1974 USC Trojans baseball team

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1974
Pacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record50–20 (11–7 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumDedeaux Field
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
Washington State x‍‍‍ 14 – 4   .778 38 – 9   .809
No. 29 Oregon ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 –   –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 16 – 23   .410
Washington ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 10 – 28   .263
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 50 – 20   .714
Stanford ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 28 – 19   .596
California ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 25 – 24   .510
UCLA ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 26 – 35   .426
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1974 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 33rd season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Miami Hurricanes in the championship game, completing their run of five consecutive national championships.

Roster

1974 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

Catchers

 

Outfielders

Coaches

 

Schedule

1974 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
February 10 at Pepperdine 6–1 1–0 –
February 18 San Diego State 5–4 2–0 –
February 18 San Diego State 5–3 3–0 –
February 20 at Cal State Northridge 18–5 4–0 –
February 23 vs.
Northern Arizona
 5–1 5–0 –
February 24 at UNLV 9–7 6–0 –
February 24 at UNLV 10–2 7–0 –
February 26
LaVerne
 9–2 8–0 –
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
March 1 UC Irvine 3–9 8–1 –
March 5 at
Cal Poly Pomona
 5–3 9–1 –
March 10 at
Cal State Los Angeles
 6–3 10–1 –
March 12 at UC Irvine 10–4 11–1 –
March 13 at
Chapman
 9–6 12–1 –
March 14 at Cal Poly 13–7 13–1 –
March 15 Air Force 19–3 14–1 –
March 15 Air Force 16–8 15–1 –
March 19 Santa Clara 8–6 16–1 –
March 20 Santa Clara 2–10 16–2 –
March 22 Arizona State 10–12 16–3 –
March 23 vs. Arizona State 14–9 17–3 –
March 25 at Loyola Marymount 6–3 18–3 –
March 26
Long Beach State
 9–8 19–3 –
March 30
California
 7–0 20–3 1–0
March 30 California 11–4 21–3 2–0
March 31 California 3–1 22–3 3–0
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
April 5 at Stanford 2–3 22–4 3–1
April 6 at Stanford 7–5 23–4 4–1
April 6 at Stanford 5–6 23–5 4–2
April 7 at Arizona State 6–4 24–5 –
April 9 at Oklahoma 6–7 24–6 –
April 9 at Oklahoma 4–5 24–7 –
April 12 at Tulsa 8–2 25–7 –
April 13 at Tulsa 4–5 25–8 –
April 13 at Tulsa 7–11 25–9 –
April 14 at Tulsa 11–4 26–9 –
April 15 Gonzaga 5–4 27–9 –
April 16 Cal State Northridge 7–6 28–9 –
April 19 at UCLA 8–2 29–9 5–2
April 20 UCLA 11–5 30–9 6–2
April 20 UCLA 6–5 31–9 7–2
April 23 Pepperdine 5–6 31–10 –
April 24
Westmont
 9–6 32–10 –
April 26 at California 4–1 33–10 8–2
April 27 at California 2–4 33–11 8–3
April 27 at California 8–3 34–11 9–3
April 28 at Santa Clara 9–2 35–11 –
April 30 Cal Poly Pomona 4–6 35–12 –
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
May 3 Stanford 1–4 35–13 9–4
May 4 Stanford 0–7 35–14 9–5
May 4 Stanford 5–6 35–15 9–6
May 6 Chapman 5–2 36–15 –
May 7 Loyola Marymount 4–6 36–16 –
May 8 at Long Beach State 7–5 37–16 –
May 10 UCLA 10–0 38–16 10–6
May 11 at UCLA 5–6 38–17 10–7
May 11 at UCLA 22–2 39–17 11–7
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 18 vs. Oregon Dedeaux Field 11–6 40–17
May 18 vs. Oregon Dedeaux Field 14–1 41–17
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 25 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field 9–2 42–17
May 26 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field 6–7 42–18
May 26 vs. Cal State Los Angeles Reeder Field 11–9 43–18
June 1 vs. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 2–4 43–19
June 2 vs. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 4–1 44–19
June 2 vs. Pepperdine Dedeaux Field 12–1 45–19
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 8 vs. Texas
Rosenblatt Stadium
 9–2 46–19
June 10 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 47–19
June 12 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 3–7 47–20
June 13 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 48–20
June 14 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 7–2 49–20
June 15 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 7–3 50–20

Awards and honors

Rob Adolph
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Mike Barr
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Marvin Cobb
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Rich Dauer
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Russ McQueen
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
George Milke
Bob Mitchell
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Creighton Tevlin
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]

Trojans in the 1974 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the

1974 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Rich Dauer SS 1st 24th Baltimore Orioles
Russ McQueen RHP 14th 322nd
California Angels
Mark Barr RHP 14th 332nd Boston Red Sox
Anthony Davis OF 15th 360th Baltimore Orioles
Brian Heublein LHP 19th 444th Los Angeles Dodgers
Creighton Tevlin OF 24th 539th Baltimore Orioles

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1974". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "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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