George Mason Patriots baseball

George Mason Patriots
Founded	1968
University	George Mason University
Head coach	Bill Brown (39th season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	Fairfax, Virginia
Home stadium	Spuhler Field (Capacity: 900)
Nickname	Patriots
Colors	Green and gold
NCAA Tournament appearances
1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2014
Conference tournament champions
CAA: 1988, 1992 Atlantic 10: 2014
Regular season conference champions
CAA: 1992, 1993, 2004, 2009

The George Mason Patriots baseball team is an intercollegiate baseball team representing George Mason University in NCAA Division I college baseball and has made six appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

George Mason participates as a full member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They have won four regular season championships and two tournaments as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

History

Conference

• 1968–1981: Independent
• 1982–1985: Eastern College Athletic Conference
• 1986–2013: Colonial Athletic Association
• 2014–present: Atlantic 10 Conference

Head coaches

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1968–1979	Raymond "Hap" Spuhler	12	318–169–3	.652
1980–1981	Walt Masterson	2	33–43–1	.428
1982–present	Bill Brown	32	917–838–6	.522
Totals	3 coaches	46 seasons	1268–1050–10	.547

Year-by-year results

Year	Coach	Record	Notes
1968	Raymond "Hap" Spuhler	8–12
1969		16–15
1970		21–9
1971		21–15
1972		24–17
1973		32–12
1974		32–13
1975		30–9
1976		42–14	Reached NAIA Baseball World Series
1977		28–19–1
1978		36–17–1
1979		28–17–1
1980	Walt Masterson	14–25–1
1981		19–18
1982	Bill Brown	19–24
1983		19–24
1984		21–20
1985		38–23
1986		27–20–1
1987		31–23
1988		34–27–1
1989		23–25
1990		28–30
1991		30–27
1992		21–32
1993		39–18
1994		18–32–1
1995		31–25
1996		25–29
1997		29–24
1998		26–28
1999		30–24–1
2000		21–34–1
2001		21–32
2002		28–29
2003		31–20
2004		39–19
2005		35–19
2006		20–31
2007		27–27
2008		30–25
2009		42–12
2010		28–22
2011		21–32–1
2012		33–24
2013		18–35
2014		34–22
2015		23–27–1
2016		19–35

NCAA tournament

• The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
• The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1985	0–2	.000	Eliminated by Arkansas in the South II Regional
1988	0–2	.000	Eliminated by Stetson in the East Regional
1992	1–2	.333	Eliminated by California in the East Regional
1993	0–2	.000	Eliminated by St. John's in the West Regional
2004	0–2	.000	Eliminated by Virginia in the Charlottesville Regional
2009	0–2	.000	Eliminated by Binghamton in the Greenville Regional
2014	0–2	.000	Eliminated by Texas A&M in the Houston Regional
Totals	1–14	.067

Notable players

• Justin Bour, 1B - Los Angeles Dodgers
• Shawn Camp, RP - Retired
• Mike Colangelo, OF - Retired
• Jake Kalish, RP
• Chris O'Grady, RP - Free Agent
• Chris Widger, C - Retired*
• Logan Driscoll, C - Tampa Bay Rays
• Tyler Zomboro, RP - Tampa Bay Rays

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs