Biography
Career (California, 2024 - Present)
Career Highs: IP - 6.0, twice, last vs. Miami (5/20/25); SO - 8, twice, last vs. Clemson (4/6/25); Pitches - 100. vs. Clemson (4/6/25)
19 G/8 GS, 3-4, 5.75 ERA, 56.1 IP, 57 SO
- Has a 3-4 record and a 5.75 earned run average with 57 strikeouts over 56.1 innings in 19 appearances and eight starts
- Has allowed 38 runs (36 earned runs), 61 hits, 23 walks and three hit by pitches with opponents hitting .280 against him
At Cal
2025 (So.)
14 G/7 GS, 3-4, 5.01 ERA, 46.2 IP, 46 SO
- Has made 13 appearances with six starts including in each of his last five outings against Clemson (April 6), at Georgia Tech (April 13), vs. NC State (April 19), at Notre Dame (April 26) and vs. Florida State (May 10)
- Has a 2-4 record and a 5.75 earned run average with his two victories against Utah (March 11) and at Louisville (March 29), while he has 39 strikeouts in 40.2 innings pitched
- Has allowed 28 runs (26 earned), 42 hits, 16 walks and three hit by pitches with opponents hitting .271 against him
Notable Games/Stretches
- Did not allow a run and only five hits and one walk with 13 strikeouts over his last two outings, both starts, in a May 10 home win over No. 2 Florida State (4.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO) when he combined with Gavin Eddy on a six-hit shutout and a May 20 victory against Miami (career-high-tying 6.0 IP, 2 H, 7 SO) in the first round of the ACC Championship
- Also effective previously in relief outings March 3 at Santa Clara (3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 4 SO, 1 WP), March 9 at Duke (0.2 IP, 1 SO), March 11 against Utah (1.2 IP, 1 SO), March 23 at Stanford (4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HBP) and March 29 at Louisville (5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, career-high-tying 8 SO, 1 WP, 1 HBP) when he pitched the final 5.2 innings and earned the victory in a 14-10 Cal win
- Made his second start of the season and first since Feb. 16 against Nevada on April 6 against Clemson, striking out a career-high-tying eight in 5.0 innings, while scattering four hits, three runs (all earned), three walks and one wild pitch over a career-high 100 pitches
- Came out of his April 13 start at Georgia Tech with the score tied 3-3 after 5.1 innings of work in which he allowed three runs (one earned) with the two unearned runs the first ever against him in his career on six hits and two walks, while striking out two
- Tossed a career-high-tying 6.0 innings but was charged with the loss April 19 against NC State, allowing three runs (all earned) on five hits with four walks and one strikeout over 98 pitches
2024 (Fr.)
Season Highs (Pitching): IP - 4.0, vs. Georgetown (2/17); SO - 6, vs. Georgetown (2/17); Pitches - 65, vs. Georgetown (2/17)
5 G/1 GS, 0-0, 9.31 ERA, 9.2 IP, 11 SO
- Was 0-0 with a 9.31 ERA in five appearances and one start
- Allowed 10 runs (10 earned) and 17 hits, while striking out 11 and walking seven in 9.2 innings pitched
- Did not pitch after March 19
Notable Games
- Made his collegiate debut on February 17 in a 12-3 win against Georgetown, striking out a season-high six in his longest outing of the campaign with 4.0 innings of work in which he allowed five hits, two runs (two earned) and one walk
- Made his first collegiate start in the rubber game of a three-game series against UCLA on March 10, tossing 3.0 complete innings, one run (one earned), two hits and three walks with three strikeouts and got a no-decision in a game Cal won 6-5 on Caleb Lomavita’s three-run walkoff home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth
- Pitched 1.0 scoreless inning of relief in his final appearance of the season on March 19 in an 11-3 win at San Francisco
Other
Amador Valley HS (Class Of 2023)
- Two-time letterwinner for the Dons and head coach Lou Cesario
- Went 6-1 with a 1.71 ERA as a 2023 senior after missing his 2022 junior campaign while recovering from Tommy John surgery
- Made five appearances on the mound as a 2021 sophomore, going 0-0 with a 2.42 ERA and striking out 20 in 17.1 innings pitched
- Also played one year of varsity soccer
Personal
- Full name is Oliver Michael de la Torre
- Born June 1, 2005
- Parents are Brittany and Michael de la Torre
- Dad played football at Texas A&M, while Mom was a collegiate volleyball player at Tampa
- Has two brothers Elliot and Simon
- Grandfather, Randy Miller, played major league baseball for the Orioles and Expos
Last Updated
May 24, 2025
