California Baptist Lancers | |
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Overall record | 213–146 |
University | California Baptist University |
Head coach | Gary Adcock (22nd season) |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference West Division |
Location | Riverside, California |
Home stadium | James W. Totman Stadium (Capacity: 800) |
Nickname | Lancers |
Colors | Navy blue and gold [1] |
NCAA tournament appearances | |
Division II: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | |
Conference regular season champions | |
2019, 2021 |
The California Baptist Lancers baseball team represents California Baptist University, which is located in Riverside, California. The Lancers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They began competing in Division I in 2019 and joined the Western Athletic Conference the same season.
The Cal Baptist Lancers play home games on campus at James W. Totman Stadium. [2] Under the direction of Head Coach Gary Adcock, the Lancers transitioned from Division II to Division I and were not eligible for postseason play. In their first season in the WAC, they tied for the regular season title. They repeated their shared title in 2021 and first competed in the WAC's postseason tournament in 2023. [3] In the program's seven years in Division II, the Lancers played in five NCAA tournaments. [4]
Since the program's inception, two Lancers have later played in Major League Baseball (MLB), Trevor Oaks and Tyson Miller. Since 1981, 42 other Lancers have been drafted in the MLB Draft. [5]
James W. Totman Stadium is a baseball stadium on the California Baptist campus in Riverside, California that seats 800 people. It opened in 1991 and was renovated in 2007. [2]
Records taken from the 2025 Complete History Book [6]
Season | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
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2019–present | Gary Adcock | 7 | 213–146 | .593 |
Totals | 1 coach | 7 seasons | 213–146 | .593 |
Records taken from the 2025 CBU complete history book [6] [3]
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Western Athletic Conference (2019–present) | |||||||||
2019 | Gary Adcock | 35–20 | 19–8 | T–1st | ineligible | ||||
2020 | Gary Adcock | 7–8 | Season cancelled on March 18 due to COVID-19 pandemic [7] | ||||||
2021 | Gary Adcock | 40–16 | 19–8 | T–1st | ineligible | ||||
2022 | Gary Adcock | 36–20 | 18–12 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2023 | Gary Adcock | 28–30 | 15–15 | 8th | WAC Tournament | ||||
2024 | Gary Adcock | 37–25 | 18–12 | 4th | WAC Tournament | ||||
2025 | Gary Adcock | 30–27 | 12–12 | 5th | WAC Tournament | ||||
Total: | 213–146 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Year | Position | Name | Selector |
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2019 | OF | Chad Castillo | CB |
2021 | Pitcher | CJ Culpepper | CB, NCBWA |
2024 | Pitcher | Lukas Pirko | D1Baseball.com |
Year | Position | Name | Selector |
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2022 | IF | Harrison Spohn | CB |
Year | Position | Name |
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2021 | Pitcher | CJ Culpepper |
2025 | SS | Chris Ramirez |
Year | Handedness | Name |
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2019 | Right | Logan Rinehart, Jr. |
2023 | Right | Liam Rocha |
Year | Posistion | Name |
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2021 | OF | Damon Keith |
2025 | OF | Nicholas Dumesnil |
Taken from the 2025 CBU complete history book. [8] Updated February 27, 2020.
= All-Star | = Baseball Hall of Famer |
Athlete | Years in MLB | MLB Teams |
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Trevor Oaks | 2018 | Kansas City Royals |
Tyson Miller | 2020, 2022–2024 | Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners |
Source: Baseball Reference [5]