1998 USC Trojans baseball team

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1998 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CB No. 1
Record49–17 (21–9 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Dedeaux Field
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 13 Washington  x‍‍‍y17–7 .70841–17 .707
Oregon State  ‍‍‍15–9 .62535–14 .714
Washington State  ‍‍‍12–12 .50025–24 .510
Portland State  ‍‍‍4–20 .16717–34 .333
Southern
No. 9 Stanford  x‍‍‍y22–8 .73342–14 .750
No. 1 Southern California  ‍‍‍y21–9 .70049–17 .742
No. 2 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y18–11 .62141–23 .641
Arizona  ‍‍‍12–18 .40033–23 .589
UCLA  ‍‍‍11–19 .36723–33 .411
California  ‍‍‍5–24 .17222–32 .407
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Mike Gillespie in his 12th season.

Contents

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.

Roster

1998 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  • Rik Currier
  • Don DiDomizio
  • Seth Etherton
  • Tanner Eriksen
  • Ronald Flores
  • Marco Hernandez
  • Steve Immel
  • Craig Jones
  • Shaun Kramer
  • Jack Krawczyk
  • Peter Krogh
  • Jason Lane
  • Raul Lepe
  • Mike Penney
  • Jason Saenz
  • Chris Tessman
  • Brian Vieira
  • Mike Weibling
  • Taiki Yamaoka
 

Infielders

  • Carlos Casillas
  • Oscar Casillas
  • Dominic Correa
  • Seth Davidson
  • Morgan Ensberg
  • Robb Gorr
  • Ray Kasper
  • Brandon Mugavero
  • Bill Peavey
  • Josh Persell
  • Wes Rachels
  • Kevin Schultz
 

Outfielders

  • Jeremy Freitas
  • Greg Hanoian
  • Rod Perry, Jr.
  • Brad Ticehurst
  • Tony Alston
  • Ivan Garcia

Catchers

Schedule

1998 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
January/February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
January 30 Long Beach State 16–41–0–
February 1Long Beach State9–52–0–
February 7 Texas 5–33–0–
February 7Texas5–63–1–
February 8Texas7–153–2–
February 10at Long Beach State12–34–2–
February 13vs. North Carolina 10–05–2–
February 14vs. North Carolina16–96–2–
February 15vs. North Carolina10–27–2–
February 18at Cal State Fullerton 3–28–2–
February 20vs. Arizona 10–39–21–0
February 21vs. Arizona4–110–22–0
February 22vs. Arizona2–310–32–1
February 25at Pepperdine 5–211–3–
February 27 UCLA 6–112–33–1
February 28UCLA10–913–34–1
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
March 1UCLA7–1213–44–2
March 3 UC Santa Barbara 15–814–4–
March 6 Oregon State 9–015–4–
March 7Oregon State7–416–4–
March 8Oregon State6–1316–5–
March 14 Arizona State 7–617–55–2
March 14Arizona State13–518–56–2
March 15Arizona State6–319–57–2
March 17 Loyola Marymount 6–420–5–
March 20at Arizona6–421–58–2
March 21at Arizona7–622–59–2
March 22at Arizona10–623–510–2
March 24Pepperdine11–124–5–
March 27at California 10–625–511–2
March 28at California7–626–512–2
March 29at California8–127–513–2
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
April 1Cal State Fullerton4–727–6–
April 3 Stanford 0–127–713–3
April 5Stanford6–727–813–4
April 5Stanford7–428–814–4
April 6 Hawaii-Hilo 12–329–8–
April 9at Arizona State3–1829–914–5
April 10at Arizona State5–729–1014–6
April 11at Arizona State4–2429–1114–7
April 14at Loyola Marymount6–1229–12–
April 17California10–030–1215–7
April 18California14–1331–1216–7
April 19California5–232–1217–7
April 21at San Diego State 9–433–12–
April 24at UCLA14–634–1218–7
April 25UCLA17–1834–1318–8
April 26at UCLA17–1235–1319–8
April 28San Diego State17–1036–13–
April 29UC Santa Barbara9–837–13–
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
May 9at Stanford2–437–1419–9
May 10at Stanford5–238–1420–9
May 11at Stanford5–139–1421–9
May 15at Portland State 10–240–14–
May 15at Portland State6–740–15–
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 21vs. Fordham Tiger Field 10–641–15
May 22vs. Virginia Commonwealth Tiger Field4–1441–16
May 23vs. Clemson Tiger Field8–542–16
May 23vs. South Alabama Tiger Field3–243–16
May 24vs. South AlabamaTiger Field4–344–16
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 30vs. LSU Rosenblatt Stadium 10–1244–17
June 1vs. Florida Rosenblatt Stadium12–1045–17
June 2vs. Mississippi State Rosenblatt Stadium7–146–17
June 4vs. LSURosenblatt Stadium5–447–17
June 5vs. LSURosenblatt Stadium7–348–17
June 6vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium21–1449–17

Awards and honors

Rik Currier
Seth Davidson
Morgan Ensberg
Seth Etherton
Jeremy Freitas
Rob Gorr
Jack Krawczyk
Jason Lane
Eric Munson
Wes Rachels
Brad Ticehurst

Trojans in the 1998 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. [4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Seth EthertonRHP1st18th California Angels
Jason SaenzLHP3rd94th New York Mets
Brad TicehurstOF8th233rd Texas Rangers
Mike PenneyRHP8th236th Milwaukee Brewers
Morgan Ensberg3B9th272nd Houston Astros
Rob Gorr1B14th426th Los Angeles Dodgers
Craig JonesRHP16th467th Kansas City Royals
Jeremy FreitasOF25th737th Kansas City Royals
Jack KrawczykRHP25th746th Milwaukee Brewers
Jeff DePippoC27th813th Cleveland Indians
Wes Rachels2B33rd974th Philadelphia Phillies

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  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.
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