalist
2020-21 Tom Hansen Medal Winner
2020 First Team All-Americanย
2018 Freshman All-American
Two-time Opening Day Starter (2019-20)
Four-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week
2021
In his senior season, was 3-5 with a 4.56 ERA over 15 appearances (13 starts) ... Had 74 strikeouts against 16 walks ... Limited by injury early on; missed the team's opening weekend and didn't make his first full-length start until Mar. 19 ... Named to the Lubbock Regional All-Tournament Team after turning in one of his finest starts as a Bruin in an elimination game vs. North Carolina on Jun. 6; Pettway fired his first career complete game while striking out nine and allowing just two earned runs ... Lone Bruin to record a complete game in 2021 ....ย Named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for the week of Apr. 12-18, the fourth time in his career he received a weekly league awardย ... Won the award after tossing seven scoreless innings with a season-high 11 strikeouts against Utah on Apr. 16 ... Led UCLA in innings per appearance (5 1/3), and also had the best BB/9 (1.8) and K-BB (4.6) ratios among qualifying Bruins ... Was second on the UCLA staff in innings and strikeouts ... Among qualifying Pac-12 pitchers, ranked third in BB/9 and fourth in K-BB ... Had a 3.94 ERA in Pac-12 play, best among the team's starters ... Had a 2.84 ERA through his first five starts of the year ... Allowed just three hits and struck out six over five shutout frames against Arizona on Mar. 19 ... Tossed seven innings of one-run ball, allowing just three hits, at USC on Mar. 26 ... Limited Oregon State to one run over six innings on Apr. 30 ... In his final start of the regular season, allowed one earned run over five innings at Arizona State on May 27 ...ย Named a First Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball and D1Baseball, and aย Second Team Preseason All-American by Perfect Game ... Listed as D1Baseball's Preseason Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season ... Also named Baseball America's Preseason Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year ... Was a finalist for the 2021 Senior CLASS Award,ย which honors the attributes of NCAA Division I senior student-athletes in four areas: community, classroom, character and competition ... UCLA's male recipient of the 2020-21 Tom Hansen Medal, which isย awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units).ย
2020
UCLA's Opening Day starter for the second consecutive season, made four starts as a true junior ... Was 3-0 with a 1.05 ERA, 29 strikeouts, and just one walk over 25 2/3 innings ... Named a First Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Rated as the No. 1 junior pitcher in the country per D1Baseball's analytical rankings and the No. 11 starting pitcher overall in their 2020 positional power rankingsย ... Named the Pac-12's "Most Impressive Pitcher" by D1Baseball ... Had a .141 batting average against and 0.56 WHIP ... Led the team in innings, strikeouts, and K-BB ratio ... Nationally, ranked third in strikeout-to-walk ratio, sixth in walks per nine innings (0.35), and seventh in WHIP ... Had the sixth-best ERA among qualifying Pac-12 pitchers ... Didn't allow a run in two of his four starts, and allowed two or fewer in all four of his outings ... Named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back weeks; after giving up three hits and striking out 13 in 6 2/3 shutout innings against St. Mary's on Feb. 21 and after limiting Oklahoma State to two hits over seven scoreless frames on Feb. 28 ... First Bruin to repeat as Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week since Trevor Bauer in 2011 ... His 13 strikeouts against SMC were tied for the second-most by a Bruin pitcher in a single game since 2012, trailing only Ryan Garcia's 14 vs. Utah in 2019 ... D1Baseball's 2020 Preseason Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year ... Struck out eight and allowed just two earned runs in his first start of the year, an eventual 4-2 Bruin win over UC Riverside ... UCLA was 4-0 in his starts ... Closed the year by helping UCLA defeat defending national champion and No. 2-ranked Vanderbilt, as he limited the Commodores to three hits and one earned run over six innings ... Joined an elite list of recent Bruins to make multiple Opening Day starts including Gerrit Cole, Adam Plutko, and James Kaprielian ...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).ย
2019
