: ''For information on all University of Alabama at Birmingham sports, see

UAB Blazers The UAB Blazers are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs that represent the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The school is one of the fourteen member institutions of Conference USA (C-USA) and participates in Division I of th ...

'' The UAB Blazers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a Public university#United States, public List of research universities in the United States, research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established i ...

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

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. The team is a member of

Conference USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...

, which is part of the

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's Division I. UAB's first baseball team was fielded in 1979. The team plays its home games at

Regions Field Regions Field is the name of a minor league baseball Baseball park, park in the Southside (Birmingham), Southside community of Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. It is the home field for the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League (1964–present), South ...

. The Blazers are coached by Casey Dunn.

Blazers in Major League Baseball

Since the

Major League Baseball Draft The first-year player draft is the primary mechanism of Major League Baseball (MLB) for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on a lo ...

began in 1965, UAB has had 28 players selected. Notable players include: * Graham Ashcraft * Dan DeMent * Mike Goff *

Chris Hammond Christopher Andrew Hammond (born January 21, 1966) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Hammond was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth round of the amateur draft. Hammond had not sustained considerable success unt ...

* Brewer Hicklen *

Héctor Villanueva Héctor José Alberto Villanueva Balasquide (born October 2, 1964), is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1990 to 1993. In 1991, he became the fourth player in the history of the Puerto Rico Basebal ...

Garrett Whitlock Garrett Getts Whitlock (born June 11, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he throws and bats right-handed. Amateur career Whitlock attended Providence Chris ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:UAB Blazers Baseball * Sports clubs established in 1979

Blazers in Major League Baseball

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