1971 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1971 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 30th season.

1971 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record46–11 (17–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 19 Washington State x‍‍‍ 7–8 .46734–15 .694
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438– –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6–10 .375– –
Washington ‍‍‍ 1–14 .0679–19 .321
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 17–0 1.00046–11 .807
Stanford ‍‍‍ 11–6 .64739–20 .661
UCLA ‍‍‍ 11–6 .64738–17 .691
California ‍‍‍ 5–12 .29424–24 .500
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1971[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game, winning their second of five consecutive national championships, and third in four years.

Roster
1971 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  

Infielders

  • Frank Alfano
  • George Ambrow
  • Daryl Arenstein
  • Mike Ball
  • Milt Guggia
  • Jeff Port
  • Tim Steele
  

Outfielders

  • Gordon Carter
  • Dick Cross
  • Fred Lynn
  • Jeff Pederson

Catchers

  • Sam Ceci
  • Craig Perkins
  • Mike Swiderski

Coaches

  

Schedule
1971 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 24at Cal Poly Pomona16–51–0–
February 26at UC Santa Barbara5–61–1–
March 2at San Fernando Valley State13–102–1–
March 5UC Santa Barbara5–62–2–
March 6Cal Poly Pomona3–52–3–
March 6Cal Poly Pomona9–33–3–
March 9UC Irvine3–24–3–
March 12at UC Irvine9–104–4–
March 13Loyola Marymount3–05–4–
March 13Loyola Marymount8–26–4–
March 16San Fernando Valley State1–07–4–
March 17at Chapman6–77–5–
March 20BYU8–48–5–
March 20BYU8–19–5–
March 23Pepperdine2–110–5–
March 24Utah8–311–5–
March 26San Diego State4–212–5–
March 27San Diego State1–312–6–
March 27San Diego State9–213–6–
March 31Westmont2–513–7–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 2at Hawaii6–114–7–
April 7at Hawaii8–015–7–
April 13at UCLA7–116–71–0
April 16California10–117–72–0
April 17Stanford3–118–73–0
April 17Stanford8–419–74–0
April 20Chapman6–220–7–
April 23at Stanford2–121–75–0
April 24at California2–122–76–0
April 24at California10–023–77–0
April 27Cal State Los Angeles7–424–7–
April 30Oregon5–025–78–0
April 30Oregon2–026–79–0
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1Oregon State10–427–710–0
May 1Oregon State9–628–711–0
May 3at Long Beach State6–129–7–
May 4Long Beach State1–529–8–
May 7at Washington State4–030–812–0
May 7at Washington State7–631–813–0
May 8at Washington6–032–814–0
May 8at Washington2–033–815–0
May 11Cal State Los Angeles4–234–8–
May 14UCLA1–035–816–0
May 15at UCLA6–336–817–0
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 20vs. Oregon StateBuck Bailey Field6–237–8
May 21vs. StanfordBuck Bailey Field9–338–8
May 22vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field5–1038–9
May 22vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field6–339–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 29vs. Santa ClaraBuck Shaw Stadium5–639–10
May 30vs. Santa ClaraBovard Field5–140–10
May 30vs. Santa ClaraBovard Field9–141–10
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 12vs. Seton HallRosenblatt Stadium5–142–10
June 13vs. Southern IllinoisRosenblatt Stadium3–842–11
June 14vs. BYURosenblatt Stadium8–643–11
June 15vs. TulsaRosenblatt Stadium8–444–11
June 16vs. TulsaRosenblatt Stadium3–245–11
June 17vs. Southern IllinoisRosenblatt Stadium7–246–11

Awards and honors
Frank Alfano
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
George Ambrow
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Mike Ball
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Steve Busby
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Fredd Lynn
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Craig Perkins
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Jeff Port
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Mark Sogge
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Tim Steele
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]

Trojans in the 1971 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Jim GeorgeRHP13th312thOakland Athletics
Craig PerkinsC14th324thKansas City Royals
Sam CeciC40th778thLos Angeles Dodgers

June secondary draft
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Gordon CarterOF2nd34thSan Francisco Giants
Steve BusbyRHP2nd39thKansas City Royals
Mike Ball3B6th80thMinnesota Twins

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1971". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
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