The Toledo Rockets baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

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. The team is a member of the

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West division, which is part of the

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's Division I. Toledo's first baseball team was fielded in 1921. The team plays its home games at Scott Park Baseball Complex in

History

In 1999, Joe Kruzel became the first Toledo

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to be named the MAC Coach of the Year. Jeremy Griffiths was named the conference's Pitcher of the Year in the same season. In 2012, the Rockets were the regular season champions of the MAC West division for the first time in their history. On May 20, 2019,

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stepped down as head coach after 16 seasons. On July 8, 2019, Rob Reinstetle was hired as head coach. In 2021, Chris Meyers was named the

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. He was the first player in program history to receive that honor.

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