1970 USC Trojans baseball team

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1970 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
CB No. 1
Record45–13 (11–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Bovard Field
Seasons
← 1969
1971  →
1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 13 Washington State  x‍‍‍9–6 .60030–11 .732
Oregon State  ‍‍‍5–6 .455– –
Oregon  ‍‍‍5–9 .357– –
Washington  ‍‍‍4–12 .2508–22 .267
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California  x‍‍‍y11–3 .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.

Contents

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 27 Loyola Marymount 8–31–0–
March 3at UC Irvine 6–81–1–
March 6 UC Santa Barbara 4–22–1–
March 7at UC Santa Barbara4–23–1–
March 7at UC Santa Barbara2–43–2–
March 10 Long Beach State 13–14–2–
March 13at Fresno State 6–25–2–
March 14at Fresno State13–66–2–
March 14at Fresno State6–76–3–
March 17 Pepperdine 3–27–3–
March 20 Utah 4–28–3–
March 20at Long Beach State8–19–3–
March 21BYU4–010–3–
March 21BYU4–810–4–
March 23vs. Air Force 9–1010–5–
March 23at UC Riverside 12–311–5–
March 25vs. Tulsa 11–912–5–
March 26vs. Stanford 7–513–5–
March 26vs. St. John's 11–214–5–
March 27vs. Oregon State 4–015–5–
March 28vs. Arizona State 5–216–5–
March 31at San Fernando Valley State 2–716–6–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 1at Chapman 7–916–7–
April 2 Westmont 4–317–7–
April 3 San Diego State 3–218–7–
April 4San Diego State14–219–7–
April 4San Diego State8–120–7–
April 6 Cal State Los Angeles 7–421–7–
April 7San Fernando Valley State4–122–7–
April 11 UCLA 8–223–71–0
April 13at Cal State Los Angeles5–424–7–
April 17at California 4–225–72–0
April 18at Stanford3–026–73–0
April 18at Stanford1–226–83–1
April 20at Santa Clara 16–527–8–
April 21Chapman3–527–9–
April 24Stanford2–727–103–2
April 25California10–028–104–2
April 25California5–1428–114–3
April 28at Cal Poly Pomona 2–328–12–
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1 Washington 9–329–125–3
May 1Washington6–430–126–3
May 2 Washington State 7–331–127–3
May 2Washington State12–532–128–3
May 5Cal Poly Pomona11–833–12–
May 9 Oregon 6–034–129–3
May 15at UCLA8–535–1210–3
May 15UCLA4–136–1211–3
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 21vs. Oregon State Bovard Field 11–337–12
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. Ohio Rosenblatt Stadium1–441–13
June 13vs. Delaware Rosenblatt Stadium7–142–13
June 15vs. Dartmouth Rosenblatt Stadium6–143–13
June 16vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium8–744–13
June 18vs. Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium2–145–13

Awards and honors

Frank Alfano
Jim Barr
Dave Kingman
Cal Meier
Dan Stoligrosz
Brent Strom

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

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Daniel Stoligrosz3B14th321st Cleveland Indians

June secondary draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Dave KingmanOF1st1st San Francisco Giants
Brent StromLHP1st3rd New York Mets
Cal MeierSS2nd26th Kansas City Royals
Jim BarrRHP3rd49th San Francisco Giants

January secondary draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Cal MeierSS2nd37th Kansas City Royals
Jim BarrRHP3rd49th San 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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