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Liberty Flames baseball
2022 Liberty Flames baseball team
Liberty flames text logo.svg
Founded1974 (1974)
UniversityLiberty University
Head coachScott Jackson (6th season)
ConferenceASUN
LocationLynchburg, Virginia
Home stadiumLiberty Baseball Stadium
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameFlames
ColorsBlue, white, and red[1]
     
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.[2] The team is a member of the ASUN Conference, 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.[3] The team colors are red, white and blue.[4]

Year-by-year results

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NAIA Independent (1974–1983)
D1 Independent (1984–1991)
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 (1992–2018)
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[5] Matt Royer 39–21 13–11
2007[6] Matt Royer 36–25 14–7
Matt Royer: 153-132 57-55
2008[7] Jim Toman 35–26–1 14–7
2009[8] Jim Toman 33–21 17–9
2010[9] Jim Toman 42–19 19–8
2011[10] Jim Toman 35–24 18–9
2012[11] Jim Toman 41–19 14–10
2013[12] Jim Toman 36–29 13–10 NCAA Regional
2014[13] Jim Toman 41–18 23–3 1st (North) NCAA Regional
2015[14] Jim Toman 33–23 16–8
2016[15] Jim Toman 31–28 12–12
Jim Toman: 329-205-1 100-76
2017 Scott Jackson 32–23 16–8 2nd
2018 Scott Jackson 32–26 17–10 3rd
Big South: 830-672-6 306-255
ASUN Conference (2019–present)
2019 Scott Jackson 40–19 15–9 NCAA Regional
2020 Scott Jackson 10–7 Season canceled on March 12 due to Coronavirus pandemic[16]
2021 Scott Jackson 41–16 19–2 1st (North) NCAA Regional
Total: 1,105-884

      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

Major League Baseball

As of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, Liberty has seven[17] former players make it to the majors: Sid Bream, Randy Tomlin, Doug Brady, Lee Guetterman, Josh Rupe, Ian Parmley, and most recently, Ryan Cordell.

Additionally, Liberty has had 64 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  2. ^ "Liberty Flames". D1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  5. ^ "Liberty – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  6. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  7. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  8. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  9. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  10. ^ "Liberty – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  11. ^ "Liberty – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  12. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  13. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  14. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  15. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  16. ^ "ASUN Conference Cancels Intercollegiate Competitions for Remainder of Academic Year". 12 March 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  17. ^ "Liberty Flames - Baseball History - the Baseball Cube".
  18. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-13.

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