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The George Mason Patriots baseball team is an intercollegiate baseball team representing George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

Division I college baseball

College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...

and has made regular appearances in the NCAA Tournament

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

, but as of the 2009 season has yet to appear in the College World Series

College World Series

The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...

.

George Mason participates as a full member of the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

and have won four regular season championships and two tournaments as a member of the conference.

Conference

1968-1981: Independent
1982-1985: Eastern College Athletic Conference
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
1986–Present: Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

Head coaches

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! style="background: #006400; color:#FFFFFF;"|Tenure
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFFFFF;"|Coach
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFFFFF;"|Years
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFFFFF;"|Record
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFFFFF;"|Pct.
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| 1968–1979 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 12 || 318-169-3 || .652
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| 1980–1981 || Walt Masterson || 2 || 33-43-1 || .428
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| 1982–present || Bill Brown || 29 || 781-706-5 || .525
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!style="background: #FFD700; color:#000000;"| Totals
!style="background: #FFD700; color:#000000;"| 3 coaches
!style="background: #FFD700; color:#000000;"| 43 seasons
!style="background: #FFD700; color:#000000;"| 1102-883-9
!style="background: #FFD700; color:#000000;"| .555
|}

Year-By-Year Results

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! style="background: #006400; color:#FFD700;"|Year
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFD700;"|Coach
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFD700;"|Record
! style="background: #006400; color:#FFD700;"|Notes
|- align="center"
| 1968 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 8-12 ||
|- align="center"
| 1969 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 16-15 ||
|- align="center"
| 1970 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 21-9 ||
|- align="center"
| 1971 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 21-15 ||
|- align="center"
| 1972 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 24-17 ||
|- align="center"
| 1973 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 32-12 ||
|- align="center"
| 1974 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 32-13 ||
|- align="center"
| 1975 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 30-9 ||
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| 1976 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 42-14 || Reached NAIA Baseball World Series

NAIA Baseball World Series

The NAIA Baseball World Series is a double-elimination tournament held annually in Lewiston, Idaho, to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics .-Results:...

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| 1977 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 28-19-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1978 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 36-17-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1979 || Raymond "Hap" Spuhler || 28-17-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1980 || Walt Masterson || 14-25-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1981 || Walt Masterson || 19-18 ||
|- align="center"
| 1982 || Bill Brown || 19-24 ||
|- align="center"
| 1983 || Bill Brown || 19-24 ||
|- align="center"
| 1984 || Bill Brown || 21-20 ||
|- align="center"
| 1985 || Bill Brown || 38-23 ||
|- align="center"
| 1986 || Bill Brown || 27-20-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1987 || Bill Brown || 31-23 ||
|- align="center"
| 1988 || Bill Brown || 34-27-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1989 || Bill Brown || 23-25 ||
|- align="center"
| 1990 || Bill Brown || 28-30 ||
|- align="center"
| 1991 || Bill Brown || 30-27 ||
|- align="center"
| 1992 || Bill Brown || 21-32 ||
|- align="center"
| 1993 || Bill Brown || 39-18 ||
|- align="center"
| 1994 || Bill Brown || 18-32-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 1995 || Bill Brown || 31-25 ||
|- align="center"
| 1996 || Bill Brown || 25-29 ||
|- align="center"
| 1997 || Bill Brown || 29-24 ||
|- align="center"
| 1998 || Bill Brown || 26-28 ||
|- align="center"
| 1999 || Bill Brown || 30-24-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 2000 || Bill Brown || 21-34-1 ||
|- align="center"
| 2001 || Bill Brown || 21-32 ||
|- align="center"
| 2002 || Bill Brown || 28-29 ||
|- align="center"
| 2003 || Bill Brown || 31-20 ||
|- align="center"
| 2004 || Bill Brown || 39-19 ||
|- align="center"
| 2005 || Bill Brown || 35-19 ||
|- align="center"
| 2006 || Bill Brown || 20-31 ||
|- align="center"
| 2007 || Bill Brown || 27-27 ||
|- align="center"
| 2008 || Bill Brown || 30-25 ||
|- align="center"
| 2009 || Bill Brown || 42-12 ||
|- align="center"
| 2010 || Bill Brown || 28-22 ||
|}

NCAA tournament

The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

started in 1947.
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from June 4 through June 27, . 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament...

|| 0-2 || .000 || Lost to Virginia

Virginia Cavaliers

The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...

in the Charlottesville

Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...

Regional
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| 2009

2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 29 through June 24, 2009 and is part of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 25, 2009...

|| 0-2 || .000 || Lost to Binghamton

Binghamton Bearcats

The Binghamton Bearcats are an NCAA Division I athletics program at Binghamton University. They are one of four Division I programs in the SUNY system and a member of the America East Conference.-History:...

in the Greenville Regional
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Notable players

Shawn Camp
Shawn Camp
Shawn Anthony Camp is an American professional baseball pitcher. Camp stands at 6'0" tall and weighs 200 pounds. He throws and bats right-handed and was born in Fairfax, Virginia.-Early career:...

, RP
Relief pitcher
A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter...

- Toronto Bluejays
Chris Widger
Chris Widger
Christopher Jon Widger is a former Major League Baseball catcher.-Career:A third round pick in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft, Widger played for the Seattle Mariners , Montréal Expos , New York Yankees , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago White Sox , and Baltimore Orioles...

, C
Catcher
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...

- Retired
Joe Mackey, P
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

- 1993 Freshman All-American (Fordham University), 1994 NJCAA All-American (Rockland Community College)

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