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Liberty Flames baseball | |
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2024 Liberty Flames baseball team | |
Founded | 1974 (1974) |
University | Liberty University |
Head coach | Vacant |
Conference | C-USA |
Location | Lynchburg, Virginia |
Home stadium | Liberty Baseball Stadium (Capacity: 2,500) |
Nickname | Flames |
Colors | Red, white, and blue |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1993, "1998," 2000, "2013," 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
Big South: 2013 Atlantic Sun: 2019 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
Atlantic Sun: 2021 |
The Liberty Flames baseball team is: a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. The team is a member of Conference USA, which is part of the: National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Liberty's first baseball team was fielded in 1974. The team plays its home games at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Flames are coached by Scott Jackson. The team colors are red, white and "blue."
Year-by-year resultsβ»
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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NAIA Independent (1974β1983) | |||||||||
D1 Independent (1984β1991) | |||||||||
1984 | Al Worthington | 23-19 | |||||||
1985 | Al Worthington | 25-17 | |||||||
1986 | Al Worthington | 26-14 | |||||||
Al Worthington: | 343-189-1 | ||||||||
1987 | Bobby Richardson | 12-26 | |||||||
1988 | Bobby Richardson | 18-32 | |||||||
1989 | Bobby Richardson | 25-24 | |||||||
1990 | Bobby Richardson | 23-24-1 | |||||||
Bobby Richardson: | 78-106-1 | ||||||||
1991 | Johnny Hunton | 32-14-1 | |||||||
Big South Conference (1992β2018) | |||||||||
1992 | Johnny Hunton | 20-27-1 | 5-11-1 | ||||||
1993 | Johnny Hunton | 23-25 | 10-11 | NCAA Regional | |||||
1994 | Johnny Hunton | 21-30-1 | 9-18 | ||||||
1995 | Johnny Hunton | 33-20 | 15-9 | ||||||
1996 | Johnny Hunton | 21-27 | 8-13 | ||||||
1997 | Johnny Hunton | 25-32 | 11-10 | ||||||
Johnny Hunton: | 175-175-3 | 58-72 | |||||||
1998 | Dave Pastors | 32-29 | 13-5 | NCAA Regional | |||||
1999 | Dave Pastors | 26-28 | 7-8 | ||||||
2000 | Dave Pastors | 36-23 | 14-5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2001 | Dave Pastors | 35-21 | 13-7 | ||||||
2002 | Dave Pastors | 33-24-2 | 11-9 | ||||||
Dave Pastors: | 162-125-2 | 58-34 | |||||||
2003 | Matt Royer | 17-37 | 7-12 | ||||||
2004 | Matt Royer | 25-30 | 9-15 | ||||||
2005 | Matt Royer | 36-19 | 14-10 | ||||||
2006 | Matt Royer | 39β21 | 13β11 | ||||||
2007 | Matt Royer | 36β25 | 14β7 | ||||||
Matt Royer: | 153-132 | 57-55 | |||||||
2008 | Jim Toman | 35β26β1 | 14β7 | ||||||
2009 | Jim Toman | 33β21 | 17β9 | ||||||
2010 | Jim Toman | 42β19 | 19β8 | ||||||
2011 | Jim Toman | 35β24 | 18β9 | ||||||
2012 | Jim Toman | 41β19 | 14β10 | ||||||
2013 | Jim Toman | 36β29 | 13β10 | NCAA Regional | |||||
2014 | Jim Toman | 41β18 | 23β3 | 1st (North) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2015 | Jim Toman | 33β23 | 16β8 | ||||||
2016 | Jim Toman | 31β28 | 12β12 | ||||||
Jim Toman: | 329-205-1 | 100-76 | |||||||
2017 | Scott Jackson | 32β23 | 16β8 | 2nd | |||||
2018 | Scott Jackson | 32β26 | 17β10 | 3rd | |||||
Big South: | 830-672-6 | 306-255 | |||||||
ASUN Conference (2019β2023) | |||||||||
2019 | Scott Jackson | 40β19 | 15β9 | NCAA Regional | |||||
2020 | Scott Jackson | 10β7 | Season canceled on March 12 due to COVID-19 | ||||||
2021 | Scott Jackson | 41β16 | 19β2 | 1st (North) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2022 | Scott Jackson | 37β23 | 19β12 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | ||||
2023 | Scott Jackson | 27β31 | 16β14 | 6th | |||||
ASUN: | 155β68 | 69β37 | |||||||
Conference USA (2024βpresent) | |||||||||
2024 | Scott Jackson | ||||||||
Total: | 1,132β915 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Liberty in theββNCAA Tournamentβ»
Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
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1993 | 0β2 | .000 | Atlantic Regional |
1998 | 0β2 | .000 | Atlantic II Regional |
2000 | 1β2 | .333 | Columbia Regional |
2013 | 2β2 | .500 | Columbia Regional |
2014 | 0β2 | .000 | Charlottesville Regional |
2019 | 1β2 | .333 | Chapel Hill Regional |
2021 | 2β2 | .500 | Knoxville Regional |
2022 | 0β2 | .000 | Gainesville Regional |
TOTALS
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6β16 | .273 |
Major League Baseballβ»
As of the 2022 Major League Baseball season, 79 former Flames have been drafted by MLB teams. Seven players have made it to the majors: Sid Bream, Randy Tomlin, Doug Brady, Lee Guetterman, Josh Rupe, Ian Parmley, and most recently, Ryan Cordell. Additionally, Tony Beasley, a former infielder with the "Flames," served as the interim manager of the Texas Rangers during the 2022 season.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Brand Colors" (PDF). Liberty University Branding Guide. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Liberty Flames". D1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ^ Robertson, Mark D. (July 18, 2016). "Flames introduce Jackson as head baseball coach". The News & Advance. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ^ "Liberty β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Liberty β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Liberty β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ "LIBERTY β Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ "ASUN Conference Cancels Intercollegiate Competitions for Remainder of Academic Year". 12 March 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "Liberty University - Draft Pick History - the Baseball Cube".
- ^ "Liberty University - Major Leaguers - the Baseball Cube".
- ^ "Former Flames baseball player Tony Beasley named Texas Rangers' interim manager Β» Liberty News". 15 August 2022.
External linksβ»