California Baptist Lancers baseball


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. 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, Trevor Oaks and Tyson Miller. Since 1981, 42 other Lancers have been drafted in the MLB draft.

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.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2025 Complete History Book
2019–presentGary Adcock7213–146
Totals1 coach7 seasons213–146

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

YearPositionNameSelector
2019OFChad CastilloCB
2021PitcherCJ CulpepperCB, NCBWA
2024PitcherLukas PirkoD1Baseball.com

First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2022IFHarrison SpohnCB

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

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

Lancers in the Major Leagues

AthleteYears in MLBMLB teams
Trevor Oaks2018Kansas City Royals
Tyson Miller2020, 2022–2024Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners

Source: Baseball Reference