1974 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1974 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 33rd season.

1974 USC Trojans baseball
National Champions Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
1974 record	50–20 (11–7 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (33rd year)
Home stadium	Dedeaux Field

1974 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Division
Washington State ^x‍‍‍	14	–	4		.778			38	–	9		.809
No. 29 Oregon ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667				–			–
Oregon State ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			16	–	23		.410
Washington ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			10	–	28		.263
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y	11	–	7		.611			50	–	20		.714
Stanford ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			28	–	19		.596
California ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			25	–	24		.510
UCLA ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			26	–	35		.426
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1974[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Miami Hurricanes in the championship game, completing their run of five consecutive national championships.

Roster

1974 USC Trojans roster
	Pitchers Mark Barr Scott Gregory Brian Hueblein Mike Jae Russ McQueen Ty Meyer George Milke Charlie Phillips Jeff Racanelli Pete Redfern Jeff Reinke Rich Simonin		Infielders Rob Adoplh Tom Bhagwat Mark Carpenter Ken Carrasco Marvin Cobb Rich Dauer Larry Fobbs Rob Hertel Denny Martindale Catchers Larry Hill Dennis Littlejohn Ed Putnam Bruce Tonascia		Outfielders Anthony Davis Cliff Holland Ken Huizenga Steve Kemp Bob Mitchell Dennis Stahl Creighton Tevlin Coaches Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1974 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record February 10 at Pepperdine 6–1 1–0 – February 18 San Diego State 5–4 2–0 – February 18 San Diego State 5–3 3–0 – February 20 at Cal State Northridge 18–5 4–0 – February 23 vs. Northern Arizona 5–1 5–0 – February 24 at UNLV 9–7 6–0 – February 24 at UNLV 10–2 7–0 – February 26 LaVerne 9–2 8–0 –
March Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record March 1 UC Irvine 3–9 8–1 – March 5 at Cal Poly Pomona 5–3 9–1 – March 10 at Cal State Los Angeles 6–3 10–1 – March 12 at UC Irvine 10–4 11–1 – March 13 at Chapman 9–6 12–1 – March 14 at Cal Poly 13–7 13–1 – March 15 Air Force 19–3 14–1 – March 15 Air Force 16–8 15–1 – March 19 Santa Clara 8–6 16–1 – March 20 Santa Clara 2–10 16–2 – March 22 Arizona State 10–12 16–3 – March 23 vs. Arizona State 14–9 17–3 – March 25 at Loyola Marymount 6–3 18–3 – March 26 Long Beach State 9–8 19–3 – March 30 California 7–0 20–3 1–0 March 30 California 11–4 21–3 2–0 March 31 California 3–1 22–3 3–0
April Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record April 5 at Stanford 2–3 22–4 3–1 April 6 at Stanford 7–5 23–4 4–1 April 6 at Stanford 5–6 23–5 4–2 April 7 at Arizona State 6–4 24–5 – April 9 at Oklahoma 6–7 24–6 – April 9 at Oklahoma 4–5 24–7 – April 12 at Tulsa 8–2 25–7 – April 13 at Tulsa 4–5 25–8 – April 13 at Tulsa 7–11 25–9 – April 14 at Tulsa 11–4 26–9 – April 15 Gonzaga 5–4 27–9 – April 16 Cal State Northridge 7–6 28–9 – April 19 at UCLA 8–2 29–9 5–2 April 20 UCLA 11–5 30–9 6–2 April 20 UCLA 6–5 31–9 7–2 April 23 Pepperdine 5–6 31–10 – April 24 Westmont 9–6 32–10 – April 26 at California 4–1 33–10 8–2 April 27 at California 2–4 33–11 8–3 April 27 at California 8–3 34–11 9–3 April 28 at Santa Clara 9–2 35–11 – April 30 Cal Poly Pomona 4–6 35–12 –
May Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-8 Record May 3 Stanford 1–4 35–13 9–4 May 4 Stanford 0–7 35–14 9–5 May 4 Stanford 5–6 35–15 9–6 May 6 Chapman 5–2 36–15 – May 7 Loyola Marymount 4–6 36–16 – May 8 at Long Beach State 7–5 37–16 – May 10 UCLA 10–0 38–16 10–6 May 11 at UCLA 5–6 38–17 10–7 May 11 at UCLA 22–2 39–17 11–7
Post–Season
NCAA Tournament: Pacific-8 Playoffs Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 18 vs. Oregon Dedeaux Field 11–6 40–17 May 18 vs. Oregon Dedeaux Field 14–1 41–17
NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 25 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field 9–2 42–17 May 26 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field 6–7 42–18 May 26 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field 11–9 43–18 June 1 vs. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 2–4 43–19 June 2 vs. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 4–1 44–19 June 2 vs. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 12–1 45–19
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record June 8 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 9–2 46–19 June 10 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 47–19 June 12 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 3–7 47–20 June 13 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 48–20 June 14 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 7–2 49–20 June 15 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 7–3 50–20

Awards and honors

Rob Adolph

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Mike Barr

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Marvin Cobb

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Rich Dauer

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

Russ McQueen

• All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]

George Milke

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player[2]

Bob Mitchell

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]

Creighton Tevlin

• All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]

Trojans in the 1974 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Rich Dauer	SS	1st	24th	Baltimore Orioles
Russ McQueen	RHP	14th	322nd	California Angels
Mark Barr	RHP	14th	332nd	Boston Red Sox
Anthony Davis	OF	15th	360th	Baltimore Orioles
Brian Heublein	LHP	19th	444th	Los Angeles Dodgers
Creighton Tevlin	OF	24th	539th	Baltimore Orioles

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1974". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 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.