2009 Baseball Roster
Roster
Mitchell Beacom
- Position:
- Left Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- University City
Notes
Went 1-3 with a 3.49 ERA in 47 relief appearances in three seasons (2009-11), totaling 74 strikeouts and 16 walks in 59.1 innings...selected in the 20th round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants...was also chosen in the 36th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.
2011
Made 25 appearances, all in relief...went 0-2 with a 2.20 ERA, serving as UCLA's primary left-handed pitcher out of the bullpen...logged 38 strikeouts and nine walks in 32.2 innings, limiting the opposition to a .229 batting average...most efficient outing of the season came against Oregon State (April 29), allowing one hit through 4.2 scoreless innings of relief while striking out four batters and issuing just one walk...had three strikeouts in two perfect innings of relief at San Diego State (March 1)...also recorded three strikeouts in 1.1 hitless innings of relief in UCLA's 8-4 Friday night win at USC (March 25)...struck out two batters in two perfect innings at UC Riverside (April 5)...had two strikeouts in one perfect inning of relief in a 6-1 victory against UC Irvine (April 26)...missed UCLA's final 10 games with a foot injury.
2010 (summer)
Made 15 relief appearances for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwest League...went 2-1 with a 1.55 ERA in 29.0 innings, collecting 32 strikeouts and 11 walks...Wisconsin went 42-28, finishing second overall in the Northwest League's Eastern Division.
2010
Made 14 appearances, all in relief...went 1-1 with a 4.58 ERA, registering 22 strikeouts and three walks in 17.2 innings...limited the opposition to a .191 batting average...had a career-high six strikeouts in an 8-4 loss to Stanford (April 2) in UCLA's first defeat of the season - limited the visiting Cardinal to one run and one hit in 4.1 innings of relief...struck out five batters in two innings against Nebraska (March 6), allowing one run and three hits...recorded three strikeouts in 2.1 perfect innings of relief to earn his first career victory versus UC Riverside (March 9)...struck out two batters, allowing one hit, in two scoreless innings against Arizona State (May 1).
2009 (summer)
Made 12 relief appearances for the Holyoke Blue Sox of the New England Collegiate League...went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 15.0 innings, recording 19 strikeouts and four walks...limited the opposition to a .250 batting average and did not allow any extra-base hits.
2009
Made eight appearances, all in relief...posted a 6.00 ERA, recording 14 strikeouts and four walks in 9.0 innings...notched one save and did not record a decision...secured his first career save in a 5-3 win over UC Santa Barbara (March 10), helping UCLA snap a 10-game losing streak - hurled 3.0 scoreless frames, scattering two hits while logging four strikeouts and no walks...recorded two strikeouts in his collegiate debut, tossing one scoreless innings against UC Riverside (Feb. 25)...notched two strikeouts in one scoreless inning at UC Riverside (April 21).
2008 (summer)
Made 10 appearances, including one start, for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the West Coast Collegiate League...posted a 3.28 ERA in 15.1 innings, recording seven strikeouts...Wenatchee finished first in the WCCL's East Division.
2008
Redshirted.
High School
Four-year baseball letterwinner at University City High School under head coaches Joe Radovich and Jeff Dufek...captured first-team All-CIF and All-Section honors, in addition to being named a first-team All-Academic selection and the Western League Player of the Year in 2007...gained CIF Division III pitcher of the year accolades and was nominated for "Athlete of the Year" honors from CalHiSports.com; earned CalHiSports All-State honors...named baseball team MVP and University City High School Male Athlete of the Year accolades as a senior...recorded a 7-4 record and 1.88 ERA in 81.2 innings as a senior, totaling 82 strikeouts and 32 walks; surrendered one home run against 350 batters... logged a .385 average as a first baseman, collecting three home runs, three triples, five doubles, 32 RBI, 30 walks and a .511 on-base percentage his senior season...helped lead University City to its first section baseball championship, the 2007 CIF Division III title, with an 8-6 win over St. Augustine; hit 3-for-4 with two RBI in that game...missed his entire junior season and a portion of his sophomore year with a foot injury...recorded a 1-2 record and 1.00 ERA as a sophomore...hit at a .351 clip as a freshman...at the Area Code camp in December 2005, earned MVP honors as a pitcher...competed on the Orange County Braves scout team...also was a three-year varsity water polo letterwinner as the team's goalkeeper, capturing all-Western League first-team honors after breaking the school's career record for blocks; earned defensive MVP honors three times.
Personal
Full name: Mitchell Ray Beacom...born July 4, 1989 in San Diego, Calif...Mitch is the younger of John and Luann Beacom's two sons...has one older brother, Jaime, who attends UC Berkeley...mother, Luann, was a four-year All-American swimmer at UCLA...father, John, also attended UCLA, as well as two of his aunts, one uncle and one grandfather...is ambidextrous, but plays baseball left-handed...geography and environmental science double major.
Career Highs
Innings Pitched - 4.2 vs. Oregon State (4/29/11)
Strikeouts - 6 vs. Stanford (4/2/10)
MITCHELL BEACOM'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | Class | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | BF | OAV | WP | HBP | SFA | SHA | BK |
| 2009 | Fr. | 6.00 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 49 | .375 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | So. | 4.58 | 1-1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 74 | .191 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Jr. | 2.20 | 0-2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 140 | .229 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 3.49 | 1-3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.1 | 55 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 74 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 263 | .243 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
