1973 USC Trojans baseball team

Last updated

1973 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
CB No. 1
Record51–11 (14–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Bovard Field
Seasons
  1972
1974  
1973 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
Washington State  x153 .8334015 .727
Oregon  99 .500 
Washington  711 .3891011 .476
Oregon State  513 .2781520 .429
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California  xy144 .7785111 .823
Stanford  99 .5003720 .649
UCLA  711 .3892924 .547
California  612 .3332131 .404
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1973 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1973 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 32nd season.

Contents

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game, winning their fourth of five consecutive national championships, and the fifth in six years.

Roster

1973 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

Catchers

 

Outfielders

  • Craig Barnes
  • Tom Bhagwat
  • Ed Bowman
  • Anthony Davis
  • Steve Kemp
  • Fred Lynn
  • Dennis Stahl
  • Creighton Tevlin

Coaches

 

Schedule

1973 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 17 San Diego State 6–11–0
February 17San Diego State5–32–0
February 20at UC Irvine 3–13–0
February 23 Cal Poly Pomona 5–24–0
February 24 UC Santa Barbara 5–45–0
February 24UC Santa Barbara10–66–0
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
March 2at Fresno State 5–07–0
March 3at Fresno State6–28–0
March 3at Fresno State2–09–0
March 7 Cal State Los Angeles 10–210–0
March 10 UCLA 6–311–01–0
March 10UCLA10–112–02–0
March 15at Arizona State 2–412–1
March 16at Arizona State4–812–2
March 17at Arizona State5–1212–3
March 21 Loyola Marymount 13–1213–3
March 23 Gonzaga 2–114–3
March 26vs. Arizona State3–115–3
March 27vs. Hawaii 4–016–3
March 27vs. Vanderbilt 4–516–4
March 29vs. Washington State 9–217–4
March 30vs. Massachusetts 16–418–4
March 30at UC Riverside 7–419–4
March 31vs. Stanford 8–220–4
March 31vs. Arizona State2–021–4
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 1at UNLV 9–222–4
April 3at San Fernando Valley State 3–1522–5
April 6 California 14–023–53–0
April 7California2–124–54–0
April 7California8–425–55–0
April 9 Chapman 14–426–5
April 10UC Irvine0–526–6
April 11 Pepperdine 14–327–6
April 13at Stanford2–128–66–0
April 14at Stanford0–128–76–1
April 14at Stanford3–029–77–1
April 17at Hawaii10–630–7
April 24at Cal State Los Angeles9–431–7
April 25at Chapman5–631–8
April 27Stanford12–832–88–1
April 28Stanford1–033–89–1
April 28Stanford0–333–99–2
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1at Cal Poly Pomona18–1334–9
May 4at California4–534–109–3
May 5at California8–235–1010–3
May 5at California2–036–1011–3
May 8 Long Beach State 10–337–10
May 10at UCLA5–637–1111–4
May 11UCLA6–238–1112–4
May 12at UCLA8–439–1113–4
May 12at UCLA6–440–1114–4
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 18vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 13–441–11
May 19vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field11–942–11
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 26vs. Loyola Marymount Bovard Field 9–843–11
May 27vs. Loyola MarymountBovard Field2–144–11
June 1vs. Cal State Los AngelesBovard Field4–345–11
June 2vs. Cal State Los AngelesBovard Field13–646–11
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 9vs. Harvard Rosenblatt Stadium 4–147–11
June 10vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium4–148–11
June 11vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium3–149–11
June 12vs. Minnesota Rosenblatt Stadium8–750–11
June 13vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium4–351–11

Awards and honors

Rich Dauer
Ken Huizenga
Ed Putnam
Randy Scarbery
Roy Smalley

Trojans in the 1973 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

June regular draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Randy ScarberyRHP1st23rd Oakland Athletics
Fred LynnOF2nd41st Boston Red Sox
Edwin Bowman3B8th183rd Baltimore Orioles

June secondary draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Cliff HollandLHP1st16th Kansas City Royals

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1973". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2012.