1970 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1970 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 29th season.

1970 USC Trojans baseball
National Champions Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
1970 record	45–13 (11–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (29th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Division
No. 13 Washington State ^x‍‍‍	9	–	6		.600			30	–	11		.732
Oregon State ‍‍‍	5	–	6		.455				–			–
Oregon ‍‍‍	5	–	9		.357				–			–
Washington ‍‍‍	4	–	12		.250			8	–	22		.267
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y	11	–	3		.786			45	–	13		.776
UCLA ‍‍‍	8	–	7		.533			26	–	24		.520
California ‍‍‍	9	–	8		.529			28	–	19		.596
Stanford ‍‍‍	8	–	9		.471			36	–	16		.692
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1970[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

1970 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February/March Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record February 27 Loyola Marymount 8–3 1–0 – March 3 at UC Irvine 6–8 1–1 – March 6 UC Santa Barbara 4–2 2–1 – March 7 at UC Santa Barbara 4–2 3–1 – March 7 at UC Santa Barbara 2–4 3–2 – March 10 Long Beach State 13–1 4–2 – March 13 at Fresno State 6–2 5–2 – March 14 at Fresno State 13–6 6–2 – March 14 at Fresno State 6–7 6–3 – March 17 Pepperdine 3–2 7–3 – March 20 Utah 4–2 8–3 – March 20 at Long Beach State 8–1 9–3 – March 21 BYU 4–0 10–3 – March 21 BYU 4–8 10–4 – March 23 vs. Air Force 9–10 10–5 – March 23 at UC Riverside 12–3 11–5 – March 25 vs. Tulsa 11–9 12–5 – March 26 vs. Stanford 7–5 13–5 – March 26 vs. St. John's 11–2 14–5 – March 27 vs. Oregon State 4–0 15–5 – March 28 vs. Arizona State 5–2 16–5 – March 31 at San Fernando Valley State 2–7 16–6 –
April Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record April 1 at Chapman 7–9 16–7 – April 2 Westmont 4–3 17–7 – April 3 San Diego State 3–2 18–7 – April 4 San Diego State 14–2 19–7 – April 4 San Diego State 8–1 20–7 – April 6 Cal State Los Angeles 7–4 21–7 – April 7 San Fernando Valley State 4–1 22–7 – April 11 UCLA 8–2 23–7 1–0 April 13 at Cal State Los Angeles 5–4 24–7 – April 17 at California 4–2 25–7 2–0 April 18 at Stanford 3–0 26–7 3–0 April 18 at Stanford 1–2 26–8 3–1 April 20 at Santa Clara 16–5 27–8 – April 21 Chapman 3–5 27–9 – April 24 Stanford 2–7 27–10 3–2 April 25 California 10–0 28–10 4–2 April 25 California 5–14 28–11 4–3 April 28 at Cal Poly Pomona 2–3 28–12 –
May Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record May 1 Washington 9–3 29–12 5–3 May 1 Washington 6–4 30–12 6–3 May 2 Washington State 7–3 31–12 7–3 May 2 Washington State 12–5 32–12 8–3 May 5 Cal Poly Pomona 11–8 33–12 – May 9 Oregon 6–0 34–12 9–3 May 15 at UCLA 8–5 35–12 10–3 May 15 UCLA 4–1 36–12 11–3
Post–Season
NCAA Tournament: Pacific-8 Playoffs Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 21 vs. Oregon State Bovard Field 11–3 37–12 May 22 vs. UCLA Bovard Field 8–4 38–12 May 23 vs. UCLA Bovard Field 7–1 39–12
NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 29 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 12–1 40–12 May 30 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 6–1 41–12
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 12 vs. Ohio Rosenblatt Stadium 1–4 41–13 June 13 vs. Delaware Rosenblatt Stadium 7–1 42–13 June 15 vs. Dartmouth Rosenblatt Stadium 6–1 43–13 June 16 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 8–7 44–13 June 18 vs. Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 45–13

Awards and honors

Frank Alfano

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
• All-Pacific-8 Second Team[3]

Jim Barr

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
• All-Pacific-8 Second Team[3]

Dave Kingman

• All-America First Team[3]
• All-Pacific-8 Second Team[3]

Cal Meier

• All-America Second Team[3]
• All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team[3]

Dan Stoligrosz

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

Brent Strom

• All-America First Team[3]
• All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team[3]

Trojans in the 1970 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Daniel Stoligrosz	3B	14th	321st	Cleveland Indians

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Dave Kingman	OF	1st	1st	San Francisco Giants
Brent Strom	LHP	1st	3rd	New York Mets
Cal Meier	SS	2nd	26th	Kansas City Royals
Jim Barr	RHP	3rd	49th	San Francisco Giants

January secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Cal Meier	SS	2nd	37th	Kansas City Royals
Jim Barr	RHP	3rd	49th	San Francisco Giants

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1970". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
2. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
3. "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 4 July 2012.