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The Long Beach Legends will play their ninth season as a collegiate summer baseball team and fourth as a member of the Sunset Baseball League. 

In nine summers, the LB Legends have earned the reputation as one of the best and most consistent collegiate summer baseball teams on the west coast. 

The 2018 Long Beach Legends had a historic year winning the Sunset Baseball League championship with a 42-12 overall record. 

As part of the Legends Baseball Club, the Long Beach Legends aim to serve college baseball players of the community with a first-class collegiate summer baseball experience.  

Recent Long Beach Legends News

BOTW All Summer Selections

By Sunset Staff 08/05/2021, 7:30am PDT

A great first season is in the books for the Best of the West and there are plenty of players to honor for their performances. Here are your 2021 All-Summer BOTW selections:

1st Team All Summer

MVP      VCP        Darren Taylor 47 H, 26 R, 7 HR, 30 RBI, 12 SB, .388 BA, .503 OBP                
IF            IVB         Dominic Masciel 19 H, 8 R, 3 HR, 16 RBI, .380 BA               
IF            IVB         Conner McKinney 22 H, 11 R, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .379 BA          
IF            IVB         Hayden Winters 25 H, 17 R, 5 HR, 23 RBI, .325 BA
IF            SCS         Connor Aldrich 28 H, 12 R, 17 RBI, .322 BA           
IF            LBL         Sawyer Chesley 17 H, 9 R, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .415 BA
OF          IVB         Cole Smith 26 H, 18 R, 7 RBI, 1 HR, .394 BA          
OF          VCP        Grant Schoen 20 H, 14 R, 6 RBI, .377 BA
OF          IVP         Cole Koniarsky 20 H, 10 R, 1 HR, 10 RBI, .308 BA
OF          VCP        Trenton Pallas 32 H, 20 R, 12 RBI, 11 SB, .308 BA
UTL        IVP         Dominic Martinez 20 H, 10 R, 5 RBI, .385 BA
UTL        IVB         Nathan Barraza 24 H, 12 R, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 6 SB, .375 BA    
P             IVP         Wyatt Johnson 1-0, 2 SV, 21.1 IP, 1.27 ERA, 36 K, 0.94 WHIP
P             VCP        Aren Alvarez 1-1, 16 IP, 1.69 ERA, 17 K, 1.25 WHIP
P             LBL         Trevor McInerney 3-1, 24.1 IP, 2.59 ERA, 20 K, 1.11 WHIP
P             LBL         Josh Agnew 10 IP, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 17 K, 0.40 WHIP
P             IVB         Carson Conradt 10 IP, 0.90 ERA, 5 K, 0.90 WHIP 
P             IVB         Sebastian Diaz 25 IP, 1-1, 2.52 ERA, 16 K, 1.56 WHIP

2nd Team All Summer

IF            IVB         Christopher Masciel 27 H, 16 R, 1 HR, 11 RBI, .342 BA      
IF            IVP         Spencer Rasmussen 27 H, 18 R, 3 HR, 25 RBI, .303 BA
IF            VCP        Kyle Soberano 39 H, 25 R, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 18 SB, .295 BA
IF            IVP         Jacob Sharp 16 H, 10 R, 3 HR, 18 RBI, .291 BA
OF          IVB         Jared Bujanda 15 H, 9 R, 3 HR, 11 RBI, .300 BA
OF          LBL         Dante Faicchio 14 H, 9 R, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 9 SB, .286 BA
OF          IVP         Julian Alvarez 24 H, 18 R, 11 RBI, 7 SB, .282 BA
UTL        SCS         Emry Jackson 22 H, 5 R, 9 RBI, .306 BA, .444 OBP
UTL        IVB         Jake Lappin 14 H, 10 R, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .280 BA
P            LBL         Martin Najera 10.2 IP, 2.53 ERA, 5 K, 1.31 WHIP
P            VCP        Jason Starrels 10.2 IP, 1-0, 1 SV, 2.53 ERA, 5 K, 0.94 WHIP
P            IVP          AJ Moreno 18 IP 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 18 K, 1.33 WHIP
P            LBL         Brett Awerkamp 21 IP, 2-0, 3.00 ERA, 14 K, 1.29 WHIP
P            VCP        Garrett Apker 15 IP, 3.00 ERA, 25 K, 1.33 WHIP
P            IVP          Isaac Esqueda 23.1 IP, 3-0, 1 SV, 3.09 ERA, 31 K, 1.20 WHIP

VC Pirates Advance To Championship

By Sunset Staff 07/30/2021, 6:15am PDT

COVINA -- The #2 Ventura County Pirates defeated the #3 Long Beach Legends 10-1 at Charter Oak to advance to the Best of the West Championship.

Jason Ajamian (CSUN) blasted a home run. Ian McIntyre (Vanguard) belted two RBI. Steven Gonzalez (College of Canyons) finished 3-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored. Deandrey Carter earned the win, tossing six solid innings.

Ventura County will take on Inland Valley in the Championship Series starting Friday.

VC Bucs Moving On

By Sunset Staff 07/28/2021, 5:45am PDT

CLAREMONT -- The #2 Ventura County Buccaneers defeated the #3 Long Beach Legends 9-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Best of the West Playoffs at Claremont High.

Darren Taylor (Chaffey College) blasted a home run and three RBI. Dante Zamudio (West Virginia State) ripped two RBI.

Trevor Garcia (Fresno State) tossed seven innings, struck out eight, allowed two runs and earned the win.

Hank Schineller (Irvine Valley) led the way for the Legends with a home run and two RBI.

The Pirates advance to face the #1 Inland Valley Pirates in Game 3 tomorrow. The winner clinches a spot in the Best of the West Championship Series. The loser gets one more chance to clinch a spot in the Championship Series on Thursday in Game 5.

The Legends have an elimination game set for tomorrow. If Long Beach wins, they'll advance to Game 5 on Thursday for a spot in the Championship Series.

Team Est. 2012

GM: Jonathan Rodriguez

Head Coach: Vinnie Chavez

Email: jrod@legendsbaseball.club

Phone: 714-322-7306

Division Titles: 1

SBL Titles: 1

Site: http://www.legendsbaseball.club

Home Field: Long Beach City College