1973 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1973 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 32nd season.

1973 USC Trojans baseball
National champions Pacific-8 Conference champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	51–11 (14–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (32nd year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

1973 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Division
Washington State x‍‍‍	15	–	3		.833			40	–	15		.727
Oregon ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500				–			–
Washington ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			10	–	11		.476
Oregon State ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			15	–	20		.429
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y	14	–	4		.778			51	–	11		.823
Stanford ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			37	–	20		.649
UCLA ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			29	–	24		.547
California ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			21	–	31		.404
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1973[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

Roster

1973 USC Trojans roster
	Pitchers Mark Barr Tim Coffin Cliff Holland Brian Heublein Dwayne Humbles George Milke Dan Olson John Racanelli Pete Redfern Jeff Reinke Randy Scarbery Rich Simonin		Infielders Rob Adoplh Daryl Arenstein Marvin Cobb Rich Dauer Terry Dedeaux William Edwards Ken Huizenga Denny Martindale Roy Smalley Catchers Dennis Littlejohn Vince Moll Ed Putnam		Outfielders Craig Barnes Tom Bhagwat Ed Bowman Anthony Davis Steve Kemp Fred Lynn Dennis Stahl Creighton Tevlin Coaches Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1973 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record February 17 San Diego State 6–1 1–0 – February 17 San Diego State 5–3 2–0 – February 20 at UC Irvine 3–1 3–0 – February 23 Cal Poly Pomona 5–2 4–0 – February 24 UC Santa Barbara 5–4 5–0 – February 24 UC Santa Barbara 10–6 6–0 –
March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record March 2 at Fresno State 5–0 7–0 – March 3 at Fresno State 6–2 8–0 – March 3 at Fresno State 2–0 9–0 – March 7 Cal State Los Angeles 10–2 10–0 – March 10 UCLA 6–3 11–0 1–0 March 10 UCLA 10–1 12–0 2–0 March 15 at Arizona State 2–4 12–1 – March 16 at Arizona State 4–8 12–2 – March 17 at Arizona State 5–12 12–3 – March 21 Loyola Marymount 13–12 13–3 – March 23 Gonzaga 2–1 14–3 – March 26 vs. Arizona State 3–1 15–3 – March 27 vs. Hawaii 4–0 16–3 – March 27 vs. Vanderbilt 4–5 16–4 – March 29 vs. Washington State 9–2 17–4 – March 30 vs. Massachusetts 16–4 18–4 – March 30 at UC Riverside 7–4 19–4 – March 31 vs. Stanford 8–2 20–4 – March 31 vs. Arizona State 2–0 21–4 –
April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record April 1 at UNLV 9–2 22–4 – April 3 at San Fernando Valley State 3–15 22–5 – April 6 California 14–0 23–5 3–0 April 7 California 2–1 24–5 4–0 April 7 California 8–4 25–5 5–0 April 9 Chapman 14–4 26–5 – April 10 UC Irvine 0–5 26–6 – April 11 Pepperdine 14–3 27–6 – April 13 at Stanford 2–1 28–6 6–0 April 14 at Stanford 0–1 28–7 6–1 April 14 at Stanford 3–0 29–7 7–1 April 17 at Hawaii 10–6 30–7 – April 24 at Cal State Los Angeles 9–4 31–7 – April 25 at Chapman 5–6 31–8 – April 27 Stanford 12–8 32–8 8–1 April 28 Stanford 1–0 33–8 9–1 April 28 Stanford 0–3 33–9 9–2
May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record May 1 at Cal Poly Pomona 18–13 34–9 – May 4 at California 4–5 34–10 9–3 May 5 at California 8–2 35–10 10–3 May 5 at California 2–0 36–10 11–3 May 8 Long Beach State 10–3 37–10 – May 10 at UCLA 5–6 37–11 11–4 May 11 UCLA 6–2 38–11 12–4 May 12 at UCLA 8–4 39–11 13–4 May 12 at UCLA 6–4 40–11 14–4
Post-season
NCAA tournament: Pacific-8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 18 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 13–4 41–11 May 19 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 11–9 42–11
NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 26 vs. Loyola Marymount Bovard Field 9–8 43–11 May 27 vs. Loyola Marymount Bovard Field 2–1 44–11 June 1 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field 4–3 45–11 June 2 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field 13–6 46–11
NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 9 vs. Harvard Rosenblatt Stadium 4–1 47–11 June 10 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 4–1 48–11 June 11 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 49–11 June 12 vs. Minnesota Rosenblatt Stadium 8–7 50–11 June 13 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 4–3 51–11

Awards and honors

Rich Dauer

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Ken Huizenga

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

Ed Putnam

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Randy Scarbery

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

Roy Smalley

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

Trojans in the 1973 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Randy Scarbery	RHP	1st	23rd	Oakland Athletics
Fred Lynn	OF	2nd	41st	Boston Red Sox
Edwin Bowman	3B	8th	183rd	Baltimore Orioles

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Cliff Holland	LHP	1st	16th	Kansas City Royals