1973 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

1973 USC Trojans baseball

National champions Pacific-8 Conference champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	51–11 (14–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (32nd year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

1973 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Division
Washington State ^x‍‍‍	15	–	3	.833	40	–	15	.727
Oregon ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500		–		–
Washington ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	10	–	11	.476
Oregon State ‍‍‍	5	–	13	.278	15	–	20	.429
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y	14	–	4	.778	51	–	11	.823
Stanford ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	37	–	20	.649
UCLA ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	29	–	24	.547
California ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	21	–	31	.404

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1973^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1973 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 32nd season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game, winning their fourth of five consecutive national championships, and the fifth in six years.

Roster

1973 USC Trojans roster

Pitchers

Mark Barr
Tim Coffin
Cliff Holland
Brian Heublein
Dwayne Humbles
George Milke
Dan Olson
John Racanelli
Pete Redfern
Jeff Reinke
Randy Scarbery
Rich Simonin

Infielders

Rob Adoplh
Daryl Arenstein
Marvin Cobb
Rich Dauer
Terry Dedeaux
William Edwards
Ken Huizenga
Denny Martindale
Roy Smalley

Catchers

Dennis Littlejohn
Vince Moll
Ed Putnam

Outfielders

Craig Barnes
Tom Bhagwat
Ed Bowman
Anthony Davis
Steve Kemp
Fred Lynn
Dennis Stahl
Creighton Tevlin

Coaches

Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1973 USC Trojans baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-8 record
February 17	San Diego State	6–1	1–0	–
February 17	San Diego State	5–3	2–0	–
February 20	at UC Irvine	3–1	3–0	–
February 23	Cal Poly Pomona	5–2	4–0	–
February 24	UC Santa Barbara	5–4	5–0	–
February 24	UC Santa Barbara	10–6	6–0	–

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-8 record
March 2	at Fresno State	5–0	7–0	–
March 3	at Fresno State	6–2	8–0	–
March 3	at Fresno State	2–0	9–0	–
March 7	Cal State Los Angeles	10–2	10–0	–
March 10	UCLA	6–3	11–0	1–0
March 10	UCLA	10–1	12–0	2–0
March 15	at Arizona State	2–4	12–1	–
March 16	at Arizona State	4–8	12–2	–
March 17	at Arizona State	5–12	12–3	–
March 21	Loyola Marymount	13–12	13–3	–
March 23	Gonzaga	2–1	14–3	–
March 26	vs. Arizona State	3–1	15–3	–
March 27	vs. Hawaii	4–0	16–3	–
March 27	vs. Vanderbilt	4–5	16–4	–
March 29	vs. Washington State	9–2	17–4	–
March 30	vs. Massachusetts	16–4	18–4	–
March 30	at UC Riverside	7–4	19–4	–
March 31	vs. Stanford	8–2	20–4	–
March 31	vs. Arizona State	2–0	21–4	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-8 record
April 1	at UNLV	9–2	22–4	–
April 3	at San Fernando Valley State	3–15	22–5	–
April 6	California	14–0	23–5	3–0
April 7	California	2–1	24–5	4–0
April 7	California	8–4	25–5	5–0
April 9	Chapman	14–4	26–5	–
April 10	UC Irvine	0–5	26–6	–
April 11	Pepperdine	14–3	27–6	–
April 13	at Stanford	2–1	28–6	6–0
April 14	at Stanford	0–1	28–7	6–1
April 14	at Stanford	3–0	29–7	7–1
April 17	at Hawaii	10–6	30–7	–
April 24	at Cal State Los Angeles	9–4	31–7	–
April 25	at Chapman	5–6	31–8	–
April 27	Stanford	12–8	32–8	8–1
April 28	Stanford	1–0	33–8	9–1
April 28	Stanford	0–3	33–9	9–2

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Pac-8 record
May 1	at Cal Poly Pomona	18–13	34–9	–
May 4	at California	4–5	34–10	9–3
May 5	at California	8–2	35–10	10–3
May 5	at California	2–0	36–10	11–3
May 8	Long Beach State	10–3	37–10	–
May 10	at UCLA	5–6	37–11	11–4
May 11	UCLA	6–2	38–11	12–4
May 12	at UCLA	8–4	39–11	13–4
May 12	at UCLA	6–4	40–11	14–4

Post-season

NCAA tournament: Pacific-8 playoffs

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 18	vs. Washington State	Buck Bailey Field	13–4	41–11
May 19	vs. Washington State	Buck Bailey Field	11–9	42–11

NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 26	vs. Loyola Marymount	Bovard Field	9–8	43–11
May 27	vs. Loyola Marymount	Bovard Field	2–1	44–11
June 1	vs. Cal State Los Angeles	Bovard Field	4–3	45–11
June 2	vs. Cal State Los Angeles	Bovard Field	13–6	46–11

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 9	vs. Harvard	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–1	47–11
June 10	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–1	48–11
June 11	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–1	49–11
June 12	vs. Minnesota	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–7	50–11
June 13	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–3	51–11

Awards and honors

Rich Dauer

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Ken Huizenga

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Ed Putnam

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Randy Scarbery

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America First Team^[2]
All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Roy Smalley

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America First Team^[2]
All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Trojans in the 1973 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Randy Scarbery	RHP	1st	23rd	Oakland Athletics
Fred Lynn	OF	2nd	41st	Boston Red Sox
Edwin Bowman	3B	8th	183rd	Baltimore Orioles

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Cliff Holland	LHP	1st	16th	Kansas City Royals

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1973". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2012.

v t e USC Trojans 1973 College World Series champions
Marvin Cobb Rich Dauer Anthony Davis Steve Kemp Dennis Littlejohn Fred Lynn Russ McQueen George Milke Randy Scarbery Roy Smalley III
Head Coach Rod Dedeaux
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

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People	Head coaches
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