Career (2024 - Present)
110 G/110 GS, .284, 9 HR, 73 RBI, 17 SB
Career Highs: AB - 6, five times, last vs. Miami (5/20/25);
R - 3, five times, last at Santa Clara (3/2/25);
H - 4 (at Saint Mary’s (3/18/25);
RBI - 3, six times, last at San Francisco (3/24/25);
HR - 1, nine times, last vs. NC State (4/18/25);
SB - 2, twice, last vs Wake Forest, ACC Championship Second Round (5/21/25);
Hit Streak - 9 (3/15/25 - 3/29/25)
- Has played in and started all 110 games possible since his 2024 arrival all at shortstop
At Cal
2025 (So.)
55 G/55 GS, 3 HR, 31 RBI, 10 SB
ALL-ACC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
- Second on the team in stolen bases (10) and at bats (215), fourth in hits (58) and hit by pitches (5), fifth in doubles (10) and sixth in runs scored (33). RBI (31) and walks (15), while his .270 batting average was sixth among regulars
- Posted a torrid late-season six-game hit streak May 11-21 (.556, 10-18, 6 R, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 3 SB, SAC) with multiple hits in each of the last four contests and three hits in each of the last two before going 0-for-3 with an RBI in the season finale against Georgia Tech on May 22 in an ACC Championship quarterfinal, raising his average 23 points from .247 with seven games to go to its final .270
- Had key single to restart a ninth-inning rally and then scored on Max Handron’s game-winning walkoff homer in 8-6 comeback win over Boston College on May 15
- Had a .944 fielding percentage (an improvement from .930 as 2024 freshman) with 11 errors in 195 defensive chances
- Posted a career-long 11-game errorless streak from March 8-24
- Had a career-long nine-game hit streak from March 15-29 (16-44, .364, 7 R, 3 2B, 9 RBI, 2 B, 1 HBP)
- Stole third base before coming all the way around to score on a wild pitch on the same play in the fifth inning of a May 10 win against Florida State
- Scored game-winning run in 10th inning March 23 at Stanford and had three-run double in top of the ninth March 24 at San Francisco
- Homered on the first pitch of the season he saw Feb. 14 against Nevada
- Ranked as the nation's No. 19 shortstop heading into the season by DIBaseball
2024 (Fr.)
55 G/55 GS, 6 HR, 42 RBI, 7 SB
- Named a second-team Perfect Game Freshman All-American and was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection as a 2024 rookie
- One of just five freshman on the 32 person All-Pac-12 squad along with teammate Jarren Advincula
- One of four players to play in and start all 55 of the team's games with all of his starts at shortstop
- Hit .299 (66-for 221) with 43 runs scored, 15 doubles, one triple, six homers, 42 RBI and seven stolen bases, with his 15 doubles tying for second on the team
- His 66 hits were the 10th most ever by a Cal freshman
- Posted a .389 on base percentage, adding 29 walks and five hit by pitch
- Registered a 457 slugging percentage
- Second on team with 22 multiple-hit games including six with three hits
- Had a team-high 14 multiple-RBI contests including four with three runs driven in
- Started the year hitting ninth but moved his way to the top of the order
- Cal was 23-15 when he hit 1-3 in the lineup
- Hit .313 (15-for-48) against lefties, .295 (51-for-173) against righties
- Hit .394 with runners in scoring position
- Registered a .930 fielding percentage with 17 errors in 243 chances including 75 putouts and 151 assists
- Took part in 26 double plays to rank second on the team
- Had at least one defensive chance in all 55 of his games, at least one assist in each of his first 36 and 52 of 55 overall, and at least one putout in each of his final 11
- Raised batting average to.632 through seven games and kept it at .400 or higher through the first 20 games of the campaign
Notable Games/Series
- Started his Cal career by going 6-for-9 (.667) with two runs scored and seven RBI in three games of the season-opening MLB Desert Invitational then was 6-for-9 again to go along with two runs scored, two doubles, one home run and four RBI in a three-game series sweep against UConn the following week Feb. 23-25
- Made his collegiate debut in the Feb. 16 season-opener against No. 24 Kansas State, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base two RBI in a 6-3 win
- Followed up his collegiate debut the following day on Feb. 17 by going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI in a 12-3 win over Georgetown
- Finished the three-game MLB Desert Invitational by going 2-for-3 with two RBI against Boston College on Feb. 18
- Was 3-for-3 with a career-high-tying three runs scored, a double and his first collegiate home run to along with two doubles and two runs scored against UConn on Feb. 24
- Finished the three-game series against UConn by going 2-for-3 with an RBI on Feb. 25
- Had a three-run homer at Pitt on Mar. 3
- Was 7-for-13 (.538) with three runs scored, three doubles,. a triple and two stolen bases in a three-game sweep of UCLA Mar. 8-10
- Was 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and two stolen bases Mar. 8 in an 11-7 win against UCLA
- Completed all parts of the cycle other than the single when he was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning that snapped a 1-1 tie in a 3-1 win over Utah on Mar. 23
- Was 3-for-6 including a key two-out RBI single that capped a six-run top of the eighth in a 14-11 win at Saint Mary's on Apr. 10
- Had a 3-for-5 contest including his lone career two-double game in an 8-2 victory on Apr. 14 to sweep a three-game set at Washington State
- Scored a career-high-tying three runs in a 12-3 win at Pacific on Apr. 23
- Was 2-for-5 with a stolen base and had a key two-run double in the seventh inning of an 11-4 win at USC with Cal scoring 10 unanswered runs to end the game after trailing 4-1
- Was 2-for-5 with a stolen base and a run scored, beating out an infield single with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning of a 4-3 victory over San Jose State on May 11 on a play in which Seth Gwynn eventually scored the winning run on a throwing error
- Had his final home run of the season with a two-run shot with two outs in the bottom of the eighth against Washington on May 17 with Cal eventually winning 5-4 in 11 inning when Peyton Schulze led off the bottom the 11th with a solo homer
- Had a big game in a 12-0 win over Washington in the opener of the Pac-12 Tournament on May 21, going 2-for-4 with a double and equaling career highs of three runs scored and three RB
Other
Collegiate Summer League
2024 (Cotuit Kettleers, Cape Cod League)
- Played in and started three games before returning home for family reasons
- Hit .222 (2-for-9) with one run scored and two stolen bases
High School
Class Of 2023 (Valley Christian HS)
- A two-time letterwinner for the Warriors and coach John Diatte
- Earned West Catholic Athletic League MVP, first-team All-WCAL, San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News, second-team Cal-Hi All-State, as well as his school's Ultimate Warrior selections as a 2023 senior when he led his squad to Central Coast Section and WCAL titles with a perfect 16-0 record in WCAL play to become the first baseball squad to ever go undefeated in league play
- As a senior, Hit .365 (35-for-96) with 45 runs scored, 12 doubles, 46 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 55 games played as a senior
Career .303 hitter (46-for-152) with 15 doubles, one triple and four home runs
Personal
- Full name is Peter John Moutzouridis
- Born November 8, 2004
- Parents are Carrie and John Moutzouridis
- Has two siblings, Alex and Anna
- Great grandson of H. Corwin Johnson and Jean Gearhart Johnson who graduated from Cal in 1942
News Clips + Video
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Parallel Paths (CalBears.com/Cal Sports Quarterly)
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Cal baseball's stellar freshman middle infield has Bears eyeing NCAA Regional (SF Chronicle)
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Moutzouridis continues to prove naysayers wrong, even cross country (CapeCodLeague.com)
Last Updated
May 24, 2025
