Andrew Vaughn, Cal’s newest World Series champion, shares a curious distinction with legendary Jackie Jensen, the first Golden Bear to win the Fall Classic.

On Wednesday night in Tampa, Fla., Vaughn and the Milwaukee Brewers polished off the Rays 4-1, completing a five-game run to the franchise’s first-ever World Series crown.

For Vaughn, who was college baseball’s Golden Spikes Award winner as a sophomore in 2018 and became the No. 3 overall draft pick by the White Sox a year later, the road to a world championship must have seemed impossible less than two years ago.

From a record 121 losses with the White in 2024, Vaughn was traded to Milwaukee in June of 2025 and was part of a Brewers team that posted 103 victories this season — the most in baseball.

Andrew Vaughn hits a double against the Dodgers during the National League Championship Series.…