The San Diego State baseball team entered the 2020 campaign with lofty expectations, compiling a 10-6 record against a challenging schedule before the season was abruptly canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a look back at the Aztecs' season by the numbers.
| .300 | San Diego State had four players finish with a batting average of .300 or higher, including IF Jaden Fein (.348), who ranked seventh in the Mountain West, followed by 3B/RHP Casey Schmitt (.323), OF Matt Rudick (.313) and 1B Jacob Cruce (.300). |
| 1 | The Aztecs were pegged for a first-place finish in the 2020 Mountain West Preseason Coaches Poll. SDSU totaled 46 points and received four first-place votes to edge Fresno State, which had 42 points and two first-place votes. |
| 1.45 | LHP Jacob Flores (2-0) ranked second in the Mountain West with a 1.45 earned run average. In addition, Flores tied for third in the conference with 25 strikeouts and was fourth with a .203 opponent batting average. |
| 2 | SDSU knocked off two of the last four College World Series winners, beating 2016 champion Coastal Carolina, 3-1, at the season-opening Brittain Resort Battle at the Beach Tournament in Conway, S.C. (Feb. 15) before splitting a four-game home series with 2018 champion Oregon State (Feb. 29, March 1). |
| 3 | The Aztecs had three players earn All-Mountain West honors this season. Casey Schmitt and Matt Rudick received all-conference recognition for the second year in a row, while RHP Troy Melton garnered his first all-MW accolade. |
| 3 | SDSU also defeated three ranked teams in No. 24 Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 18), No. 17/17 Long Beach State (March 3) and No. 11/15 Oklahoma (March 6). |
| 3.73 | The Aztecs led the Mountain West with a 3.73 earned run average. In addition to a conference-low 59 earned runs allowed, SDSU pitchers ranked second in the league collectively in strikeouts (141) and opposing batting average (.255). |
| 5 | SDSU boasted five of the Mountain West's eight weekly honorees this past year. On two occasions, the Aztecs swept the conference's weekly awards: OF Ryan Orr (Player of the Week)/Casey Schmitt (Pitcher of the Week) on Feb. 24 and Casey Schmitt (Player of the Week)/Michael Paredes (Pitcher of the Week) on March 9. In addition, Troy Melton took home Pitcher of the Week honors on March 3. |
| 6 | Casey Schmitt tied for the national lead with a conference-leading six saves in just eight appearances in an abbreviated 2020 season. Last year, Schmitt recorded eight saves in 17 games as a reliever. |
| 6 | SDSU was 6-0 when limiting opponents to two runs or fewer this past season. |
| 9 | Troy Melton struck out a career-high nine batters in SDSU's 6-0 shutout of Oregon State on Feb. 29. The Anaheim native gave up four hits and one walk in six scoreless innings to merit MW Pitcher of the Week honors. |
| 10 | The Aztecs were a perfect 10-0 when leading after seven innings this past season. |
| 11.2 | Matt Rudick was one of the toughest players to strike out in the Mountain West during the 2020 campaign, fanning once every 11.2 at-bats, which ranked third in the conference. |
| 12 | San Diego State set a season-high for runs in a wild 12-11 victory over Oregon State on March 1. Sparked by 1B Brian Leonhardt's grand slam, the Aztecs erupted for 10 runs between the fourth and seventh innings to overcome a 6-2 deficit and earn a split in the four-game home series. |
| 22 | SDSU occupied the 22nd spot in Perfect Game's 2020 college recruiting class rankings released on April 8. |
| 31 | The Aztecs were ranked 31st in Collegiate Baseball magazine's Fabulous 40 preseason poll released in December. |
| 45 | Following the season, Troy Melton was ranked 45th on D1Baseball.com's Top 50 list of Division I sophomore pitchers. For the season, Melton ranked second in the MW with 26 strikeouts and finished third with a .192 opposing batting average. |
| 55 | After the season, Casey Schmitt was rated 55th on D1Baseball.com's Top 100 list of college prospects. |
Additional Notes
>> Along with consensus preseason All-America recognition, Casey Schmitt earned a spot on USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award Watch List in early February. With his selection, Schmitt became the fourth Aztec player since 2008 to land on the preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, joining Michael Cederoth (2014), Addison Reed (2010) and Stephen Strasburg, who took home the top prize in 2009. Not to be outdone, Tyler Adkison landed on the GSA mid-season watch list in 2017.
>> In addition to defeating three ranked teams, San Diego State knocked off three schools from Power 5 conferences. The Aztecs opened with a come-from behind victory over Virginia Tech at the Brittain Resorts Battle at the Beach tournament in Conway, S.C. (Feb. 14), before toppling Iowa and Nebraska on consecutive nights at home as part of the Tony Gwynn Legacy (Feb. 21-22).