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25 Nathan Martorella

  • Position First Base
  • Class Junior
  • Height/Weight 6-1 / 218
  • Bat/Throw L/L
  • Hometown Salinas, Calif.
  • High School Salinas HS
  • Major American Studies
  • Twitter nathanm1188
  • Instagram nathanmartorella

Biography

Accolades
  • 2x MLB First-Year Player Draft selection (2022 - 5th round, No. 150, San Diego; 2019 - 30th round, Boston)
  • All-Pac-12 First Team (2022)
  • MLB Draft Combine Invitee (2022)
  • Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 4-10, 2022)
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At Cal
2022 (Jr.)
  • Selected 150th overall by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round in the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft
  • Emerged as one of the Pac-12's most fearsome hitters in a breakout junior season
  • Voted onto the All-Pac-12 first team after slashing .333/.424/.553 with 11 home runs & 46 RBIs
  • Started all 55 games played at first base, missing just one game due to illness
  • Topped all Golden Bears with 76 hits & tallied 47 runs, 15 doubles & 34 walks
  • Led all Pac-12 players in batting average (.388) and hits (47) during the 30-game conference slate
  • Hit everything in sight throughout 16 games in the month of April, batting .421 (31-for-72)
    with an OPS of 1.389, eight home runs, seven doubles, 21 runs scored & 24 RBIs
  • Batted .408 (31-for-76) during a 19-game hitting streak from April 16-May 25, which was tied with Mark Canha for the longest by a Bear since 2009
  • Did the majority of his damage at the top of Cal's lineup, batting .365 with all 11 home runs in 40 games played as the leadoff man
  • Named Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 4-10) after slashing .526/.550/1.158 with seven extra-base hits – two home runs, four doubles & one triple – eight runs & six RBIs in four games
    • Delivered go-ahead hits in both victories against Washington, smacking a two-run home run in the seventh inning of a 6-3 win (April 9) & doubling home the go-ahead run in the fourth inning of a series-clinching 14-5 win (April 10)
  • Belted the first of back-to-back-to-back home runs in the Bears' series-opening win vs. #13 UCLA (April 22), joining Dylan Beavers & Hance Smith as the first Cal trio to do so since 2008
  • Homered twice in the series-opening win vs. #13 UCLA (April 22) & finished 3-for-3 with five RBIs
  • Went deep in three consecutive games played vs. #13 UCLA (April 24), Pacific (April 26) & at #25 Oregon (April 30)
  • Totaled six three-hit games & led Cal with 22 multi-hit efforts
2021 (So.)
  • Earned 53 starts and was one of four Golden Bears to play in all 55 games
  • Made all but eight of his starts at first base & slashed .237/.341/.354
  • Was fourth on the team in RBI (31) & home runs (5)
  • Drew 31 walks to go along with 24 runs scored, 47 hits, 13 extra-base hits & 70 total bases
  • Batted out of a midseason slump for a strong finish, batting .272 (21-for-77) from April 18-May 29
  • Opened the season with at least one hit in eight of his first nine games, highlighted by a two-homer, seven-RBI outburst vs. Saint Mary's (March 4)
  • Went 3-for-4 with a home run & a double in Cal's walk-off win vs. #12 Stanford (May 15)
  • Also homered in a blowout win at #18 UCLA (May 21) & tallied six total hits in the Bears' final series vs. #10 Oregon (May 27-29)
  • Drove in six runs in Cal's road series sweep at Washington (April 30-May 2)
  • Hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat Saint Mary's (March 5)
  • Totaled nine multi-RBI efforts & 11 multi-hit games
*** 2020 (Fr.)
  • Made immediate impact as a freshman with 14 starts in 15 games played
  • Split time between first base & designated hitter
  • Slashed .241/.369/.444 54 at-bats, the fifth most on the team
  • Led Cal with three home runs, all coming in the final four games of the season (March 6-10)
  • Ranked among team leaders in OPS (.813), runs scored (11), walks (11), hits (13) & doubles (2)
  • Earned his first collegiate start in the Bears' season opener at Long Beach State (Feb. 14)
  • Played key role in Cal's first win of the year at Long Beach State (Feb. 16), going 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs & one RBI
  • Totaled four multi-hit performances, including two straight to end the season
  • Posted a .970 fielding percentage over 66 defensive chances
*** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School
  • Graduated from Salinas High School (Salinas, Calif.) in 2019
  • Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 30th round of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign
  • Four-time All-League & All-County selection
  • Excelled in the classroom with a 3.9 GPA & was a four-time honor role student
  • Two-year football letterman at Salinas, earning a pair of All-League selections
  • Prep career highlight was playing in the Bronco World Series
Personal
  • Full name is Nathan Adam Martorella
  • Born on Feb. 18, 2001 in Monterey, Calif.
  • Son of Gina & Kirk Martorella
  • Has two siblings, Kyle & Marie
  • Mother, Gina, played tennis at Fresno State
  • Relative, Mike Martorella, played professionally for the Los Angeles Angels

Statistics

Season:
2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2020Freshman

    First Base
    6'1" 217 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2021Sophomore

    First Base
    6'1" 224 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Junior

    First Base
    6'1" 218 lbs
    25