1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team

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1970 Texas Longhorns baseball
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Conference Southwest Conference
Record45–8 (14–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Clark Field
Seasons
  1969
1971 
1970 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Texas  y141 .933458 .849
Texas A&M  134 .765259 .735
Rice  107 .5881811 .621
TCU  98 .5291715 .531
Texas Tech  510 .3331216 .429
Baylor  414 .2221621 .432
SMU  314 .176329 .094
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1970 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 3rd season at Texas.

Contents

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third, having split two games with eventual runner-up Florida State, a holding wins over Delaware and Ohio and a fourteen-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California. [2]

Personnel

Roster

1970 Texas Longhorns roster [3] [4]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 22 - Tommy Harmon
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Louis Bagwell
  • 3 - David Chalk
  • 7 - John D. Langerhans
  • 8 - Patrick John Amos

Outfielders

  • 2 - Mike Markl
  • 12 - David Hall
  • 13 - Jack Miller
 

Utility

  • 16 - James Crouch
  • 21 - Walter S. Rothe
  • 24 - Patrick D. Thompson
  • 30 - Mike Sweeney

Schedule and results

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Tie
1970 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log [5]
Regular Season
Postseason

Notes

  1. James Street threw a 7-inning perfect game.

Perfect Game

On April 3, 1970 James Street shutout Texas Tech 4–0 over 7 innings in Lubbock, TX to secure the first and only Perfect game in Longhorn's history. This was also the only perfect game in the history of the Southwest Conference.

Friday, April 3, 1970 at Tech Diamond in Lubbock, TX
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WP: James Street   LP:
Notes: 1st and only Perfect Game in the history of the Texas Longhorns and the Southwest Conference [6]

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