1971 USC Trojans baseball team

1971 USC Trojans baseball

National Champions Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1971 record	46–11 (17–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (30th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Division
#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
#1 Southern California ^x^y	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

Steve Busby
Tim Coffin
Jim George
Eric Raich
Randy Scarbery
Mark Sogge
Chris Vella
Greg Widman

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

Rod Dedeaux

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

NCAA Tournament: Pacific-8 Playoffs

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

NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs

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

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

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

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

George Ambrow

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Mike Ball

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Steve Busby

All-America First Team^[3]
All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Fredd Lynn

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

Craig Perkins

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Jeff Port

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Mark Sogge

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

Tim Steele

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

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

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1971". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
1 2 3 "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

USC Trojans 1971 College World Series Champions

Steve Busby Eric Raich Fred Lynn Randy Scarbery

Head Coach Rod Dedeaux

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

USC Trojans baseball

Venues	Bovard Field (?–1973) Dedeaux Field (1974–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Baseball Champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina

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