1961 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1961 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 20th season.

1961 USC Trojans baseball
College World Series champions CIBA Champions
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
CB	No. 1
Record	36–7 (12–4 AAWU)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (20th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

1961 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Division
No. 28 Washington State ‍†‍‍y	8	–	4		.667			21	–	10		.677
Oregon State ‍‍‍	8	–	6		.571			27	–	14		.659
Oregon ‍‍‍	6	–	5		.545				–			–
Idaho ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400				–			–
Washington ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			13	–	10		.565
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍y	12	–	4		.750			36	–	7		.837
No. 14 California ‍‍‍	11	–	5		.688			29	–	10		.744
UCLA ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			25	–	15		.625
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313				–			–
Stanford ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313			26	–	17		.605
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1961[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State in the championship game. This was the Trojans' third championship.

Roster

1961 USC Trojans roster
	Pitchers Dennis Anderson Bob Coleman Larry Hankammer Pete Kenney Lee King Marcel Lachermann Bob Levingston Jerry Merz Jim Withers Wally Wolf Ken Yaryan		Infielders Dan Ardell Chuck Johnson Willie Ryan Tom Satriano Hans Schroeder Ron Stillwell Catchers Steve Bach John Crawford Larry Himes Dick Mills		Outfielders Truman Aubrey Jim Brown Art Ersepke Mike Gillespie Mickey McNamee Ron Taylor Ken Washington Coaches Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

Legend
	USC win
	USC loss

1961 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record March 10 Cal Poly Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 8–1 1–0 – March 11 San Diego Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9–1 2–0 – March 14 Occidental Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–3 3–0 – March 17 Long Beach State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 11–1 4–0 – March 18 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 1–0 5–0 – March 21 at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, CA W 14–2 6–0 – March 23 BYU Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 7–0 – March 23 at Cal State Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA W 4–1 8–0 – March 24 at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA L 1–3 8–1 – March 25 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–2 9–1 1–0 March 27 vs. Stanford W 8–1 10–1 – March 29 vs. San Diego State W 15–2 11–1 – March 30 vs. Arizona State W 10–2 12–1 –
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record April 3 Notre Dame Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–3 13–1 – April 4 Arizona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA L 0–8 13–2 – April 7 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–3 14–2 2–0 April 8 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA L 1–2 14–3 2–1 April 11 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 8–5 15–3 – April 14 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 3–2 16–3 3–1 April 15 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA L 3–4 16–4 3–2 April 15 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA W 15–5 17–4 4–2 April 18 at Pepperdine Malibu, CA L 3–4 18–4 – April 21 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9–4 19–4 5–2 April 22 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 8–6 20–4 6–2 April 28 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–2 21–4 7–2 April 29 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 11–2 22–4 8–2
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record AAWU record May 2 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–1 23–4 9–2 May 5 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 11–8 24–4 10–2 May 6 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–4 25–4 11–2 May 9 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–2 26–4 – May 12 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–7 26–5 11–3 May 13 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 5–4 27–5 12–3 May 13 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 6–10 27–6 12–4
Post-season
NCAA District 8 playoff Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 26 Fresno State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–1 28–6 1–0 May 27 Fresno State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA L 4–6 28–7 1–1 May 27 Fresno State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 10–6 29–7 2–1 June 2 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, WA W 13–6 30–7 3–1 June 3 at Washington State Bailey Field • Pullman, WA W 10–4 31–7 4–1
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 10 vs. Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–6 32–7 1–0 June 11 vs. Boston College Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 10–3 33–7 2–0 June 12 vs. Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 4–2 34–7 3–0 June 13 vs. Boston College Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 4–3 35–7 4–0 June 15 vs. Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 1–0 36–7 5–0

Awards and honors

Steve Bach

• All-AAWU First Team^[2]

Art Ersepke

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All-AAWU First Team^[2]

Larry Hankhammer

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Larry Himes

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All-America Second Team^[2]
• All-AAWU First Team^[2]

William Ryan

• All-America First Team^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All-AAWU First Team^[2]

Jim Withers

• All-AAWU First Team^[2]