Editing Barry Zito (section)

==College career==
Zito then attended [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UC Santa Barbara]] where he earned Freshman [[All-America]] Honors with 125 strikeouts in {{frac|85|1|3}} innings.<ref name="MLB"/> In his sophomore season, Zito transferred to [[Los Angeles Pierce College]] so that he could be eligible for the [[Major League Baseball draft]]. At Pierce, he posted a 2.62 [[earned run average]] (ERA), went 9–2 with 135 strikeouts in 103 innings, and was named to the all-state and all-conference teams.<ref name="MLB"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Kowalick |first=Vince |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-19-sp-30663-story.html |title=At Pierce, Zito Has a View of Future |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 19, 1998 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> He then transferred to the [[University of Southern California]] (USC), where he was a first-team [[All-America]] selected by ''[[USA Today]] [[Baseball Weekly]]'', ''Collegiate Baseball'', and ''[[Baseball America]]''. With a 12–3 record, a 3.28 ERA, and 154 strikeouts in {{frac|113|2|3}} innings, Zito was named [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10]] Pitcher of the Year.<ref name="MLB"/>

Zito also played in the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]], a summer wooden bat league that showcases the nation's top amateur prospects. He led the [[Wareham Gatemen]] to the league championship in 1997 and was named a league all-star and led the team to a runner-up finish in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gatemen.org/alumnilist.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131020154004/http://www.gatemen.org/alumnilist.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |title=Wareham Gatemen Alumni 1969–2011 |work=Wareham Gatemen |access-date=October 20, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Walsh |first=Sean |url=http://v2.capecodbaseball.org/news/season/?article_id=808 |title=Gatemen Take Giant Step |work=Cape Cod Baseball League |date=August 9, 2001 |access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://master.v2.capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ftp/archives/Arc1998/east_allstars.htm |title=Cape Cod Baseball League 1998 All-Star Teams |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>