UC San Diego Tritons baseball

The Tritons have made several appearances in the Division II tournament, mostly under the leadership of former head coach Dan O'Brien. The Tritons reached the Division II College World Series for the first time in 2009, finishing fourth. In 2010, the Tritons enjoyed their most successful season to date, compiling a record of 54–8, and reaching the Division II national championship where they eventually fell.{{cite web|url=http://www.ucsdtritons.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=29807&SPID=2331&DB_OEM_ID=5800&Q_SEASON=2016 |title=Baseball – Schedule/Results – UCSDTritons.com—Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics |website=Ucsdtritons.com|access-date=April 25, 2017}}

The UC San Diego baseball team plays its home games at Triton Ballpark in La Jolla, which was renovated in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Loh|first1=Stefanie |title=UCSD unveils new $6.89M ballpark |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/apr/10/ucsd-tritons-new-baseball-stadium-eric-newman/|access-date=April 13, 2015 |work=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=April 10, 2015|ref=UCSD unveils new $6.89M ballpark}} In 2005, the Tritons were the CCAA league champions. In 2007 and 2008, they reached the NCAA West Regionals. In 2009, after winning the CCAA league and CCAA tournament, they advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series under the leadership of coach Dan O'Brien and infielder Vance Albitz, where they placed fourth. In 2010, they were the College World Series runners-up and the CCAA league and tournament champions. In 2011 and 2012, they repeated as CCAA league and tournament champions, again reaching the NCAA West Regionals. They won the CCAA tournament in 2014 as well.{{cite news|title=Back On Top! No. 18 UCSD Reclaims CCAA Supremacy With Record Sixth Tournament Banner|url=http://www.ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209493769&DB_OEM_ID=5800|access-date=June 12, 2017|work=UCSD Tritons|publisher=University of California, San Diego|date=May 10, 2014|ref=UCSD wins 2014 CCAA Tournament}} In 2017, they were CCAA tournament runners-up and NCAA West Region champions, and placed second in the College World Series.{{cite news|last1=Kenney|first1=Kirk|title=UCSD's national title hopes end with 5–2 loss to West Chester (Pa.) |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-ucsd-west-chester-0605-story.html|access-date=June 12, 2017|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=June 4, 2017|ref=UCSD baseball's 2017 title hopes end with 5–2 loss to West Chester}}

Triton baseball, like most UCSD athletic programs, transitioned to the NCAA Division I Big West Conference beginning in 2020. They will not be eligible for the Division I College World Series until the reclassification period ends.{{cite news|last1=Schneider|first1=Gabe|title=UC San Diego to Move to Division I Sports |url=http://triton.news/2017/11/uc-san-diego-move-division-sports/|access-date=January 31, 2018|work=The Triton|date=November 27, 2017 |ref=UC San Diego to Move to Division I Sports}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Vince Askey

| conference= D-III Ind.

| startyear =1980

| endyear =1981

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1980

| name = Vince Askey

| overall = 13–22

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1981

| name = Vince Askey

| overall = 7–19

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Vince Askey

| overall = 20–41 (0.328)

| confrecord = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Lyle Yates

| conference= D-III Ind.

| startyear =1982

| endyear =1994

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1982

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 9–17

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1983

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 8–26

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1984

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 10–18–1

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1985

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 23–28–1

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1986

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 22–16–2

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1987

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 32–13

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason = DIII College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1988

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 23–12

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1989

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 23–19

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1990

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 19–18–2

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1991

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 16–23

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1992

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 28–9–1

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1993

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 16–19–1

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1994

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 33–8

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason = DIII College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Lyle Yates

| overall = 262–226–8 (0.528)

| confrecord = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Robert Fletcher

| conference= D-III Ind.

| startyear =1995

| endyear =1997

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1995

| name = Robert Fletcher

| overall = 23–13

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1996

| name = Robert Fletcher

| overall = 15–20–1

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1997

| name = Robert Fletcher

| overall = 19–17

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Robert Fletcher

| overall = 57–50–1 (0.528)

| confrecord = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Dan O'Brien

| conference= D-III Ind.

| startyear =1998

| endyear =2000

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1998

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 20–18

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1999

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 19–18

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2000

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 22–13

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Dan O'Brien (D-III)

| overall = 61–49 (0.555)

| confrecord = no

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Division III (total)

| overall = 400–366–9 (0.516)

| confrecord = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Dan O'Brien

| conference= D-II CCAA

| startyear =2001

| endyear =2011

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2001

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 14–34

| conference = 7-28

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason = CCAA Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2002

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 30–23–1

| conference = 23-17

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2003

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 25–28

| conference = 19-19

| confstanding = T-6th

| postseason = CCAA Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2004

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 35–24

| conference = 22-18

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = CCAA Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2005

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 37–20

| conference = 23-17

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2006

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 35–24

| conference = 23-13

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = CCAA Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2007

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 37–25

| conference = 24-12

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2008

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 43–18

| conference = no

| confstanding = no

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2009

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 41–15

| conference = 27-9

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = College World Series

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2010

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 54–8

| conference = 35-5

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = National Runners-Up

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2011

| name = Dan O'Brien

| overall = 42–15

| conference = 29-11

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Dan O'Brien (D-II)

| overall = 393–234–1 (0.625)

| confrecord = 257-160-0 (0.616)

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Dan O'Brien (total)

| overall = 454–283–1 (0.615)

| confrecord = 257-160-0 (0.616)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Eric Newman

| conference= D-II CCAA

| startyear =2012

| endyear =2020

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2012

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 33–24

| conference = 26-14

| confstanding = T-1st

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2013

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 26–24

| conference = 20-20

| confstanding = T-6th

| postseason = CCAA Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2014

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 38–16

| conference = 26-10

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2015

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 36–21

| conference = 27-13

| confstanding = T-2nd

| postseason = NCAA West Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2016

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 31–21

| conference = 20-17

| confstanding = 2nd (South)

| postseason = CCAA Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2017

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 44–19

| conference = 24-13

| confstanding = 2nd (South)

| postseason = National Runners-Up

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2018

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 43–17

| conference = 30-14

| confstanding = T-1st

| postseason = 2018 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2019

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 41–16

| conference = 30-10

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = 2019 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2020

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 17-4

| conference = 12-4

| confstanding = n/a

| postseason = n/a

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Eric Newman

| conference= D-I Big West

| startyear =2021

| endyear =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2021

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 24-28

| conference = 21-17

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2022

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 24-32

| conference = 13-17

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2023

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 34-18

| conference = 21-9

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = not eligible

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2024

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 30-23

| conference = 17-13

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Eric Newman

| overall = 391–230 (0.630)

| confrecord = no

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Division II (total)

| overall = 763–445–1 (0.632)

| confrecord = 257–160 (0.616)

| confstanding = 8 conference tournament titles

| postseason = 12 NCAA appearances

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Division I (total)

| overall = 82–78–0 (0.513)

| confrecord = 55–43 (0.561)

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = 1,066–737–10 (0.581)

| confrecord = 312–203 (0.606)

| confstanding = 8 conference titles

}}

• Kyle Abbott, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Philadelphia Phillies
• Vance Albitz, St. Louis Cardinals
• Alex Cremidan, Arizona Diamondbacks
• Guido Knudson, Detroit Tigers
• Alon Leichman, Olympian, member of the Israel national baseball team, and assistant pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds
• Randy Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos
• Dillon Moyer, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Bob Natal, Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins[http://www.ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207982460&DB_OEM_ID=5800&DB_OEM_ID=5800&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=5800&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=],UCSDtritons.com
• Tony York, Chicago Cubs

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