1960 USC Trojans baseball team

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1960 USC Trojans baseball
CIBA Champions
District 8 Champions
Conference California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CB No. 2
Record32–11 (12–4 CIBA)
Head coach
Home stadium Bovard Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961  →
1960 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Division
No. 12 Washington State  ‍†‍‍y9–2 .81829–6 .829
Oregon State  ‍‍‍7–5 .58318–5 .783
Oregon  ‍‍‍6–6 .500– –
Washington  ‍‍‍7–8 .46720–12 .625
Idaho  ‍‍‍3–11 .214– –
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 2 Southern California  ‍†‍‍y12–4 .75032–11 .744
No. 16 California  ‍†‍‍12–4 .75030–14 .682
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍6–10 .375– –
Stanford  ‍‍‍6–10 .37520–17 .541
UCLA  ‍‍‍4–12 .25018–29 .383
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1960 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1960 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 19th season at USC.

Contents

The Trojans lost the College World Series, defeated by the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the championship game.

Roster

1960 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Catchers

Infielders

 

Outfielders

  • Art Ersepke - Junior
  • Mike Gillespie
  • Bob Levingston - Sophomore
  • Mickey McNamee - Junior

Schedule and results

Legend
 USC win
 USC loss
 USC tie
1960 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season (23–8)
March (7–2)
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
March 2 Occidental Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 8–41–0–
March 11at Fresno State Unknown • Fresno, California 5–22–0–
March 12at Fresno StateUnknown • Fresno, California3–13–0–
March 18 Cal Poly SLO Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California7–93–1–
March 18at Long Beach State Bovard Field • Long Beach, California15–84–1–
March 22 UC Santa Barbara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California8–05–1–
March 24 BYU Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California13–46–1–
March 25Fresno StateBovard Field • Los Angeles, California5–37–1–
March 26Fresno StateBovard Field • Los Angeles, California3–67–2–
April (9–3)
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
April 1 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California5–28–21–0
April 2Santa ClaraBovard Field • Los Angeles, California20–29–22–0
April 11vs San Diego State Unknown • Unknown3–210–22–0
April 13vs New Mexico Unknown • Unknown15–111–22–0
April 14vs UCLA Unknown • Unknown5–412–22–0
April 14vs Fresno StateUnknown • Unknown3–1312–32–0
April 19 Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California8–413–32–0
April 22at Santa ClaraWashington Field • Santa Clara, California 4–513–42–1
April 23at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–214–43–1
April 23at StanfordSunken Diamond • Stanford, California2–314–53–2
April 29 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California8–615–54–2
April 30CaliforniaBovard Field • Los Angeles, California4–116–55–2
May (8–3)
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
May 2 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California3–416–65–2
May 3at UCLAJoe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California5–217–66–2
May 6at UCLAJoe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California0–417–76–3
May 7UCLABovard Field • Los Angeles, California9–318–77–3
May 10UCLABovard Field • Los Angeles, California13–219–78–3
May 13at Santa ClaraWashington Field • Santa Clara, California7–620–79–3
May 14at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 9–121–710–3
May 14at CaliforniaEvans Diamond • Berkeley, California5–721–810–4
May 17 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California10–622–810–4
May 20StanfordBovard Field • Los Angeles, California9–323–811–4
May 21StanfordBovard Field • Los Angeles, California19–624–812–4
Postseason (8–3)
District 8 playoff (4–1)
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
May 28PepperdineBovard Field • Los Angeles, California10–325–812–4
May 30PepperdineBovard Field • Los Angeles, California10–326–612–4
June 3 Washington State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California7–826–912–4
June 4Washington StateBovard Field • Los Angeles, California8–327–912–4
June 4Washington StateBovard Field • Los Angeles, California10–528–912–4
1960 College World Series (4–2)
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
June 14vs St. John's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–129–912–4
June 16vs Boston College Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska5–230–912–4
June 17vs Minnesota Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska11–1230–1012–4
June 18vs Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska13–131–1012–4
June 19vs MinnesotaJohnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska4–332–1012–4
June 20vs MinnesotaJohnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska1–232–1112–4
Schedule source: [2]

Awards and honors

William Ryan
Bob Levingston
Mickey McNamee
Art Ersepke
Bill Heath
Bruce Gardner
Tom Satriano
Steve Bach
Mike Gillespie
Ron Stillwell

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2017 Baseball Yearbook" (PDF) (Press release). University of Southern California. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
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