1973 USC Trojans baseball team

1973 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record51–11 (14–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
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 x‍‍‍y 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

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1973 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

Catchers

 

Outfielders

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

Coaches

 

Schedule

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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
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
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
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

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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

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

June regular draft

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1973". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "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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