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 National champions
Conference Pacific-8 Conference CB No. 1 Record 46–11 (17–0 Pac-8) Head coach Home stadium Bovard Field Seasons
1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings Conf. Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 19 Washington State x 7 – 8 .467 34 – 15 .694 Oregon 7 – 9 .438 – – Oregon State 6 – 10 .375 – – Washington 1 – 14 .067 9 – 19 .321 No. 1 Southern California x y 17 – 0 1.000 46 – 11 .807 Stanford 11 – 6 .647 39 – 20 .661 UCLA 11 – 6 .647 38 – 17 .691 California 5 – 12 .294 24 – 24 .500 † – Conference championNCAA tournament
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
Steve Busby Tim Coffin Jim George Eric Raich Randy Scarbery Mark Sogge Chris Vella Greg Widman 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 Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record February 24 at Cal Poly Pomona 16–5 1–0 – February 26 at UC Santa Barbara 5–6 1–1 – March 2 at San Fernando Valley State 13–10 2–1 – March 5 UC Santa Barbara 5–6 2–2 – March 6 Cal Poly Pomona 3–5 2–3 – March 6 Cal Poly Pomona 9–3 3–3 – March 9 UC Irvine 3–2 4–3 – March 12 at UC Irvine 9–10 4–4 – March 13 Loyola Marymount 3–0 5–4 – March 13 Loyola Marymount 8–2 6–4 – March 16 San Fernando Valley State 1–0 7–4 – March 17 at Chapman 6–7 7–5 – March 20 BYU 8–4 8–5 – March 20 BYU 8–1 9–5 – March 23 Pepperdine 2–1 10–5 – March 24 Utah 8–3 11–5 – March 26 San Diego State 4–2 12–5 – March 27 San Diego State 1–3 12–6 – March 27 San Diego State 9–2 13–6 – March 31 Westmont 2–5 13–7 –
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record April 2 at Hawaii 6–1 14–7 – April 7 at Hawaii 8–0 15–7 – April 13 at UCLA 7–1 16–7 1–0 April 16 California 10–1 17–7 2–0 April 17 Stanford 3–1 18–7 3–0 April 17 Stanford 8–4 19–7 4–0 April 20 Chapman 6–2 20–7 – April 23 at Stanford 2–1 21–7 5–0 April 24 at California 2–1 22–7 6–0 April 24 at California 10–0 23–7 7–0 April 27 Cal State Los Angeles 7–4 24–7 – April 30 Oregon 5–0 25–7 8–0 April 30 Oregon 2–0 26–7 9–0
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record May 1 Oregon State 10–4 27–7 10–0 May 1 Oregon State 9–6 28–7 11–0 May 3 at Long Beach State 6–1 29–7 – May 4 Long Beach State 1–5 29–8 – May 7 at Washington State 4–0 30–8 12–0 May 7 at Washington State 7–6 31–8 13–0 May 8 at Washington 6–0 32–8 14–0 May 8 at Washington 2–0 33–8 15–0 May 11 Cal State Los Angeles 4–2 34–8 – May 14 UCLA 1–0 35–8 16–0 May 15 at UCLA 6–3 36–8 17–0
Post-season Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 20 vs. Oregon State Buck Bailey Field 6–2 37–8 May 21 vs. Stanford Buck Bailey Field 9–3 38–8 May 22 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 5–10 38–9 May 22 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 6–3 39–9
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 29 vs. Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 5–6 39–10 May 30 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 5–1 40–10 May 30 vs. Santa Clara Bovard Field 9–1 41–10
NCAA tournament: College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 12 vs. Seton Hall Rosenblatt Stadium 5–1 42–10 June 13 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 3–8 42–11 June 14 vs. BYU Rosenblatt Stadium 8–6 43–11 June 15 vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium 8–4 44–11 June 16 vs. Tulsa Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 45–11 June 17 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 7–2 46–11
Awards and honors Frank Alfano College World Series All-Tournament Team George Ambrow Mike Ball Steve Busby All-America First Team All-Pacific-8 First Team Fredd Lynn College World Series All-Tournament Team Craig Perkins Jeff Port Mark Sogge College World Series All-Tournament Team All-Pacific-8 First Team Tim Steele
Trojans in the 1971 MLB draft The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.
June regular draft Player Position Round Overall MLB Team Jim George RHP 13th 312th Oakland Athletics Craig Perkins C 14th 324th Kansas City Royals Sam Ceci C 40th 778th Los Angeles Dodgers
June secondary draft Player Position Round Overall MLB Team Gordon Carter OF 2nd 34th San Francisco Giants Steve Busby RHP 2nd 39th Kansas City Royals Mike Ball 3B 6th 80th Minnesota Twins
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