California State University, Long Beach

• Location: Long Beach, CA
• Nickname: Dirtbags (baseball only, all other sports are 49ers)
• Conference: Big West Conference 1989-present; Pacific Coast Athletic Association 1985-1988; Southern California Baseball Association 1977-1984; Pacific Coast Athletic Association 1970-1976; California Collegiate Athletic Association 1957-1969
• Ballpark: Blair Field

College World Series Appearances: 4 1989, 1991, 1993 & 1998

California State University, Long Beach, oftened shortened to CSU Long Beach or Long Beach State, was known as Long Beach State College until 1964, California State College at Long Beach until 1968, and California State College, Long Beach until 1972.

Long Beach State has sent quite a few prominent players to the major leagues, including Jason Giambi, Chris Gomez, Bobby Crosby, Jeremy Reed and Troy Tulowitzki, all with over 1,000 major league at-bats. Pitchers include Steve Trachsel with over 100 major league wins, Randy Moffitt with 96 saves and 534 appearances, and Rocky Biddle and Mike Gallo, each with over 150 major league appearances. Jered Weaver finished his career with 150 wins.

Notable Alumni

• Kyle Abbott, pitcher
• John Adam, trainer
• Jason Alexander, pitcher
• Abe Alvarez, pitcher
• Clayton Andrews, pitcher
• Omar Arif, minor league pitcher
• Rick Arnold, scout
• Nick Avila, pitcher
• David Bañuelos, catcher
• Don Barbara, minor league infielder
• Lee Bales, infielder
• Gary Beare, pitcher
• Chad Bentz, pitcher
• Rocky Biddle, pitcher
• John Bowker, infielder-outfielder
• Cliff Brannon, minor league outfielder
• Dan Bridges, college coach
• Shane Carle, pitcher
• Drew Carpenter, pitcher
• Daniel Choi, KBO pitcher
• Brent Cookson, outfielder
• Robby Corsaro, minor league pitcher
• Bobby Cramer, pitcher
• Casey Crook, college coach
• Bobby Crosby, infielder
• Brad Davis, catcher
• Alex De Goti, infielder
• Chris Demaria, pitcher
• Greg Dobbs, infielder
• Matt Duffy, infielder
• Jarren Duran, outfielder
• Dan Eisentrager, minor league pitcher
• Danny Espinosa, infielder
• Calvin Estrada, minor league outfielder
• Marco Estrada, pitcher
• Kyle Friedrichs, minor league pitcher
• Drew Gagnon, pitcher
• Mike Gallo, pitcher
• Rudy Garbalosa, college coach
• Rod Gaspar, outfielder
• Jason Giambi, infielder
• Chris Gomez, infielder
• Dennis Gonsalves, minor league pitcher
• Gabe Gonzalez, pitcher
• Dennis Gray, minor league pitcher
• Todd Guggiana, minor league player; scout
• Dorothy Harrell, AAGPBL infielder
• Steve Hammond, minor league pitcher
• Garrett Hampson, infielder
• Berdy Harr, college coach
• Tom Harrison, pitcher
• Adam Heether, minor league infielder
• Jared Hughes, pitcher
• Brandon Hyde, manager
• Chris Jones, minor league catcher
• Jon Jones, minor league outfielder
• L.J. Jones, minor league infielder
• Marcus Jones, pitcher
• Bryan Kennedy, minor league catcher
• Andre Lamontagne, minor league pitcher
• John Leavitt, scout
• Derek Legg, college coach
• Jeff Liefer, infielder
• Evan Longoria, infielder
• Brett Lorin, minor league pitcher
• Jaron Madison, scout
• Kent Madole, college coach
• Mike Marjama, catcher
• Jason Markovitz, minor league pitcher
• Eric Martins, coach
• Paul McAnulty, outfielder
• Darren McCaughan, pitcher
• Jeff McNeil, infielder
• Ryan Miller, minor league infielder
• Randy Moffitt, pitcher
• Tom Morgan, college coach
• Carlos Muniz, pitcher
• Dick Nen, infielder
• Willie Norwood, outfielder
• Kasey Olenberger, minor league pitcher
• Shane Peterson, outfielder
• Paul Pettit, pitcher
• Kirk Pierce, minor league catcher
• Branden Pinder, pitcher
• Todd Pridy, minor league infielder
• Cesar Ramos, pitcher
• Kevin Randel, minor league infielder and manager
• Jeremy Reed, outfielder
• David Roberts, minor league pitcher
• Lamarr Rogers, minor league infielder and manager
• Russ Rohlicek, minor league pitcher
• Bob Ross, pitcher
• Vince Sagisi, scout
• Bill Schmidt, General Manager
• Adam Seminaris, minor league pitcher
• Bryan Shaw, pitcher
• Darrell Sherman, outfielder
• Justin Siegel, minor league pitcher
• Will Skett, minor league outfielder
• Terrmel Sledge, outfielder
• Jason Smith, scout
• Jim Smith, infielder
• Jim Strickland, pitcher
• Scott Talanoa, minor league infielder
• Lucas Tancas, minor league infielder/outfielder
• Troy Taylor, pitcher
• Joey Terdoslavich, outfielder
• Tom Tereschuk, college coach
• Jake Thompson, minor league pitcher
• George Throop, pitcher
• Steven Tinoco, minor league outfielder
• Antonio Torres-Skerrett, minor league catcher
• Steve Trachsel, pitcher
• Troy Tulowitzki, infielder
• Tom Urbani, pitcher
• Edgar Varela, coach
• Jason Vargas, pitcher
• Brandon Villalobos, drafted pitcher
• Eli Villalobos, pitcher
• Nick Vincent, pitcher
• Nate Vopata, minor league infielder
• Bill Voss, outfielder
• Jewell Walker, minor league pitcher
• Jered Weaver, pitcher
• Ryan Webb, minor league outfielder
• Matt West, minor league pitcher
• Steve Whitaker, minor league pitcher
• Adam Wilk, pitcher
• George Witt, pitcher
• Jim Woodward, scout
• Vance Worley, pitcher

