Cal Poly Mustangs baseball

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Cal Poly Mustangs
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team
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Founded1948
University California Polytechnic State University
Head coach Larry Lee (23rd season)
Conference Big West
Location San Luis Obispo, California
Home stadium Baggett Stadium
(Capacity: 3,138)
Nickname Mustangs
ColorsPoly green, copper gold, and stadium gold [1]
     
NCAA tournament appearances
2009, 2013, 2014, 2025
Conference tournament champions
2025
Conference regular season champions
2014
Cal Poly vs. the UCLA Bruins at the L.A. Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium on June 1, 2013 UCLA baseball 2013.jpg
Cal Poly vs. the UCLA Bruins at the L.A. Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium on June 1, 2013

The Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team represents California Polytechnic State University, which is located in San Luis Obispo, California. The Mustangs are an NCAA Division I college baseball program, and along with the other Cal Poly athletic teams with the exception of swimming, wrestling, indoor track and football, the baseball team competes in the Big West Conference.

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The Cal Poly Mustangs play all home games on campus at Robin Baggett Stadium. Under the direction of Head Coach Larry Lee, the Mustangs have played in three NCAA tournaments—2009, 2013, and 2014—including hosting their first regional in 2014. The Mustangs also won their first Big West Conference title in 2014.

Prior to Lee's arrival and Cal Poly's move to Division I in all sports, the Mustangs played in multiple Division II regionals. Cal Poly initially won an NCAA Division II championship in 1989, although it was later vacated by the NCAA.

Conference membership history

The Blue-Green Rivalry

The main rival of the Cal Poly is UC Santa Barbara. The rivalry is a part of the larger Blue–Green Rivalry, which encompasses all sports between the two schools.

Robin Baggett Stadium

Robin Baggett Stadium is a baseball stadium on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, California. It was opened on January 21, 2001, with a 6–5 victory over Stanford in 12 innings. [2] After renovations and expansion in 2018, it now seats 3,138. A record attendance of 3,284 was set on May 6, 2005, during a game against Cal State Fullerton. [3]

Head coaches (Division I era)

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1995–2002 Ritch Price 8217–228–1.488
2003–present Larry Lee 22713–552–2.564
Totals2 coaches30 seasons930–780–3.544

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Western Athletic Conference (1995–1996)
1995 Ritch Price 21–2913–175th (Western)
1996Ritch Price 30–2318–123rd (Western)
Big West Conference (1997–present)
1997Ritch Price 37–2115–15T–3rd (South) BWC tournament (1–2)
1998Ritch Price 16–427–214th (South)
1999Ritch Price 21–349–216th
2000Ritch Price 32–2418–12T–3rd
2001Ritch Price 30–268–105th
2002Ritch Price 30–29–115–93rd
2003 Larry Lee 27–28–19–124th
2004Larry Lee 38–23–110–11T–4th
2005Larry Lee 36–2014–7T–2nd
2006Larry Lee 29–2710–114th
2007Larry Lee 32–2413–84th
2008Larry Lee 24–328–16T–7th
2009Larry Lee 37–2114–103rd NCAA Tempe Regional (0–2)
2010Larry Lee 23–3210–145th
2011Larry Lee 27–2615–93rd
2012Larry Lee 36–2016–82nd
2013Larry Lee 40–1917–102nd NCAA Los Angeles Regional (1–2)
2014Larry Lee 47–1219–51st NCAA San Luis Obispo Regional (2–2)
2015Larry Lee 27–2714–104th
2016Larry Lee 32–2512–124th
2017Larry Lee 28–2816–82nd
2018Larry Lee 30–2715–92nd
2019Larry Lee 28–2817–7T–2nd
2020*Larry Lee 5–110–0N/A
2021Larry Lee 31–2521–194th
2022Larry Lee 37–2122–82nd
2023Larry Lee 21-3511-198th
2024Larry Lee 35-2220-104th
2025Larry Lee 43-1923-72nd NCAA Eugene Regional (2-2)
Total:930–780–3429–347

