A 15-year-old baseball player was beaten beyond recognition after being attacked by gang members as he walked home after a game in Los Angeles.

Evan Jimenez, who plays for San Pedro High School, was left with serious injuries after two men beat him a few hours after his team won a ball game 20-0 against Gardena High School.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lieutenant Tony Del Pinto said he went to a friend's house after the game on Thursday and was attacked with an empty Jack Daniels bottle as he walked home around 10pm.

Evan Jimenez (pictured) was beaten unconscious with an empty bourbon bottle on Thursday

A GoFundMe page had been set up to help pay for his medical expenses and photographs on it show him 'beaten beyond recognition'.

Evan was left unconscious in the street after the attack.

The motive is unclear but his assailants are thought to have been gang members and it is thought they may have jumped to the conclusion he was from a rival gang and had strayed into their territory.

Evan Jimenez (pictured) played for baseball San Pedro High School's team, the Pirates

A passer-by found him and took him to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance but he was later transferred to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit.

Evan had recently attended the funeral of team-mate Jesse Esphorst Jr, who was killed in an auto pile-up.

'This funeral had a heavy impact on Evan,' according to the GoFundMe page.

Last night his mother, Charlene, and other relatives were by his bedside at Harbor-UCLA, hoping he will pull through.

She is a single mother and the only wage-earner in the home.

A friend who set up the GoFundMe page said: 'Charlene will not be able to return to work for a very long time. I cannot imagine the financial worry she must have and it is the last thing she needs to think about right now.'

So far $47,000 has been donated towards a target of $100,000.