Mike Batesole

Michael H. Batesole

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.
• School Oral Roberts University

• Born March 28, 1964

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Biographical Information

Mike Batesole played in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization from 1985 to 1988, reaching AA with the San Antonio Missions. He then became a coach, winning Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year honors in 1998 along with Mike Gillespie. He led his school to the 2008 College World Series title.

Mike was a backup for Team USA when they won Bronze in the 1984 Amateur World Series. He was 1 for 12 with a walk and two times plunked; his hit was a homer off Nelson Cespedes of the Dominican national team. He handled 14 chances error-free, backing up Tim Dulin at third base. He was picked in the 14th round of the 1985 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He debuted with the Great Falls Dodgers and batted .262/~.314/.364. His 20 doubles were two shy of Pioneer League leader Geronimo Berroa. In 1986, Batesole hit .231/~.292/.357 for the Bakersfield Dodgers. The next year, his batting line read .285/~.352/.423 with the Vero Beach Dodgers. He hit a team-high 11 home runs and drove in 77, the most. He was hit by pitch 13 times, leading the Florida State League and his 9 sacrifice flies tied Craig Mills for the lead. Batesole tied for 7th in the FSL in home runs and was 4th in RBI.

He finished his playing career in 1988 with Vero Beach (.237/~.321/.343 in 51 games) and the San Antonio Missions (.286/~.323/.401 in 53 games).

Batesole was an assistant coach for five years at Cypress College and Orange Coast Junior College. He was then head coach at California State University, Northridge from 1996 to 2002. He was then the head coach at California State University, Fresno from 2003 to 2022. He led the team to the 2008 College World Series, their first College World Series in 17 years. The lowest-ranked seed ever to make a College World Series (#4 in their regional), Fresno State became the team with the most losses (31) ever to win a CWS in a dazzling underdog postseason performance.

Batesole's son, Korby Batesole, played for him at Fresno State and played in the minors.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1996	California State University, Northridge	52-18	21-9	WAC / CWS Regionals
1997	California State University, Northridge	42-20-1
1998	California State University, Northridge	37-19
1999	California State University, Northridge	27-29
2000	California State University, Northridge	23-33
2001	California State University, Northridge	34-22	9-9
2002	California State University, Northridge	41-17	19-5	CWS Regionals
2003	California State University, Fresno	30-29	14-16
2004	California State University, Fresno	29-29	17-12
2005	California State University, Fresno	30-29	16-14
2006	California State University, Fresno	45-18	18-6	WAC / CWS Regionals
2007	California State University, Fresno	38-29	17-7	WAC / CWS Regionals
2008	California State University, Fresno	47-31	21-11	WAC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2009	California State University, Fresno	32-30	12-12	WAC / CWS Regionals
2010	California State University, Fresno	38-25	16-8	WAC
2011	California State University, Fresno	40-16	17-7	WAC / CWS Regionals
2012	California State University, Fresno	31-28	8-10	WAC / CWS Regionals
2013	California State University, Fresno	23-33	14-16	Mountain West
2014	California State University, Fresno	28-29	13-17	Mountain West
2015	California State University, Fresno	31-28	18-12	Mountain West
2016	California State University, Fresno	36-22	21-9	Mountain West
2017	California State University, Fresno	35-25	18-12	Mountain West
2018	California State University, Fresno	30-24	13-17
2019	California State University, Fresno	40-16-1	20-8-1	Mountain West / CWS Regionals
2020	California State University, Fresno	9-7	0-0
2021	California State University, Fresno	20-25	16-18
2022	California State University, Fresno	27-28	15-15