The Liberty Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of
Liberty University
Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Lib ...
in
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
The team is a member of
Conference USA, which is part of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...
'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 results
Major League Baseball
As of the 2022
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
season, 79 former Flames have been drafted by MLB teams. Seven players have made it to the majors:
Sid Bream
Sidney Eugene Bream (born August 3, 1960) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 1983 through 1994, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1983–85), Pittsburgh Pirates (1985–90), Atlanta ...
,
Randy Tomlin,
Doug Brady
Stephen Douglas Brady (born November 23, 1969) is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman. He played during one season at the major league level for the Chicago White Sox, and one season in the Korea Baseball Organization for the Lotte Gi ...
,
Lee Guetterman
Arthur Lee Guetterman (born November 22, 1958), nicknamed "Goot," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played from to for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball ...
,
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 also
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List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division I baseball. In the 2022 season, 301 Division I schools competed. These teams compete to go to the 64-team Division I baseball tournament and then to Omaha, Nebraska, and Charle ...
References
External links
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Baseball teams established in 1974
1974 establishments in Virginia
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