1978 USC Trojans baseball team

1978 USC Trojans baseball
1978 USC Trojans baseball
National Champions; Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	54–9 (15–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (37th year);
Home stadium	Dedeaux Field
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State ^x‍‍‍^y	15	–	3	.833	41	–	17	.707
Oregon ‍‍‍	7	–	9	.438		–		–
Oregon State ‍‍‍	6	–	9	.400	22	–	22	.500
Washington ‍‍‍	5	–	12	.294	29	–	16	.644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California ^xy ‍‍‍	15	–	3	.833	54	–	9	.857
No. 15 UCLA ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	39	–	20	.661
California ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	35	–	27	.565
Stanford ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	35	–	20	.636

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 37th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game for the Trojans eleventh and final national championship under Rod Dedeaux.

Roster

1978 USC Trojans roster

Pitchers

Ron Arnold
Ray Benzor
Bill Bordley
Rod Boxberger
Bill Bumstead
Brian Hayes
Tom Marchica
Ernie Mauritson
Anthony Muñoz
Spiro Psaltis
Jeff Schattinger
Larry Simpson
Stan Williams

Infielders

Dan Burns
Jim Connor
Dave Engle
Larry Fobbs
Dave Hostetler
Jim McDowell
Marv Okamura
Frank Pennachio
Gerald Price
John Stevenson
Doug Stokke

Outfielders

Keith Brown
Mark Rhodes
Bob Skube
Chris Smith
Tim Tolman
John Wells
Paul Ziegler

Catchers

Tom Hicks
Dave Hodgins
Dave Van Gorder

Schedule

1978 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
February 14	at Pepperdine	0–3	0–1	–
February 18	at Cal State Fullerton	10–9	1–1	–
February 18	Cal State Fullerton	9–6	2–1	–
February 24	at Long Beach State	23–8	3–1	–
February 25	Saint Mary's	9–2	4–1	–
February 25	Saint Mary's	8–0	5–1	–

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
March 4	at Arizona State	9–13	5–2	–
March 4	at Arizona State	7–13	5–3	–
March 7	Pepperdine	7–0	6–3	–
March 10	Chapman	10–0	7–3	–
March 11	UC Irvine	2–8	7–4	–
March 11	UC Irvine	8–0	8–4	–
March 14	Cal State Dominguez	8–1	9–4	–
March 16	Cal State Los Angeles	14–4	10–4	–
March 17	at Cal State Los Angeles	10–1	11–4	–
March 18	Cal State Los Angeles	3–2	12–4	–
March 19	at Houston	13–1	13–4	–
March 20	at Houston	10–4	14–4	–
March 21	at Texas A&M	5–2	15–4	–
March 22	at Texas A&M	8–5	16–4	–
March 24	vs. Eastern Michigan	5–2	17–4	–
March 24	at Texas	8–2	18–4	–
March 25	at Texas	3–2	19–4	–
March 25	at Texas	2–3	19–5	–
March 28	Cal Lutheran	2–1	20–5	–
March 31	Arizona State	11–0	21–5	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
April 1	Arizona State	11–6	22–5	–
April 2	Arizona State	10–1	23–5	–
April 5	Cal State Northridge	12–1	24–5	–
April 8	at California	13–14	24–6	0–1
April 8	at California	6–2	25–6	1–1
April 9	at Santa Clara	7–2	26–6	–
April 13	Stanford	7–0	27–6	2–1
April 14	Stanford	2–3	27–7	2–2
April 15	Stanford	8–3	28–7	3–2
April 18	Pepperdine	10–2	29–7	–
April 20	UCLA	6–5	30–7	4–2
April 21	at UCLA	5–4	31–7	5–2
April 22	UCLA	7–3	32–7	6–2
April 24	Long Beach State	12–1	33–7	–
April 27	California	11–2	34–7	7–2
April 28	California	14–3	35–7	8–2
April 29	California	11–2	36–7	9–2
April 30	California	7–2	37–7	10–2

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
May 1	Cal Poly Pomona	11–5	38–7	–
May 2	Loyola Marymount	15–2	39–7	–
May 5	at Stanford	17–7	40–7	11–2
May 6	at Stanford	4–3	41–7	12–2
May 7	at Stanford	12–6	42–7	13–2
May 9	UC Santa Barbara	4–6	42–8	–
May 11	at UCLA	1–0	43–8	14–2
May 12	UCLA	7–6	44–8	15–2
May 13	at UCLA	8–9	44–9	15–3

Postseason

NCAA Tournament: Pacific-8 Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
May 20	vs. Washington State	Buck Bailey Field	3–2	45–9
May 21	vs. Washington State	Buck Bailey Field	5–4	46–9

NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
May 26	vs. Arizona	Dedeaux Field	3–2	47–9
May 27	vs. Cal State Fullerton	Dedeaux Field	3–2	48–9
May 28	vs. Arizona	Dedeaux Field	2–1	49–9

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
June 2	vs. Miami (FL)	Rosenblatt Stadium	9–3	50–9
June 4	vs. Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	11–3	51–9
June 6	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	5–2	52–9
June 7	vs. North Carolina	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–2	53–9
June 8	vs. Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	10–3	54–9

Awards and honors

Bill Bordley

All-America First Team^[2]
Pacific-8 Player of the Year^[2]

Rod Boxberger

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
All-America First Team^[2]

Dave Engle

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Brian Hayes

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Dave Hostetler

All-America Second Team^[2]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Chris Smith

All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Doug Stokke

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

Tim Tolman

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

Dave Van Gorder

All-America First Team^[2]

John Wells

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Trojans in the 1978 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Rod Boxberger	RHP	1st	11th	Houston Astros
Dave Van Gorder	C	2nd	43rd	Cincinnati Reds
Dave Engle	3B	3rd	66th	California Angels
Dave Hostetler	1B	4th	87th	Montreal Expos
Douglas Stokke	SS	5th	115th	Houston Astros
Chris Smith	OF	11th	280th	Texas Rangers
Tim Tolman	OF	12th	297th	Houston Astros
Jeff Schattinger	RHP	12th	300th	California Angels
Brian Hayes	LHP	16th	411th	Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob Skube	OF	18th	456th	St. Louis Cardinals
John Wells	OF	19th	470th	New York Mets

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

[USC-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

[CWS-3] "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[4] "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

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v t e USC Trojans 1978 College World Series champions
Bill Bordley Rod Boxberger (College World Series MOP) Dave Engle Dave Hostetler Anthony Muñoz Jeff Schattinger Bob Skube Chris Smith Tim Tolman Dave Van Gorder
Head Coach Rod Dedeaux
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

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Rivalries	UCLA
People	Head coaches
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics