1973 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1973 USC Trojans baseball USC Trojans logo.svg 150 Pacific-8 Conference Pac-8 51–11 14–4 1 Rod Dedeaux (32nd year) Bovard Field National championsPacific-8 Conference champions 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 background:#990000;color:#FFCC00; 1973 USC Trojans baseball game log ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; February Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 17 || 1973 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State University San Diego State || 6–1 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 17 || San Diego State || 5–3 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 20 || at 1973 UC Irvine Anteaters University of California, Irvine UC Irvine || 3–1 || 3–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 23 || 1973 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Cal Poly Pomona || 5–2 || 4–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 24 || 1973 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos University of California, Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara || 5–4 || 5–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 24 || UC Santa Barbara || 10–6 || 6–0 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 2 || at 1973 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State University Fresno State || 5–0 || 7–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 3 || at Fresno State || 6–2 || 8–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 3 || at Fresno State || 2–0 || 9–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 7 || 1973 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles California State University, Los Angeles Cal State Los Angeles || 10–2 || 10–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 10 || 1973 UCLA Bruins University of California, Los Angeles UCLA || 6–3 || 11–0 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 10 || UCLA || 10–1 || 12–0 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 15 || at Arizona State || 2–4 || 12–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 16 || at Arizona State || 4–8 || 12–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 17 || at Arizona State || 5–12 || 12–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 21 || 1973 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount || 13–12 || 13–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 23 || 1973 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga University Gonzaga || 2–1 || 14–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || vs. Arizona State || 3–1 || 15–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 || vs. 1973 Hawaii Warriors University of Hawaii Hawaii || 4–0 || 16–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 27 || vs. 1973 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt || 4–5 || 16–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 29 || vs. 1973 Washington State Cougars Washington State University Washington State || 9–2 || 17–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 30 || vs. 1973 UMass Minutemen University of Massachusetts Massachusetts || 16–4 || 18–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 30 || at 1973 UC Riverside Hilltoppers University of California, Riverside UC Riverside || 7–4 || 19–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || vs. 1973 Stanford Cardinal Stanford University Stanford || 8–2 || 20–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || vs. Arizona State || 2–0 || 21–4 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 || at 1973 UNLV Rebels University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV || 9–2 || 22–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 3 || at 1973 Cal Poly State Northridge Matadors California State University, Northridge San Fernando Valley State || 3–15 || 22–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 6 || 1973 Cal Golden Bears University of California California || 14–0 || 23–5 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || California || 2–1 || 24–5 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || California || 8–4 || 25–5 || 5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 9 || 1973 Chapman Panthers Chapman University Chapman || 14–4 || 26–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 10 || UC Irvine || 0–5 || 26–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 11 || 1973 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine University Pepperdine || 14–3 || 27–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 13 || at Stanford || 2–1 || 28–6 || 6–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 14 || at Stanford || 0–1 || 28–7 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 14 || at Stanford || 3–0 || 29–7 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || at Hawaii || 10–6 || 30–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 24 || at Cal State Los Angeles || 9–4 || 31–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 25 || at Chapman || 5–6 || 31–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 27 || Stanford || 12–8 || 32–8 || 8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 28 || Stanford || 1–0 || 33–8 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 28 || Stanford || 0–3 || 33–9 || 9–2 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || at Cal Poly Pomona || 18–13 || 34–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 4 || at California || 4–5 || 34–10 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || at California || 8–2 || 35–10 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || at California || 2–0 || 36–10 || 11–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 8 || 1973 Long Beach State 49ers California State University, Long Beach Long Beach State || 10–3 || 37–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 10 || at UCLA || 5–6 || 37–11 || 11–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 11 || UCLA || 6–2 || 38–11 || 12–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 || at UCLA || 8–4 || 39–11 || 13–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 || at UCLA || 6–4 || 40–11 || 14–4 |- |- ! 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 18 || vs. Washington State || Buck Bailey Field || 13–4 || 41–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 19 || vs. Washington State || Buck Bailey Field || 11–9 || 42–11 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 26 || vs. Loyola Marymount || Bovard Field || 9–8 || 43–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 27 || vs. Loyola Marymount || Bovard Field || 2–1 || 44–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 1 || vs. Cal State Los Angeles || Bovard Field || 4–3 || 45–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 2 || vs. Cal State Los Angeles || Bovard Field || 13–6 || 46–11 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 9 || vs. 1973 Harvard Crimson Harvard University Harvard || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4–1 || 47–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 10 || vs. Texas || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4–1 || 48–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 11 || vs. Arizona State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 3–1 || 49–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 12 || vs. Minnesota || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8–7 || 50–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 13 || vs. Arizona State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4–3 || 51–11 |- Awards and honors Rich Dauer All-Pacific-8 First Team Ken Huizenga College World Series All-Tournament Team Ed Putnam All-Pacific-8 First Team Randy Scarbery College World Series All-Tournament Team 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 First Team Roy Smalley 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-America First Team All-Pacific-8 First Team Trojans in the 1973 MLB draft The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1973 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 TeamRandy ScarberyRHP1st23rdOakland AthleticsFred LynnOF2nd41stBoston Red SoxEdwin Bowman3B8th183rdBaltimore Orioles June secondary draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamCliff HollandLHP1st16thKansas City Royals References USC Category:USC Trojans baseball seasons Category:Pac-12 Conference baseball champion seasons Category:College World Series seasons Category:NCAA Division I baseball championship seasons USC Trojans