The Bradley Braves baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Braves have played in seven NCAA Tournaments, going in , , , , , and .
Bradley in the NCAA Tournament 1950 0–2 College World Series 7th place 1956 3–2 College World Series 3rd place, District 5 Champions 1957 0–2 District 5 1959 0–2 District 5 1962 0–2 District 5 1968 0–2 District 5 2015 1–2 Louisville Regional 4–14
Dozer Park
Dozer Park has been home to the Braves baseball team since 2003. The 8,500-seat stadium is located in downtown Peoria, and is also home to the Peoria Chiefs, the High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Midwest League.
Head coaches Justin Dedman was named head coach in June 2025 after the retirement of Elvis Dominguez.https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2025/06/04/ncaa-baseball-bradley-hires-new-head-coach-for-baseball-team/84037090007/https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2025/05/24/ncaa-baseball-bradley-coach-elvis-dominguez-retires/83834648007/
Records are through the end of the 2025 season
TenureCoachYearsRecordPct. 1898–1900, 1903, 1907, 1909 no coach 6 36–21 1901 Norwood GibsonPolyscope. Polyscope, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1901. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.28614241. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026. 1 8–3 1902 Pink Voris 1 8–5 1904–1905 D. Seisler 1 14–8 1906 G. HughesPolyscope. Polyscope, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1906. 1 5–7 1908 L. Holsinger 1 12–2 1910–1911, 1914–1918 Fred Brown 7 26–20 1912 R. Schenck 1 5–4 1913 Les Lord 1 5–1 1919 Harold Olsen 1 0–1 1920 Joe Bike 1 7–4 1921–1942, 1946–1948 Alfred J. Robertson 25 242–156–6 1949–1972 Leo Schrall 24 346–188–3 1973–1979 Chuck Buescher 7 127–136–1 1980–2008 Dewey Kalmer 28 842–772–4 2009–2025 Elvis Dominguez 17 364–453–2 2026– Justin Dedman –– Totals 16 coaches 123 seasons 2,047–1,781–16
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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