1972 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1972 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 31st season.

1972 USC Trojans baseball
National champions Pacific-8 Conference champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	47–13–1 (14–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (31st year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

1972 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Division
No. 25 Washington State x‍‍‍	14	–	4		.778			29	–	13		.690
Oregon ‍‍‍	14	–	4		.778				–			–
Washington ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			13	–	18		.419
Oregon State ‍‍‍	2	–	15		.118			13	–	24		.351
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y	14	–	4		.778			46	–	11		.807
No. 30 California ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			33	–	21		.611
No. 12 Stanford ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			37	–	17		.685
UCLA ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			32	–	33		.492
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game, winning their third of five consecutive national championships, and fourth in five years.

Roster

1972 USC Trojans roster
	Pitchers Tim Coffin Russ McQueen Dan Olson Jeff Reinke Wayne Schrader Randy Scarbery Mark Sogge Greg Widman		Infielders Rob Adoplh Daryl Arenstein Ed Bowman Terry Dedeaux Milt Guggia Jeff Port Roy Smalley Catchers Sam Ceci Vince Moll Ed Putnam Mike Swiderski		Outfielders Craig Barnes Anthony Davis Ken Huizenga Fred Lynn Dan Olson Jeff Pederson James Steele Creighton Tevlin Coaches Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1972 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record February 18 UC Santa Barbara 4–5 0–1 – February 22 Cal Poly Pomona 7–4 1–1 – February 26 UC Santa Barbara 4–5 1–2 – February 26 UC Santa Barbara 9–6 2–2 – February 29 UC Irvine 2–0 3–2 –
March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record March 1 Chapman 12–7 4–2 – March 3 Loyola Marymount 5–10 4–3 – March 7 Pepperdine 17–3 5–3 – March 8 at Loyola Marymount 6–10 6–3 – March 10 at Fresno State 8–5 7–3 – March 11 at Fresno State 4–5 7–4 – March 11 at Fresno State 12–4 8–4 – March 14 San Fernando Valley State 9–8 9–4 – March 15 at Long Beach State 6–0 10–4 – March 17 San Diego State 4–2 11–4 – March 18 San Diego State 8–4 12–4 – March 18 San Diego State 6–2 13–4 – March 22 at San Fernando Valley State 12–2 14–4 – March 23 Gonzaga 10–2 15–4 – March 24 at Arizona 2–6 15–5 – March 25 at Arizona 5–3 16–5 – March 25 at Arizona 2–1 17–5 – March 30 vs. Washington State 12–10 18–5 – March 31 at Hawaii 4–0 19–5 –
April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record April 1 vs. BYU 6–0 20–5 – April 4 New Mexico 4–2 21–5 – April 7 Stanford 0–2 21–6 0–1 April 8 Stanford 1–2 21–7 0–2 April 8 Stanford 3–2 22–7 1–2 April 10 Cal Poly Pomona 5–6 22–8 – April 11 Westmont 1–2 22–9 – April 14 at California 11–5 23–9 2–2 April 15 at California 2–1 24–9 3–2 April 15 at California 7–6 25–9 4–2 April 21 UCLA 2–1 26–9 5–2 April 22 at UCLA 5–2 27–9 6–2 April 22 at UCLA 10–0 28–9 7–2 April 25 at Cal State Los Angeles 14–4 29–9 – April 28 California 10–0 29–9–1 – April 29 California 3–2 30–9–1 8–2 April 29 California 8–0 31–9–1 9–2 April 30 California 10–3 32–9–1 10–2
May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record May 2 Cal State Los Angeles 4–0 33–9–1 – May 3 at Chapman 8–14 33–10–1 – May 5 at Stanford 4–3 34–10–1 11–2 May 6 at Stanford 4–3 34–10–1 11–3 May 6 at Stanford 10–7 35–11–1 12–3 May 9 Long Beach State 6–1 36–11–1 – May 12 at UCLA 8–6 37–11–1 13–3 May 13 UCLA 9–2 38–11–1 14–3 May 13 UCLA 6–7 38–12–1 14–4
Post-season
NCAA tournament: Pacific-8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 19 vs. Washington State Bovard Field 6–1 39–12–1 May 20 vs. Washington State Bovard Field 8–7 40–12–1
NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 27 vs. UC Santa Barbara Campus Diamond 9–5 41–12–1 May 28 vs. UC Santa Barbara Campus Diamond 13–6 42–12–1
NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 9 vs. Mississippi Rosenblatt Stadium 8–6 43–12–1 June 11 vs. Connecticut Rosenblatt Stadium 5–4 44–12–1 June 12 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 0–3 44–13–1 June 14 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 4–3 45–13–1 June 15 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 46–13–1 June 16 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 1–0 47–13–1

Awards and honors

Daryl Arenstein

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

Same Ceci

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

Fred Lynn

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

Russ McQueen

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[2]

Roy Smalley

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Tim Steele

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

Greg Widman

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[3]

Trojans in the 1972 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

January regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Eric Raich	RHP	1st	1st	Cleveland Indians