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  Decatur Baptist College
1908 College Champions
12-1 Overall Record

Dallas Baptist University has enjoyed a long, storied tradition of winning baseball with 31 consecutive winning seasons. As a past NAIA member, DBU qualified for 10 NAIA World Series tournaments between 1984-2002, including two times National Champion-Runner Up in 1985 and 2000. DBU won back-to-back National Christian College Athletic Association World Series in 2003 and 2004.

DBU has had over 125 players drafted or signed to professional contracts, including 11 major leaguers. The third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a 2006 MLB All-Star and the 2006 NL Batting Champion Freddie Sanchez played at DBU in 1999, and shortstop of the Tampa Bay Rays, Ben Zobrist played in 2004 (and was drafted by the Astros).

In their first four years of active membership at the NCAA Division I level and competing as an Independent, DBU has a record of 138-85 and in 2008, received an at-large berth to a NCAA Regional (as a #2 seed), which was a first for an Independent team in over 15 years.

DBU had a record seven players taken in the 2006 MLB draft, while four more players were taken in the 2007 draft. DBU sent three players each into the 2008 and 2009 draft and currently have 15 players in the minor leagues. Victor Black was taken in the 2009 draft with the 49th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates, which is the highest in DBU Patriot Baseball history.

In February of 2006, we completed construction of the Home of Champions Patriot Clubhouse, a cornerstone phase of DBU Baseball's Vision for Champions Campaign. The $750,000 project was funded by many generous supporters of DBU Patriot Baseball. The Harold and Mildred Sadler Patriot Clubhouse, a 4,000 square-foot colonial-styled athletic fieldhouse, includes the Patriot Team locker room, academic study, student-athlete den, coaches dressing suite, sports medicine room, coaches' field office, equipment/ laundry room, umpires dressing suite, and a remodeled indoor hitting facility. The Clubhouse will aid DBU in continuing to attract quality, Christian baseball players from across the nation to be a part of Patriot Baseball and its storied history and bright future by building a nationally recognized championship baseball program.

The DBU Patriot Baseball Team has launched the second phase of the DBU Baseball's Vision for Champions Campaign in the summer of 2009, by constructing a visitor's locker room and guesthouse adjacent to Patriot Field. The 2,000 square-foot facility will compliment the colonial/Georgian architectural style that is present throughout the University campus and further provides in the comfort, hospitality, and overall quality experience visiting baseball teams have when they travel to play at Dallas Baptist University.


 




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