1974 USC Trojans baseball team

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1974 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
CB No. 1
Record50–20 (11–7 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Dedeaux Field
Seasons
  1973
1975 
1974 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
Washington State  x144 .778389 .809
No. 29 Oregon  126 .667 
Oregon State  612 .3331623 .410
Washington  512 .2941028 .263
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California  xy117 .6115020 .714
Stanford  108 .5562819 .596
California  810 .4442524 .510
UCLA  711 .3892635 .426
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1974 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 33rd season.

Contents

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Miami Hurricanes in the championship game, completing their run of five consecutive national championships.

Roster

1974 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

Catchers

 

Outfielders

Coaches

 

Schedule

1974 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 10at Pepperdine 6–11–0
February 18 San Diego State 5–42–0
February 18San Diego State5–33–0
February 20at Cal State Northridge 18–54–0
February 23vs. Northern Arizona 5–15–0
February 24at UNLV 9–76–0
February 24at UNLV10–27–0
February 26 LaVerne 9–28–0
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
March 1 UC Irvine 3–98–1
March 5at Cal Poly Pomona 5–39–1
March 10at Cal State Los Angeles 6–310–1
March 12at UC Irvine10–411–1
March 13at Chapman 9–612–1
March 14at Cal Poly 13–713–1
March 15 Air Force 19–314–1
March 15Air Force16–815–1
March 19 Santa Clara 8–616–1
March 20Santa Clara2–1016–2
March 22 Arizona State 10–1216–3
March 23vs. Arizona State14–917–3
March 25at Loyola Marymount 6–318–3
March 26 Long Beach State 9–819–3
March 30 California 7–020–31–0
March 30California11–421–32–0
March 31California3–122–33–0
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 5at Stanford 2–322–43–1
April 6at Stanford7–523–44–1
April 6at Stanford5–623–54–2
April 7at Arizona State6–424–5
April 9at Oklahoma 6–724–6
April 9at Oklahoma4–524–7
April 12at Tulsa 8–225–7
April 13at Tulsa4–525–8
April 13at Tulsa7–1125–9
April 14at Tulsa11–426–9
April 15 Gonzaga 5–427–9
April 16Cal State Northridge7–628–9
April 19at UCLA 8–229–95–2
April 20UCLA11–530–96–2
April 20UCLA6–531–97–2
April 23Pepperdine5–631–10
April 24 Westmont 9–632–10
April 26at California4–133–108–2
April 27at California2–433–118–3
April 27at California8–334–119–3
April 28at Santa Clara9–235–11
April 30Cal Poly Pomona4–635–12
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 3Stanford1–435–139–4
May 4Stanford0–735–149–5
May 4Stanford5–635–159–6
May 6Chapman5–236–15
May 7Loyola Marymount4–636–16
May 8at Long Beach State7–537–16
May 10UCLA10–038–1610–6
May 11at UCLA5–638–1710–7
May 11at UCLA22–239–1711–7
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 18vs. Oregon Dedeaux Field 11–640–17
May 18vs. OregonDedeaux Field14–141–17
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 25vs. Cal State Los AngelesReeder Field9–242–17
May 26vs. Cal State Los AngelesReeder Field6–742–18
May 26vs. Cal State Los AngelesReeder Field11–943–18
June 1vs. PepperdineDedeaux Field2–443–19
June 2vs. PepperdineDedeaux Field4–144–19
June 2vs. PepperdineDedeaux Field12–145–19
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 8vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 9–246–19
June 10vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium5–347–19
June 12vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium3–747–20
June 13vs. TexasRosenblatt Stadium5–348–20
June 14vs. Southern IllinoisRosenblatt Stadium7–249–20
June 15vs. Miami (FL)Rosenblatt Stadium7–350–20

Awards and honors

Rob Adolph
Mike Barr
Marvin Cobb
Rich Dauer
Russ McQueen
George Milke
Bob Mitchell
Creighton Tevlin

Trojans in the 1974 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

June regular draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Rich DauerSS1st24th Baltimore Orioles
Russ McQueenRHP14th322nd California Angels
Mark BarrRHP14th332nd Boston Red Sox
Anthony DavisOF15th360th Baltimore Orioles
Brian HeubleinLHP19th444th Los Angeles Dodgers
Creighton TevlinOF24th539th Baltimore Orioles

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1974". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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.