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 Big West Conference. 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. 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. In the program's seven years in Division II, the Lancers played in five NCAA tournaments.
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.
Conference membership history (Division I only) 2019–present: Western Athletic Conference
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.
Head coaches (Division I only) Records taken from the 2025 Complete History Book 2019–present Gary Adcock 7 213–146 Totals 1 coach 7 seasons 213–146
Year-by-year NCAA Division I results Records taken from the 2025 CBU complete history book
Awards and honors (Division I only)
In their first season in the Western Athletic Conference, two Lancers were named to the all-conference first-team.
Freshman First-Team All-Americans
YearPositionNameSelector2019OFChad CastilloCB2021PitcherCJ CulpepperCB, NCBWA2024PitcherLukas PirkoD1Baseball.com
First-Team All-Americans
YearPositionNameSelector2022IFHarrison SpohnCB
Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year
YearPositionName2021PitcherCJ Culpepper2025SSChris Ramirez
Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year
YearHandednessName2019RightLogan Rinehart, Jr.2023RightLiam Rocha
Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year YearPositionName2021OFDamon Keith2025OFNicholas Dumesnil
Taken from the 2025 CBU complete history book. Updated February 27, 2020.
Lancers in the Major Leagues
= All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer
Athlete Years in MLB MLB teamsTrevor Oaks2018Kansas City RoyalsTyson Miller2020, 2022–2024Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners Source: Baseball Reference
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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