1970 USC Trojans baseball team

1970 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record45–13 (11–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 13 Washington State x‍‍‍ 9–6 .60030–11 .732
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 5–6 .455– –
Oregon ‍‍‍ 5–9 .357– –
Washington ‍‍‍ 4–12 .2508–22 .267
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 11–3 .78645–13 .776
UCLA ‍‍‍ 8–7 .53326–24 .520
California ‍‍‍ 9–8 .52928–19 .596
Stanford ‍‍‍ 8–9 .47136–16 .692
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1970[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1970 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 29th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the championship game, starting a run of five consecutive national championships for USC.

Roster

1970 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  

Infielders

  • Frank Alfano
  • Dayl Arenstein
  • Mike Ball
  • Dick Cross
  • Larry Diel
  • Milt Guggia
  • Cal Meier
  • Jeff Port
  • Al Rossi
  • Dan Stoligrosz
  • John Vella
  

Outfielders

  • Gordon Carter
  • Bill Jenkins
  • Dave Kingman
  • John Morrisset
  • Jeff Pederson
  • Bob Singer

Catchers

  • Sam Ceci
  • Craig Perkins
  • Rick Raczka
  • Mike Swiderski

Coaches

  

Schedule

1970 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 27Loyola Marymount8–31–0–
March 3at UC Irvine6–81–1–
March 6UC Santa Barbara4–22–1–
March 7at UC Santa Barbara4–23–1–
March 7at UC Santa Barbara2–43–2–
March 10Long Beach State13–14–2–
March 13at Fresno State6–25–2–
March 14at Fresno State13–66–2–
March 14at Fresno State6–76–3–
March 17Pepperdine3–27–3–
March 20Utah4–28–3–
March 20at Long Beach State8–19–3–
March 21BYU4–010–3–
March 21BYU4–810–4–
March 23vs. Air Force9–1010–5–
March 23at UC Riverside12–311–5–
March 25vs. Tulsa11–912–5–
March 26vs. Stanford7–513–5–
March 26vs. St. John's11–214–5–
March 27vs. Oregon State4–015–5–
March 28vs. Arizona State5–216–5–
March 31at San Fernando Valley State2–716–6–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 1at Chapman7–916–7–
April 2Westmont4–317–7–
April 3San Diego State3–218–7–
April 4San Diego State14–219–7–
April 4San Diego State8–120–7–
April 6Cal State Los Angeles7–421–7–
April 7San Fernando Valley State4–122–7–
April 11UCLA8–223–71–0
April 13at Cal State Los Angeles5–424–7–
April 17at California4–225–72–0
April 18at Stanford3–026–73–0
April 18at Stanford1–226–83–1
April 20at Santa Clara16–527–8–
April 21Chapman3–527–9–
April 24Stanford2–727–103–2
April 25California10–028–104–2
April 25California5–1428–114–3
April 28at Cal Poly Pomona2–328–12–
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1Washington9–329–125–3
May 1Washington6–430–126–3
May 2Washington State7–331–127–3
May 2Washington State12–532–128–3
May 5Cal Poly Pomona11–833–12–
May 9Oregon6–034–129–3
May 15at UCLA8–535–1210–3
May 15UCLA4–136–1211–3
Postseason
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 21vs. Oregon StateBovard Field11–337–12
May 22vs. UCLABovard Field8–438–12
May 23vs. UCLABovard Field7–139–12
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 29vs. Santa ClaraBovard Field12–140–12
May 30vs. Santa ClaraBovard Field6–141–12
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 12vs. OhioRosenblatt Stadium1–441–13
June 13vs. DelawareRosenblatt Stadium7–142–13
June 15vs. DartmouthRosenblatt Stadium6–143–13
June 16vs. TexasRosenblatt Stadium8–744–13
June 18vs. Florida StateRosenblatt Stadium2–145–13

Awards and honors

Frank Alfano
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 Second Team[3]
Jim Barr
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 Second Team[3]
Dave Kingman
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 Second Team[3]
Cal Meier
  • All-America Second Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team[3]
Dan Stoligrosz
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team[3]
Brent Strom
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team[3]

Trojans in the 1970 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.[4]

June regular draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Daniel Stoligrosz3B14th321stCleveland Indians

June secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Dave KingmanOF1st1stSan Francisco Giants
Brent StromLHP1st3rdNew York Mets
Cal MeierSS2nd26thKansas City Royals
Jim BarrRHP3rd49thSan Francisco Giants

January secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Cal MeierSS2nd37thKansas City Royals
Jim BarrRHP3rd49thSan Francisco Giants

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1970". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
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