The Gauchos compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) through the Big West Conference.

Anderson, Ralph DeBolt, Henry Minetti, Lewis Peters, Arthur Peterson, Harold Sanford, Fred Seegert, Louis Sherril, William Thrasher, Linn Unkefer, and John Vince are the first known players and were listed on the 1923 team.

Roy Engle, a dual sport head coach in football and baseball[8] in the mold of Spud Harder, took over the program in 1952 and led the Gauchos to their first ever post-season berth.

The Gauchos lost both games they played against the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team by a combined score of 28-6.

He endured through a rough start to his tenure, with the team compiling a 32–95 record in conference play his first seven seasons – the worst such stretch in Gaucho baseball history.

In the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball tournament, the Gauchos recorded their first-ever postseason wins against Santa Clara Broncos, before losing to eventual National Champions USC Trojans.

They were thought to be too young to compete at a high level for 2016 and placed 4th in the Big West Conference's preseason coaches' poll.

[16] The Gauchos returned to the NCAA tournament in 2019 by winning their first outright Big West regular season title with a record of 45-9, 19–5 in conference.