1970 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record45–13 (11–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
No. 13 Washington State x‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 30 – 11   .732
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 –   –
Oregon ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 –   –
Washington ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 8 – 22   .267
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 11 – 3   .786 45 – 13   .776
UCLA ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 26 – 24   .520
California ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 28 – 19   .596
Stanford ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 36 – 16   .692
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1970[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1970 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 29th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the championship game, starting a run of five consecutive national championships for USC.

Roster

1970 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

  • Frank Alfano
  • Dayl Arenstein
  • Mike Ball
  • Dick Cross
  • Larry Diel
  • Milt Guggia
  • Cal Meier
  • Jeff Port
  • Al Rossi
  • Dan Stoligrosz
  • John Vella
  

Outfielders

  • Gordon Carter
  • Bill Jenkins
  • Dave Kingman
  • John Morrisset
  • Jeff Pederson
  • Bob Singer

Catchers

  • Sam Ceci
  • Craig Perkins
  • Rick Raczka
  • Mike Swiderski

Coaches

 

Schedule

1970 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
February 27 Loyola Marymount 8–3 1–0 –
March 3 at UC Irvine 6–8 1–1 –
March 6 UC Santa Barbara 4–2 2–1 –
March 7 at UC Santa Barbara 4–2 3–1 –
March 7 at UC Santa Barbara 2–4 3–2 –
March 10 Long Beach State 13–1 4–2 –
March 13 at Fresno State 6–2 5–2 –
March 14 at Fresno State 13–6 6–2 –
March 14 at Fresno State 6–7 6–3 –
March 17 Pepperdine 3–2 7–3 –
March 20 Utah 4–2 8–3 –
March 20 at Long Beach State 8–1 9–3 –
March 21 BYU 4–0 10–3 –
March 21 BYU 4–8 10–4 –
March 23 vs. Air Force 9–10 10–5 –
March 23 at UC Riverside 12–3 11–5 –
March 25 vs. Tulsa 11–9 12–5 –
March 26 vs. Stanford 7–5 13–5 –
March 26 vs. St. John's 11–2 14–5 –
March 27 vs. Oregon State 4–0 15–5 –
March 28 vs. Arizona State 5–2 16–5 –
March 31 at San Fernando Valley State 2–7 16–6 –
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
April 1 at Chapman 7–9 16–7 –
April 2 Westmont 4–3 17–7 –
April 3 San Diego State 3–2 18–7 –
April 4 San Diego State 14–2 19–7 –
April 4 San Diego State 8–1 20–7 –
April 6 Cal State Los Angeles 7–4 21–7 –
April 7 San Fernando Valley State 4–1 22–7 –
April 11 UCLA 8–2 23–7 1–0
April 13 at Cal State Los Angeles 5–4 24–7 –
April 17 at California 4–2 25–7 2–0
April 18 at Stanford 3–0 26–7 3–0
April 18 at Stanford 1–2 26–8 3–1
April 20 at Santa Clara 16–5 27–8 –
April 21 Chapman 3–5 27–9 –
April 24 Stanford 2–7 27–10 3–2
April 25 California 10–0 28–10 4–2
April 25 California 5–14 28–11 4–3
April 28 at Cal Poly Pomona 2–3 28–12 –
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
May 1 Washington 9–3 29–12 5–3
May 1 Washington 6–4 30–12 6–3
May 2 Washington State 7–3 31–12 7–3
May 2 Washington State 12–5 32–12 8–3
May 5 Cal Poly Pomona 11–8 33–12 –
May 9 Oregon 6–0 34–12 9–3
May 15 at UCLA 8–5 35–12 10–3
May 15 UCLA 4–1 36–12 11–3
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 21 vs. Oregon State Bovard Field 11–3 37–12
May 22 vs. UCLA Bovard Field 8–4 38–12
May 23 vs. UCLA Bovard Field 7–1 39–12
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 29 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 12–1 40–12
May 30 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 6–1 41–12
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 12 vs. Ohio Rosenblatt Stadium 1–4 41–13
June 13 vs. Delaware Rosenblatt Stadium 7–1 42–13
June 15 vs. Dartmouth Rosenblatt Stadium 6–1 43–13
June 16 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 8–7 44–13
June 18 vs. Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 45–13

Awards and honors

Frank Alfano
Jim Barr
Dave Kingman
Cal Meier
Dan Stoligrosz
Brent Strom

Trojans in the 1970 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Daniel Stoligrosz 3B 14th 321st Cleveland Indians

June secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Dave Kingman OF 1st 1st San Francisco Giants
Brent Strom LHP 1st 3rd New York Mets
Cal Meier SS 2nd 26th Kansas City Royals
Jim Barr RHP 3rd 49th San Francisco Giants

January secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Cal Meier SS 2nd 37th Kansas City Royals
Jim Barr RHP 3rd 49th San Francisco Giants

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1970". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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.
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