1975 Texas Longhorns baseball team

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1975 Texas Longhorns baseball
Texas Longhorns logo.svg
Conference Southwest Conference
CB No. 1
Record59-6 (23–1 SWC)
Head coach
Assistant coach Bill Bethea
Home stadium Disch-Falk Field
Seasons
  1974
1976 
1975 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Texas  y231 .958596 .908
Texas A&M  y177 .7083215 .681
TCU  1212 .5002917 .630
Baylor  1113 .4582519 .568
Rice  1113 .4581916 .543
Texas Tech  915 .3752223 .489
Arkansas  814 .3642022 .476
Houston  816 .3331825 .419
SMU  715 .3181222 .353
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1975 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1975 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas in the 1975 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Disch-Falk Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 9th season at Texas.

Contents

The Longhorns won the College World Series, defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks in the championship game.

Roster

1975 Texas Longhorns roster
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 5 Doug Duncan
  • 25 Rick Bradley
 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

  • 10 Rusty Pounds
  • 17 Charles Proske
  • 20 Gary Hibbett
  • 24 Rob Stramp
  • 27 Mike Anderson

Schedule

1975 Texas Longhorns baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordSWC record
February 17 St. Mary's Disch-Falk Field 4-01-0
February 17St. Mary'sDisch-Falk Field11-02-0
February 21 Sam Houston State Disch-Falk Field1-03-0
February 21Sam Houston StateDisch-Falk Field9-54-0
February 22Sam Houston StateDisch-Falk Field0-34-1
February 22Sam Houston StateDisch-Falk Field4-74-2
February 25 Texas Lutheran Disch-Falk Field12-35-2
February 25Texas LutheranDisch-Falk Field8-36-2
February 28at Houston Cougar Field 8-77-21-0
March
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordSWC record
March 1at HoustonCougar Field9-28-22-0
March 1at HoustonCougar Field17-49-23-0
March 3 Lubbock Christian Disch-Falk Field8-310-2
March 3Lubbock ChristianDisch-Falk Field17-211-2
March 4Lubbock ChristianDisch-Falk Field9-212-2
March 4Lubbock ChristianDisch-Falk Field12-313-2
March 7 Rice Disch-Falk Field9-114-24-0
March 8RiceDisch-Falk Field3-015-25-0
March 8RiceDisch-Falk Field9-116–26–0
March 14 Texas Tech Disch-Falk Field7-117-27-0
March 15Texas TechDisch-Falk Field7-118-28-0
March 15Texas TechDisch-Falk Field14-119-29-0
March 18 Lamar Disch-Falk Field5-719-3
March 18LamarDisch-Falk Field3-020-3
March 21at SMU Armstrong Field 6-021-310-0
March 22at SMUArmstrong Field6-422-311-0
March 22at SMUArmstrong Field5-023-312-0
March 24 Minnesota Disch-Falk Field2-423-4
March 24MinnesotaDisch-Falk Field9-324-4
March 25MinnesotaDisch-Falk Field6-125-4
March 25MinnesotaDisch-Falk Field6-526-4
March 28 Arkansas Disch-Falk Field6–127-413-0
March 29ArkansasDisch-Falk Field5-128-414-0
March 29ArkansasDisch-Falk Field3-229-415-0
April
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordSWC record
April 4at Baylor Ferrell Field 18-630-416-0
April 5at BaylorFerrell Field9-031-417-0
April 5at BaylorFerrell Field17-432-418-0
April 7 Trinity Disch-Falk Field22-433-4
April 7 SW Louisiana Disch-Falk Field10-034-4
April 8SW LouisianaDisch-Falk Field6-235-4
April 8SW LouisianaDisch-Falk Field3-036-4
April 18 TCU Disch-Falk Field6-537-419-0
April 19TCUDisch-Falk Field18-338-420-0
April 19TCUDisch-Falk Field14-039-421-0
April 25at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field 15-440-422-0
April 26at Texas A&MKyle Baseball Field11-141-423-0
April 26at Texas A&MKyle Baseball Field8-941-523-1
May
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordSWC record
May 2 Plano Disch-Falk Field3-042-5-
May 2PlanoDisch-Falk Field5-043-5-
May 3PlanoDisch-Falk Field2-144-5-
May 3PlanoDisch-Falk Field16-045-5-
May 15 University of Dallas Disch-Falk Field7-546-5-
May 15University of DallasDisch-Falk Field15-147-5-
May 16University of DallasDisch-Falk Field2-048-5-
May 16University of DallasDisch-Falk Field11-049-5-
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 22 Louisiana Tech Arlington Stadium 6-250-5
May 24 South Alabama Arlington Stadium7-451-5
May 25 Pan American Arlington Stadium9-252-5
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 6 Oklahoma Rosenblatt Stadium 4-253-5
June 8 Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium2-553-6
June 9 Seton Hall Rosenblatt Stadium12-1054-6
June 12 South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium17-655-6
June 14South CarolinaRosenblatt Stadium5-156-6

Awards and honors

Rick Bradley
Martin Flores
Jim Gideon
Keith Moreland
Garry Pyka
Mickey Reichenbach
Blair Stouffer
Rich Wortham

Longhorns in the 1975 MLB draft

The following members of the Texas Longhorns baseball program were drafted in the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft. [5]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Jim GideonRHP1st17th Texas Rangers
Richard BradleyC2nd32nd San Francisco Giants
Blair Stouffer3B5th113th Texas Rangers
Keith Moreland3B7th156th Philadelphia Phillies
Mike AndersonOF14th316th Chicago Cubs
Rich WorthamLHP14th317th New York Mets
Martin FloresLHP23rd531st San Francisco Giants
Mickey Reichenbach1B31st653rd Texas Rangers

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1975". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  2. "Texas Baseball 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 172. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2010 Texas Longhorns baseball Media Guide". TexasSports.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  5. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 14, 2012.