1971 USC Trojans baseball team

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1971 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
CB No. 1
Record46–11 (17–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Bovard Field
Seasons
←  1970
1972  →
1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 19 Washington State  x‍‍‍7–8 .46734–15 .694
Oregon  ‍‍‍7–9 .438– –
Oregon State  ‍‍‍6–10 .375– –
Washington  ‍‍‍1–14 .0679–19 .321
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California  x‍‍‍y17–0 1.00046–11 .807
Stanford  ‍‍‍11–6 .64739–20 .661
UCLA  ‍‍‍11–6 .64738–17 .691
California  ‍‍‍5–12 .29424–24 .500
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1971 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1971 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 30th season.

Contents

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game, winning their second of five consecutive national championships, and third in four years.

Roster

1971 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

  • Frank Alfano
  • George Ambrow
  • Daryl Arenstein
  • Mike Ball
  • Milt Guggia
  • Jeff Port
  • Tim Steele
 

Outfielders

  • Gordon Carter
  • Dick Cross
  • Fred Lynn
  • Jeff Pederson

Catchers

  • Sam Ceci
  • Craig Perkins
  • Mike Swiderski

Coaches

 

Schedule

1971 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 24at Cal Poly Pomona 16–51–0–
February 26at UC Santa Barbara 5–61–1–
March 2at San Fernando Valley State 13–102–1–
March 5UC Santa Barbara5–62–2–
March 6Cal Poly Pomona3–52–3–
March 6Cal Poly Pomona9–33–3–
March 9 UC Irvine 3–24–3–
March 12at UC Irvine9–104–4–
March 13 Loyola Marymount 3–05–4–
March 13Loyola Marymount8–26–4–
March 16San Fernando Valley State1–07–4–
March 17at Chapman 6–77–5–
March 20 BYU 8–48–5–
March 20BYU8–19–5–
March 23 Pepperdine 2–110–5–
March 24 Utah 8–311–5–
March 26 San Diego State 4–212–5–
March 27San Diego State1–312–6–
March 27San Diego State9–213–6–
March 31 Westmont 2–513–7–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 2at Hawaii 6–114–7–
April 7at Hawaii8–015–7–
April 13at UCLA 7–116–71–0
April 16 California 10–117–72–0
April 17 Stanford 3–118–73–0
April 17Stanford8–419–74–0
April 20Chapman6–220–7–
April 23at Stanford2–121–75–0
April 24at California2–122–76–0
April 24at California10–023–77–0
April 27 Cal State Los Angeles 7–424–7–
April 30 Oregon 5–025–78–0
April 30Oregon2–026–79–0
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1 Oregon State 10–427–710–0
May 1Oregon State9–628–711–0
May 3at Long Beach State 6–129–7–
May 4Long Beach State1–529–8–
May 7at Washington State 4–030–812–0
May 7at Washington State7–631–813–0
May 8at Washington 6–032–814–0
May 8at Washington2–033–815–0
May 11Cal State Los Angeles4–234–8–
May 14UCLA1–035–816–0
May 15at UCLA6–336–817–0
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 20vs. Oregon State Buck Bailey Field 6–237–8
May 21vs. StanfordBuck Bailey Field9–338–8
May 22vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field5–1038–9
May 22vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field6–339–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 29vs. Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 5–639–10
May 30vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 5–140–10
May 30vs. Santa ClaraBovard Field9–141–10
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 12vs. Seton Hall Rosenblatt Stadium5–142–10
June 13vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium3–842–11
June 14vs. BYURosenblatt Stadium8–643–11
June 15vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium8–444–11
June 16vs. TulsaRosenblatt Stadium3–245–11
June 17vs. Southern IllinoisRosenblatt Stadium7–246–11

Awards and honors

Frank Alfano
George Ambrow
Mike Ball
Steve Busby
Fredd Lynn
Craig Perkins
Jeff Port
Mark Sogge
Tim Steele

Trojans in the 1971 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

June regular draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Jim GeorgeRHP13th312th Oakland Athletics
Craig PerkinsC14th324th Kansas City Royals
Sam CeciC40th778th Los Angeles Dodgers

June secondary draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Gordon CarterOF2nd34th San Francisco Giants
Steve BusbyRHP2nd39th Kansas City Royals
Mike Ball3B6th80th Minnesota Twins

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1971". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 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 "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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