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University of California, Santa Barbara

2024 Baseball Roster

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17 Ryan Gallagher

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Granite Bay, Calif.
  • High School Granite Bay HS
  • Position RHP

Biography

UC SANTA BARBARA
2024

NCBWA All-America First Team … ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team … Perfect Game All-America Third Team … ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team … Big West Pitcher of the Year … All-Big West First Team … Named D1Baseball & Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week on April 22 … Two-time Big West Pitcher of the Week … Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Threw the first complete game shutout by a Gaucho since 2021 against UC Davis on April 19 … Finished the season 10-1 in 14 starts, with a 2.22 ERA in 89 innings pitched … Struck out 96 hitters while walking just 25 and holding opponents to a .161 batting average against … His 10 wins are tied for sixth most in a single season by any Gaucho pitcher ever, and his 2.22 ERA is the 10th-best single season mark in program history … Finished the regular season with the sixth-lowest ERA, fifth-fewest hits allowed per nine innings and second lowest WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) in all of Division I baseball … Had a total of three scoreless outings, against Sacramento State (Feb. 25) and Cal State Bakersfield (May 10) in addition to his CGSO at Davis … Recorded a quality start — six or more innings allowing three or fewer runs — in eight of his 14 games … Struck out a career-high 13 batters at Cal State Bakersfield on May 10 … Also issued double-digit K’s against Hawai’i on April 12 and San Jose State on March 28.

2023
Voted Most Inspirational by his fellow student-athletes at UC Santa Barbara’s SB Awards … Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Did not appear in a game this season.

2022
Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-American … Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year … All-Big West Second Team selection … Named Big West Pitcher of the Week after allowing just one run in eight innings on the road at CSUN (April 10) … Started all 15 of his games, working 83 innings and posting an 8-0 record … Ranked third on the team with 67 strikeouts … Struck out a career-high nine batters over 5 2/3 shutout innings against Long Beach State (April 24), scattering three hits … Struck out seven batters in his postseason debut against No. 2 Stanford at the NCAA Stanford Regional (June 5).


HIGH SCHOOL
Pitched and played first base for coach Pat Esposito at Granite Bay High School … Also played football.


PERSONAL
Ryan Thomas Gallagher was born on January 19, 2003 in Sacramento … Grew up in Granite Bay … Son of Tom and Cindy Gallagher … Has two sisters, Paige and Courtney … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2023Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 220 lbs
    17