Coaches

• John McConnell, 1954-1959
• Dick Clegg, 1960-1963
• Bob Wuesthoff, 1964-1969
• John Gonsalves, 1970-1988
• Dave Snow, 1989-2001
• Mike Weathers, 2002-2010
• Troy Buckley, 2011-2019
• Eric Valenzuela, 2020-2023
• Bryan Peters, 2024
• T. J. Bruce, 2025-present

Assistant Coaches

• T. J. Bruce, 2007-2011
• Troy Buckley, 2001-2007; 2010
• Casey Crook, 1991-1992?
• Kip Fagg, 1990-1991
• Shawn Gilbert, 2011-2014
• Brandon Hyde, 2002
• Jaron Madison
• Tim McDonnell
• Bryan Peters, 2020-2023
• Justin Ramsey, 2012-2014
• Dan Ricabal, 2017-2019

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1954	3-13
1955	17-4
1956	18-6
1957	16-13	4-11
1958	16-10	8-7
1959	16-19	5-10
1960	19-14	9-6
1961	9-23	5-11
1962	15-17-1	9-9
1963	5-25-1	2-12
1964	30-13	12-4
1965	29-14-1	10-5
1966	28-16-1	13-7
1967	25-17	10-8
1968	21-20-1	8-12
1969	25-21-1	11-7
1970	28-23	11-4	CWS District Tournaments
1971	29-22	9-11
1972	24-33-1	6-12
1973	15-32-1	4-13-1
1974	28-37	8-16
1975	30-20	9-12
1976	30-22-1	12-9
1977	11-43-1	4-19-1
1978	20-37	10-18
1979	39-23-3	17-10-1
1980	16-50-2	5-23
1981	28-34	16-11
1982	27-33	8-20
1983	37-30	16-12
1984	32-34-4	13-15
1985	22-42	7-23
1986	14-33-1	5-16
1987	16-41-1	6-15
1988	14-45	4-17
1989	50-15	17-4	CWS Regionals / CWS
1990	36-22-1	12-9
1991	45-22	14-7	CWS Regionals / CWS
1992	37-20-1	18-5	CWS Regionals
1993	46-19	17-4	CWS Regionals / CWS
1994	41-19	16-5	CWS Regionals
1995	39-25-1	16-5	CWS Regionals
1996	34-26	15-6	CWS Regionals
1997	39-26	22-8	CWS Regionals
1998	43-23-1	23-7	CWS Regionals / CWS
1999	35-25	19-11	CWS Regionals
2000	31-25	18-12
2001	35-23	11-7	CWS Regionals
2002	39-21	17-7	CWS Regionals
2003	41-20	16-5	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2004	40-21	14-7	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2005	37-22	14-7	CWS Regionals
2006	29-27	12-9
2007	39-20	15-6	CWS Regionals
2008	38-21	16-8	CWS Regionals
2009	25-29	11-13
2010	23-32	7-17
2011	29-27	12-12
2012	28-27	15-9
2013	29-27	15-12
2014	34-26	17-7	CWS Regionals
2015	28-26	11-13
2016	38-22	15-9	CWS Regionals
2017	42-20-1	20-4	CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2018	27-30	12-12
2019	14-41	8-16
2020	10-5	0-0
2021	28-15	26-14
2022	29-27	17-13
2023	33-22	17-13
2024	25-29-1	10-20