1969 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 1969 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Sawtelle Field. The team was coached by Art Reichle in his 24th year at UCLA.

1969 UCLA Bruins baseball
Pacific-8 Champions District VIII champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Pacific-8
CB	No. 8
Record	42–12–1 (17–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Art Reichle (24th season)
Home stadium	Sawtelle Field

1969 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 8 UCLA ‍†‍‍y	17	–	4	–	0		.810			42	–	12	–	1		.773
No. 16 Stanford ‍‍‍	16	–	5	–	0		.762			34	–	12	–	0		.739
No. 17 Southern California ‍‍‍	13	–	5	–	0		.722			39	–	12	–	1		.760
No. 29 California ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			31	–	19	–	0		.620
Oregon State ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			17	–	20	–	1		.461
Oregon ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0		.381			22	–	19	–	0		.537
Washington State ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0		.381			27	–	15	–	0		.643
Washington ‍‍‍	1	–	20	–	0		.048			7	–	29	–	0		.194
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Bruins won the District VIII Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Roster

1969 UCLA Bruins baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town OF Barry Berson / — — RHP Bill Bonham R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sun Valley, California OF Barry Botterman R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Canoga Park, California OF Mike Carty / — — INF Chris Chambliss L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oceanside, California P Roy Coston / — — INF Steven Edney R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Wash.DC RHP Guy Hansen R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wayne Holland / — — RHP Al Hoops R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Long Beach, California INF Ed Hume / — — C Bill LeBlanc / — — P Sandy Marks / — — P Tom Miles / — — INF Jake Molina / — — C Bob Petretta / — — RHP Rick Pope R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Pico Rivera, California OF Steve Price / — — OF Mike Reinbach L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) El Cajon, California C Jim Rodriguez / — — INF Steve Runk / — — P Mike Sandford / — — INF Gary Saserino R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Los Angeles, California INF Don Sealy / — — P Rod Tysdal / — — RHP Jim York R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Maywood, California	Head coach Art Reichle Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1969 UCLA Bruins baseball game log
Regular season
February (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 1 February 7 Long Beach City Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 6–0 1–0 0–0 2 February 11 Cal Lutheran Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 10–0 2–0 0–0 3 February 13 College of the Sequoias Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 0–1 2–1 0–0 4 February 14 at Fresno State Varsity Park • Fresno, California 4–0 3–1 0–0 5 February 26 Pepperdine Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 5–4 4–1 0–0
March (13–2–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 6 March 1 Cal Poly Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 11–1 5–1 0–0 7 March 1 Cal Poly Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 5–2 6–1 0–0 8 March 4 Loyola Marymount Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 14–7 7–1 0–0 9 March 5 at Occidental Anderson Field • Los Angeles, California 3–1 8–1 0–0 10 March 7 at San Fernando Valley State Matador Field • Northridge, California 8–3 9–1 0–0 11 March 8 at San Diego State Unknown • San Diego, California 10–6 10–1 0–0 12 March 8 at San Diego State Unknown • San Diego, California 9–0 11–1 0–0 13 March 11 Cal State Fullerton Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 6–5 12–1 0–0 14 March 12 at Claremont Unknown • Claremont, California 13–3 13–1 0–0 15 March 14 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 2–1 14–1 0–0 16 March 25 Utah Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 5–4 15–1 0–0 17 March 25 Utah Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 3–0 16–1 0–0 18 March 28 at Chapman Unknown • Orange, California 2–2 16–1–1 0–0 19 March 29 at Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California 8–1 17–1–1 0–0 20 March 29 at Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field • Los Angeles, California 4–5 17–2–1 0–0 21 March 31 vs Illinois Unknown • Riverside, California 8–12 17–3–1 0–0
April (14–7) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 22 April 1 vs Indiana Unknown • Riverside, California 6–4 18–3–1 0–0 23 April 1 vs Delaware Unknown • Riverside, California 6–0 19–3–1 0–0 24 April 2 at UC Riverside Unknown • Riverside, California 10–7 20–3–1 0–0 25 April 4 vs Ole Miss Unknown • Riverside, California 5–1 21–3–1 0–0 26 April 5 vs USC Unknown • Riverside, California 3–11 21–4–1 0–0 27 April 5 vs BYU Unknown • Riverside, California 7–11 21–5–1 0–0 28 April 8 San Fernando Valley State Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 3–4 21–6–1 0–0 29 April 9 San Diego State Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 9–8 22–6–1 0–0 30 April 11 Stanford Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 2–3 22–7–1 0–1 31 April 12 California Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 1–3 22–8–1 0–2 32 April 12 California Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 5–3 23–8–1 1–2 33 April 15 Cal Poly Pomona Sawtelle Field • Los* Angeles, California 11–8 24–8–1 1–2 34 April 18 Washington State Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 1–0 25–8–1 2–2 35 April 19 Washington Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 6–2 26–8–1 3–2 36 April 19 Washington Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 7–0 27–8–1 4–2 37 April 21 Oregon Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 1–2 27–9–1 4–3 38 April 21 Oregon Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 7–0 28–9–1 5–3 39 April 22 Oregon State Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 2–1 29–9–1 6–3 40 April 25 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 2–3 29–10–1 6–4 41 April 26 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–0 30–10–1 7–4 42 April 26 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–3 31–10–1 8–4
May (8–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 43 May 3 Southern California Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 6–5 32–10–1 9–4 44 May 9 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 4–1 33–10–1 10–4 45 May 10 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Beaverton, Oregon 5–1 34–10–1 11–4 46 May 10 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Beaverton, Oregon 3–1 35–10–1 12–4 47 May 12 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–1 36–10–1 13–4 48 May 12 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 9–7 37–10–1 14–4 49 May 13 at Washington Old Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 5–2 38–10–1 15–4 50 May 16 USC Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 9–4 39–10–1 16–4 51 May 17 at USC Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–5 40–10–1 17–4
Postseason
District VIII Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 52 May 23 Santa Clara Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 7–5 41–10–1 17–4 53 May 24 Santa Clara Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 2–1 42–10–1 17–4
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 54 June 13 vs Tulsa Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–6 42–11–1 17–4 55 June 14 vs Arizona State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–2 42–12–1 17–4

Awards and honors

Chris Chambliss

• All-Pacific-8

Gary Sanserino

• All-Pac-8

Jim York

• All-Pac-8

Steven Edney

• All-Pac-8