1971 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record46–11 (17–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
No. 19 Washington State x‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 34 – 15   .694
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 –   –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 –   –
Washington ‍‍‍ 1 – 14   .067 9 – 19   .321
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 17 – 0   1.000 46 – 11   .807
Stanford ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647 39 – 20   .661
UCLA ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647 38 – 17   .691
California ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 24 – 24   .500
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1971[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1971 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 30th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game, winning their second of five consecutive national championships, and third in four years.

Roster

1971 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

  • Frank Alfano
  • George Ambrow
  • Daryl Arenstein
  • Mike Ball
  • Milt Guggia
  • Jeff Port
  • Tim Steele
  

Outfielders

  • Gordon Carter
  • Dick Cross
  • Fred Lynn
  • Jeff Pederson

Catchers

  • Sam Ceci
  • Craig Perkins
  • Mike Swiderski

Coaches

 

Schedule

1971 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
February 24 at Cal Poly Pomona 16–5 1–0 –
February 26 at UC Santa Barbara 5–6 1–1 –
March 2 at San Fernando Valley State 13–10 2–1 –
March 5 UC Santa Barbara 5–6 2–2 –
March 6 Cal Poly Pomona 3–5 2–3 –
March 6 Cal Poly Pomona 9–3 3–3 –
March 9 UC Irvine 3–2 4–3 –
March 12 at UC Irvine 9–10 4–4 –
March 13 Loyola Marymount 3–0 5–4 –
March 13 Loyola Marymount 8–2 6–4 –
March 16 San Fernando Valley State 1–0 7–4 –
March 17 at Chapman 6–7 7–5 –
March 20 BYU 8–4 8–5 –
March 20 BYU 8–1 9–5 –
March 23 Pepperdine 2–1 10–5 –
March 24 Utah 8–3 11–5 –
March 26 San Diego State 4–2 12–5 –
March 27 San Diego State 1–3 12–6 –
March 27 San Diego State 9–2 13–6 –
March 31 Westmont 2–5 13–7 –
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
April 2 at Hawaii 6–1 14–7 –
April 7 at Hawaii 8–0 15–7 –
April 13 at UCLA 7–1 16–7 1–0
April 16 California 10–1 17–7 2–0
April 17 Stanford 3–1 18–7 3–0
April 17 Stanford 8–4 19–7 4–0
April 20 Chapman 6–2 20–7 –
April 23 at Stanford 2–1 21–7 5–0
April 24 at California 2–1 22–7 6–0
April 24 at California 10–0 23–7 7–0
April 27 Cal State Los Angeles 7–4 24–7 –
April 30 Oregon 5–0 25–7 8–0
April 30 Oregon 2–0 26–7 9–0
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
May 1 Oregon State 10–4 27–7 10–0
May 1 Oregon State 9–6 28–7 11–0
May 3 at Long Beach State 6–1 29–7 –
May 4 Long Beach State 1–5 29–8 –
May 7 at Washington State 4–0 30–8 12–0
May 7 at Washington State 7–6 31–8 13–0
May 8 at Washington 6–0 32–8 14–0
May 8 at Washington 2–0 33–8 15–0
May 11 Cal State Los Angeles 4–2 34–8 –
May 14 UCLA 1–0 35–8 16–0
May 15 at UCLA 6–3 36–8 17–0
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 20 vs. Oregon State Buck Bailey Field 6–2 37–8
May 21 vs. Stanford Buck Bailey Field 9–3 38–8
May 22 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 5–10 38–9
May 22 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 6–3 39–9
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 29 vs. Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 5–6 39–10
May 30 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 5–1 40–10
May 30 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 9–1 41–10
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 12 vs. Seton Hall Rosenblatt Stadium 5–1 42–10
June 13 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 3–8 42–11
June 14 vs. BYU Rosenblatt Stadium 8–6 43–11
June 15 vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium 8–4 44–11
June 16 vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 45–11
June 17 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 7–2 46–11

Awards and honors

Frank Alfano
George Ambrow
Mike Ball
Steve Busby
Fredd Lynn
Craig Perkins
Jeff Port
Mark Sogge
Tim Steele

Trojans in the 1971 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Jim George RHP 13th 312th Oakland Athletics
Craig Perkins C 14th 324th Kansas City Royals
Sam Ceci C 40th 778th Los Angeles Dodgers

June secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Gordon Carter OF 2nd 34th San Francisco Giants
Steve Busby RHP 2nd 39th Kansas City Royals
Mike Ball 3B 6th 80th Minnesota Twins

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1971". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 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 "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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