The Mercer Bears baseball team competes in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Southern Conference. Mercer fielded its first baseball team in 1871. In recent years, Mercer has won five Atlantic Sun Conference championships including the university’s first regular season title in 2013. Since the program began in 1871, ten Mercer players have advanced to the Major Leagues. In 2013, Mercer won the conference regular season championship and advanced to the NCAA Division I. The team finished the season with a 43–18 record, the best in university history. With the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Baseball College World Series, Mercer finished the season as the top fielding team in the nation out of all 296 eligible Division I teams.