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
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
1970 record45–13 (11–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern Division
No. 13 Washington State x 96 .600  3011 .732
Oregon State  56 .455   
Oregon  59 .357   
Washington  412 .250  822 .267
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California xy 113 .786  4513 .776
UCLA  87 .533  2624 .520
California  98 .529  2819 .596
Stanford  89 .471  3616 .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

 

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

 

Schedule

1970 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post–Season

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 Stoligrosz3B14th321stCleveland Indians

June secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Dave KingmanOF1st1stSan Francisco Giants
Brent StromLHP1st3rdNew York Mets
Cal MeierSS2nd26thKansas City Royals
Jim BarrRHP3rd49thSan Francisco Giants

January secondary draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Cal MeierSS2nd37thKansas City Royals
Jim BarrRHP3rd49thSan 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.
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