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA tournament History

YearRecordPctNotes
2009 0–2.000Eliminated at 49th by Kent State in Tempe Regional
2013 1–2.333Eliminated at 33rd by UCLA in Los Angeles Regional
2014 2–2.500Eliminated at 17th by Pepperdine in San Luis Obispo Regional
2025 2–2.500Eliminated at 17th by Arizona in Eugene Regional
TOTALS5–8.385

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
19972BScott Kidd2nd Collegiate Baseball
2005CKyle Blumenthal3rd Collegiate Baseball
SP Garrett Olson 3rd Collegiate Baseball
2007OF Grant Desme 1st Baseball America
2nd Collegiate Baseball
NCBWA
2012OF Mitch Haniger 2nd Collegiate Baseball
2014SPMatt Imhof2nd Collegiate Baseball
NCBWA
Casey Bloomquist1st Collegiate Baseball
2nd NCBWA
2B Mark Mathias 2nd Baseball America
3rd Collegiate Baseball
NCBWA
2017SP Spencer Howard 2nd Collegiate Baseball
2018OF Alex McKenna 3rd Collegiate Baseball
2021SS Brooks Lee 1st Collegiate Baseball
D1Baseball.com
2nd Baseball America
ABCA
2022SS Brooks Lee 1st ABCA/Rawlings
Collegiate Baseball
2ndD1Baseball.com
Perfect Game
Baseball America
2022SP Drew Thorpe 1st NCBWA
ABCA/Rawlings
D1Baseball.com
Perfect Game
Baseball America
Collegiate Baseball

Freshman All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
20092BMatt JensenNCBWA
2012RPReed ReillyCollegiate Baseball
2013DHBrian MundellCollegiate Baseball
2016C Nick Meyer Collegiate Baseball
SSKyle MarinconzCollegiate Baseball
20173BBradlee BeesleyCollegiate Baseball
2021SSBrooks LeeCollegiate Baseball
2021SPDrew ThorpeBaseball America
2022CRyan StaffordCollegiate Baseball
Baseball America

Big West Field Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2005CKyle Blumenthal
2007OF Grant Desme
2012OF Mitch Haniger
20142BMark Mathias
2018OFAlex McKenna
2021SSBrooks Lee
2022SSBrooks Lee

Big West Coach of the Year

YearName
2014 Larry Lee

Taken from the 2019 Cal Poly baseball media guide. [3] Updated August 17, 2019.

Mustangs in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Justin Bruihl 2021-presentLos Angeles Dodgers
Kevin Correia 2003–2015San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies
Erich Uelmen 2022-presentChicago Cubs
Casey Fien 2009–2010, 2012–2017Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies
Craig Gerber 1985California Angels
Lee Hancock 1995–1996Pittsburgh Pirates
Mitch Haniger 2016–presentArizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants
Gorman Heimueller 1983–1984Oakland Athletics
Spencer Howard 2020-presentPhiladelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers
Mike Krukow 1976–1989Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants
Thornton Lee 1933–1948Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants
Mark Mathias 2020-presentMilwaukee Brewers
Mike Miller 2016Boston Red Sox
Brent Morel 2010–2015Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates
Bud Norris 2009–2018Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Oliver 1977Cleveland Indians
Garrett Olson 2007–2012Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets
John Orton 1989–1993California Angels
Evan Reed 2013–2014Detroit Tigers
Logan Schafer 2011–2016Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins
Ozzie Smith 1978–1996San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
Bryan Woo 2023-presentSeattle Mariners

Taken from the 2019 Cal Poly baseball media guide. [3] Updated August 17, 2019.

Cal Poly Baseball alumni in the Olympics

Cal Poly Baseball in video games

Cal Poly was featured as a playable team in EA's MVP '06: NCAA Baseball game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cal Poly Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). February 9, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ Baggett Stadium at gopoly.com, URL accessed December 12, 2009. Archived 21, 2009
  3. 1 2 3 "2019 Baseball Team Information Guide" . Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  4. ↑ "James Van Ostrand". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Home | Joey Wagman - Team Israel Pitcher". Wagman | Team Israel. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  6. ↑ MattLions20 (July 14, 2006). "Team List". IGN. Retrieved June 27, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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