UCLA's Opening Day starter, went on to make 10 starts in his sophomore season ... Posted a 2-2 record, 4.55 ERA, .246 batting average against, and 60 strikeouts in 63 1/3 innings ... First Bruin sophomore to start on Opening Day since James Kaprielian in 2014 ... Had eight or more strikeouts in five of his 10 starts ... Averaged 6 1/3 innings per appearance, highest on the team ... Was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week after his Mar. 15 start against Oregon State; he struck out eight and allowed just three hits over seven shutout innings ... Matched a career-high by striking out 10 batters against Arizona on Mar. 22 (his first career 10-K game was also against Arizona) ... Surrendered just three hits while striking out nine over six shutout innings against St. John's on Opening Day (Feb. 15) ... Gave up just one earned run on three hits, striking out nine against Sacramento State on Mar. 1 ... Struck out eight or more batters in four consecutive starts from Mar. 1-22 ... Didn't appear after Apr. 18 ... Had an ERA of 1.80 after his first three starts and a mark of 2.66 after six starts.ย
2018
Named first team Freshman All-American by Baseball America, D1Baseball and Collegiate Baseball and also second team by Perfect Game and NCBWA โฆ All-Pac-12 honorable mention โฆ Made 16 appearances on the mound, including 15 starts โฆ Posted a 8-4 record with a 3.35 ERA โฆ Fell one win shy of tying the program's freshman record for wins โฆย First freshman since 2012 to start career 5-0 โฆ Led team with 78 strikeouts over 96.2 innings, while walking only 19 batters โฆ Recorded six starts without allowing a walk โฆ Held opponents to a .235 batting average โฆ Finished 58th in the NCAA in victories (8), 71st in WHIP (1.08), 79th in walks allowed per nine innings (1.77) and 86th in games started (15) โฆ Finished top-10 in the Pac-12 in wins, strikeouts and innings pitched โฆ Made 10 starts during Pac-12 play, posting a 4.37 ERA โฆ Struck out 47 batters over 57.2 innings in conference play โฆ Recorded breakout performance in second career start vs. Baylor tossing 8.0 scoreless innings scattering three hits and no walks with six strikeouts on Feb. 25 โฆ Became first Bruin freshman since Adam Plutko to start and earn a win during opening weekend with 5.0 innings allowing one run against Portland on Feb. 18 โฆ Set career-high with 10 strikeouts over 7.0 innings at Arizona on May 4 โฆ Threw 7.0 innings allowing one run against Minnesota during NCAA Minneapolis Regional on June 2.
2017 (Summer)
Earned All-West Coat League honorable mention for Bellingham โฆ Went 4-1 with a 4.20 ERA in eight starts โฆ Recorded 45 strikeouts compared to just 14 walks in 40.2 innings of work โฆ Played with fellow incoming freshman Holden Powell.
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Long Beach Wilson High School (Long Beach, Calif.) under head coach Andy Hall โฆ Ranked No. 33 in the 2017 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 200 in the 2017 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ 2017 Perfect Game Preseason All-America High Honorable Mention โฆ 2017 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region first team โฆ Named 2017 Moore League Player of the Year โฆ Selected to 2017 All-Press-Telegram first team โฆ 2016 Perfect Game Rawlings third team Underclass All-American โฆ Played for the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2016 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ Combined to throw first-ever no-hitter in Area Code Games with UCLA teammate Sam Glick โฆ 2016 PG/Evoshield National Championship All-Tournament Team selection โฆ 2016 17U PG World Series All-Tournament Team โฆ 2016 WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team selection โฆ played for Milwaukee Brewers at the 2015 Area Code Underclass Games โฆ 2015 PGCWS โ Pacific All-Tournament Team โฆย 2014 PG/Evoshield National Championship All-Tournament Team โฆ As a senior at Long Beach Wilson HS, threw 70.2 innings recording 98 strikeouts and six wins โฆ As a junior, recorded a 3.89 ERA in only nine innings with nine strikeouts โฆ As a sophomore compiled a 6-3 record and a 1.15 ERA in 79 innings with 56 strikeouts.
Personal
Full Name: Zachary LaMarre Pettway โฆ Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister Leah โฆ Decided to attend UCLA because he felt it was the best fit for me academically as well as getting to play for a great program โฆ Admires Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer โฆ Lists his hobbies as working out and hanging out with friendsโฆ Majoring in sociology.ย
Career Highs
Innings: 9.0 vs. North Carolina (6/6/21)
Strikeouts: 13 vs. St. Mary's (2/21/20)
