1978 USC Trojans baseball team

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1978 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
CB No. 1
Record54–9 (15–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Dedeaux Field
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y15–3 .83341–17 .707
Oregon  ‍‍‍7–9 .438– –
Oregon State  ‍‍‍6–9 .40022–22 .500
Washington  ‍‍‍5–12 .29429–16 .644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy ‍‍‍15–3 .83354–9 .857
No. 15 UCLA  ‍‍‍9–9 .50039–20 .661
California  ‍‍‍6–12 .33335–27 .565
Stanford  ‍‍‍6–12 .33335–20 .636
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 37th season.

Contents

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game for the Trojans eleventh and final national championship under Rod Dedeaux.

Roster

1978 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

  • Dan Burns
  • Dave Caffey
  • Jim Connor
  • Dave Engle
  • Larry Fobbs
  • Dave Hostetler
  • Jim McDowell
  • Marv Okamura
  • Frank Pennachio
  • Gerald Price
  • John Stevenson
  • Doug Stokke
 

Outfielders

Catchers

Schedule

1978 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 14at Pepperdine 0–30–1–
February 18at Cal State Fullerton 10–91–1–
February 18Cal State Fullerton9–62–1–
February 24at Long Beach State 23–83–1–
February 25 Saint Mary's 9–24–1–
February 25Saint Mary's8–05–1–
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
March 4at Arizona State 9–135–2–
March 4at Arizona State7–135–3–
March 7Pepperdine7–06–3–
March 10 Chapman 10–07–3–
March 11 UC Irvine 2–87–4–
March 11UC Irvine8–08–4–
March 14 Cal State Dominguez 8–19–4–
March 16 Cal State Los Angeles 14–410–4–
March 17at Cal State Los Angeles10–111–4–
March 18Cal State Los Angeles3–212–4–
March 19at Houston 13–113–4–
March 20at Houston10–414–4–
March 21at Texas A&M 5–215–4–
March 22at Texas A&M8–516–4–
March 24vs. Eastern Michigan 5–217–4–
March 24at Texas 8–218–4–
March 25at Texas3–219–4–
March 25at Texas2–319–5–
March 28 Cal Lutheran 2–120–5–
March 31Arizona State11–021–5–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 1Arizona State11–622–5–
April 2Arizona State10–123–5–
April 5 Cal State Northridge 12–124–5–
April 8at California 13–1424–60–1
April 8at California6–225–61–1
April 9at Santa Clara 7–226–6–
April 13 Stanford 7–027–62–1
April 14Stanford2–327–72–2
April 15Stanford8–328–73–2
April 18Pepperdine10–229–7–
April 20 UCLA 6–530–74–2
April 21at UCLA5–431–75–2
April 22UCLA7–332–76–2
April 24Long Beach State12–133–7–
April 27California11–234–77–2
April 28California14–335–78–2
April 29California11–236–79–2
April 30California7–237–710–2
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1 Cal Poly Pomona 11–538–7–
May 2 Loyola Marymount 15–239–7–
May 5at Stanford17–740–711–2
May 6at Stanford4–341–712–2
May 7at Stanford12–642–713–2
May 9 UC Santa Barbara 4–642–8–
May 11at UCLA1–043–814–2
May 12UCLA7–644–815–2
May 13at UCLA8–944–915–3
Postseason
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 20vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 3–245–9
May 21vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field5–446–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 26vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 3–247–9
May 27vs. Cal State FullertonDedeaux Field3–248–9
May 28vs. ArizonaDedeaux Field2–149–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 2vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 9–350–9
June 4vs. Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium11–351–9
June 6vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium5–252–9
June 7vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium3–253–9
June 8vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium10–354–9

Awards and honors

Bill Bordley
Rod Boxberger
Dave Engle
Brian Hayes
Dave Hostetler
Chris Smith
Doug Stokke
Tim Tolman
Dave Van Gorder
John Wells

Trojans in the 1978 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Rod BoxbergerRHP1st11th Houston Astros
Dave Van GorderC2nd43rd Cincinnati Reds
Dave Engle3B3rd66th California Angels
Dave Hostetler1B4th87th Montreal Expos
Douglas StokkeSS5th115th Houston Astros
Chris SmithOF11th280th Texas Rangers
Tim TolmanOF12th297th Houston Astros
Jeff SchattingerRHP12th300th California Angels
Brian HayesLHP16th411th Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob SkubeOF18th456th St. Louis Cardinals
John WellsOF19th470th New York Mets

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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 4 5 "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.
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