California Baptist Lancers baseball

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California Baptist Lancers
Baseball current event.svg 2025 California Baptist Lancers baseball team
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Overall record213–146
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
ColorsNavy 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.

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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]

Conference membership history (Division I only)

James W. Totman Stadium

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]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2025 Complete History Book [6]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
2019–present Gary Adcock 7213–146.593
Totals1 coach7 seasons213–146.593

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2025 CBU complete history book [6] [3]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Western Athletic Conference (2019–present)
2019 Gary Adcock 35–2019–8T–1stineligible
2020 Gary Adcock 7–8Season cancelled on March 18
due to COVID-19 pandemic
[7]
2021 Gary Adcock 40–1619–8T–1stineligible
2022 Gary Adcock 36–2018–122nd (West)
2023 Gary Adcock 28–3015–158th WAC Tournament
2024 Gary Adcock 37–2518–124th WAC Tournament
2025 Gary Adcock 30–2712–125th WAC Tournament
Total:213–146

      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

Awards and honors (Division I only)

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2019OFChad Castillo CB
2021PitcherCJ Culpepper CB, NCBWA
2024PitcherLukas PirkoD1Baseball.com

First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2022IFHarrison Spohn CB

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
2021PitcherCJ Culpepper
2025SSChris Ramirez

Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year

YearHandednessName
2019RightLogan Rinehart, Jr.
2023RightLiam Rocha

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

YearPosistionName
2021OFDamon Keith
2025OFNicholas Dumesnil

Taken from the 2025 CBU complete history book. [8] Updated February 27, 2020.

Lancers in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
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]

See also

References

  1. CBU Athletics Updated Branding Guide (PDF). July 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Lancer Outdoor Athletic Complex". Cal Baptist Lancers . Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Baseball History year by year" (PDF). Cal Baptist Lancers . Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  4. "Division II Baseball Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA . 2022. p. 7.
  5. 1 2 "California Baptist University (Riverside, CA) Baseball Players". Baseball Reference . Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "CBU Complete History Book" (PDF). Cal Baptist Lancers . July 18, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  7. "WAC Announces Cancellation of All Sports for Remainder of Academic Year". March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  8. "CBU Complete History Book" (PDF). Cal Baptist Lancers . December 4, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2020.