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
National Champions Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
1971 record	46–11 (17–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (30th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Division
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
Southern Division
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 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 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 Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1971 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February/March 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 –
April 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
May 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
NCAA Tournament: Pacific-8 Playoffs 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
NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs 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[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 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

References

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