1970 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1970 USC Trojans baseball USC Trojans logo.svg 150 Pacific-8 Conference Pac-8 45–13 11–3 1 Rod Dedeaux (29th year) Bovard Field National championsPacific-8 Conference champions 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 Harvey Allen Jim Barr Steve Busby Walt Failor Orrin Freeman Jim George Jack Harrington Eric Raich Wayne Schrader Mark Sogge Brent Strom Greg Widman 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 Rod Dedeaux  Schedule background:#990000;color:#FFCC00; 1970 USC Trojans baseball game log ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; February/March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 27 || 1970 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount || 8–3 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 3 || at 1970 UC Irvine Anteaters University of California, Irvine UC Irvine || 6–8 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 6 || 1970 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos University of California, Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara || 4–2 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 7 || at UC Santa Barbara || 4–2 || 3–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 7 || at UC Santa Barbara || 2–4 || 3–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 10 || 1970 Long Beach State 49ers California State University, Long Beach Long Beach State || 13–1 || 4–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 13 || at 1970 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State University Fresno State || 6–2 || 5–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 14 || at Fresno State || 13–6 || 6–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 14 || at Fresno State || 6–7 || 6–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 17 || 1970 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine University Pepperdine || 3–2 || 7–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || 1970 Utah Utes University of Utah Utah || 4–2 || 8–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || at Long Beach State || 8–1 || 9–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 21 || BYU || 4–0 || 10–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 21 || BYU || 4–8 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 23 || vs. 1970 Air Force Falcons United States Air Force Academy Air Force || 9–10 || 10–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 23 || at 1970 UC Riverside Hilltoppers University of California, Riverside UC Riverside || 12–3 || 11–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 25 || vs. 1970 Tulsa Golden Hurricane University of Tulsa Tulsa || 11–9 || 12–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || vs. 1970 Stanford Indians Stanford University Stanford || 7–5 || 13–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || vs. 1970 St. John's Red Storm St. John's University St. John's || 11–2 || 14–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 || vs. 1970 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State University Oregon State || 4–0 || 15–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 28 || vs. 1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State University Arizona State || 5–2 || 16–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 31 || at 1970 Cal Poly State Northridge Matadors California State University, Northridge San Fernando Valley State || 2–7 || 16–6 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 1 || at 1970 Chapman Panthers Chapman University Chapman || 7–9 || 16–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 2 || 1970 Westmont Warriors Westmont College Westmont || 4–3 || 17–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 3 || 1970 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State University San Diego State || 3–2 || 18–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 || San Diego State || 14–2 || 19–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 || San Diego State || 8–1 || 20–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 6 || 1970 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles California State University, Los Angeles Cal State Los Angeles || 7–4 || 21–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || San Fernando Valley State || 4–1 || 22–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 11 || 1970 UCLA Bruins University of California, Los Angeles UCLA || 8–2 || 23–7 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 13 || at Cal State Los Angeles || 5–4 || 24–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || at 1970 Cal Golden Bears University of California California || 4–2 || 25–7 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 18 || at Stanford || 3–0 || 26–7 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 18 || at Stanford || 1–2 || 26–8 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 20 || at 1970 Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara University Santa Clara || 16–5 || 27–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 21 || Chapman || 3–5 || 27–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 24 || Stanford || 2–7 || 27–10 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 25 || California || 10–0 || 28–10 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 25 || California || 5–14 || 28–11 || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 28 || at 1970 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Cal Poly Pomona || 2–3 || 28–12 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || 1970 Washington Huskies University of Washington Washington || 9–3 || 29–12 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || Washington || 6–4 || 30–12 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 2 || 1970 Washington State Cougars Washington State University Washington State || 7–3 || 31–12 || 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 2 || Washington State || 12–5 || 32–12 || 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || Cal Poly Pomona || 11–8 || 33–12 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 9 || 1970 Oregon Ducks University of Oregon Oregon || 6–0 || 34–12 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 15 || at UCLA || 8–5 || 35–12 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 15 || UCLA || 4–1 || 36–12 || 11–3 |- |- ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Postseason |- |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: Pacific-8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 21 || vs. Oregon State || Bovard Field || 11–3 || 37–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 22 || vs. UCLA || Bovard Field || 8–4 || 38–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 23 || vs. UCLA || Bovard Field || 7–1 || 39–12 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 29 || vs. Santa Clara || Bovard Field || 12–1 || 40–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 30 || vs. Santa Clara || Bovard Field || 6–1 || 41–12 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 12 || vs. 1970 Ohio Bobcats Ohio University Ohio || Rosenblatt Stadium || 1–4 || 41–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 13 || vs. 1970 Delaware Blue Hens University of Delaware Delaware || Rosenblatt Stadium || 7–1 || 42–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 15 || vs. Dartmouth || Rosenblatt Stadium || 6–1 || 43–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 16 || vs. Texas || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8–7 || 44–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 18 || vs. Florida State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 2–1 || 45–13 |- Awards and honors Frank Alfano College World Series All-Tournament TeamCollege World Series record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org 22 June 2012 All-Pacific-8 Second Team Jim Barr College World Series All-Tournament Team All-Pacific-8 Second Team Dave Kingman All-America First Team2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_USC_Baseball_Media_Guide.pdf USCTrojans.com 2 July 2012 12 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112170010/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_USC_Baseball_Media_Guide.pdf dead All-Pacific-8 Second Team Cal Meier All-America Second Team All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team Dan Stoligrosz College World Series All-Tournament Team All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team Brent Strom All-America First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team Trojans in the 1970 MLB draft The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)" https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=e413ab82&exact=1&query_type=key_school Baseball-Reference 4 July 2012 June regular draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamDaniel Stoligrosz3B14th321stCleveland Indians June secondary draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamDave KingmanOF1st1stSan Francisco GiantsBrent StromLHP1st3rdNew York MetsCal MeierSS2nd26thKansas City RoyalsJim BarrRHP3rd49thSan Francisco Giants January secondary draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamCal MeierSS2nd37thKansas City RoyalsJim BarrRHP3rd49thSan Francisco Giants References USC Category:USC Trojans baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons Category:NCAA Division I baseball championship seasons Category:Pac-12 Conference baseball champion seasons USC Trojans