1968 USC Trojans baseball team

1968 USC Trojans baseball
1968 USC Trojans baseball
National Champions; Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	42–12–1 (16–2–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (27th year);
Home stadium	Bovard Field
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍^y	16	–	2	.889	43	–	12	.782
No. 26 Stanford ‍‍‍	13	–	4	.765	36	–	12	.750
Washington State ‍‍‍	11	–	7	.611	29	–	9	.763
UCLA ‍‍‍	11	–	9	.550	35	–	20	.636
Oregon ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444		–		–
California ‍‍‍	7	–	12	.368	24	–	24	.500
Oregon State ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	23	–	13	.639
Washington ‍‍‍	2	–	18	.100	15	–	26	.366

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1968^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1968 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1968 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 27th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game.

Roster

1968 USC Trojans roster

Pitchers

Jim Barr
Bill Lee
Mike Link
John Rockwell
Jim Southworth
Bob Vaughn

Catchers

Bill Homik
Rich McCombs
Steve Sogge

Infielders

Ron Drake
Pat Harrison
Bill Hugg
Cal Meier
Chuck Ramshaw
Bill Seinsoth
Steve Tanner

Outfielders

Reid Braden
Bill Brown
Bob Gire
Jay Jaffe
Pat Kuehner
Rich Leon
Phil MacDonald
Randy Port

Coaches

Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1968 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
February 23	Cal Poly	9–4	1–0	–
February 24	San Diego State	5–3	2–0	–
February 24	San Diego State	2–0	3–0	–
February 28	Cal State Los Angeles	9–2	4–0	–

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
March 1	at Chapman	0–2	4–1	–
March 2	Long Beach State	0–1	4–2	–
March 4	at UC Santa Barbara	0–3	4–3	–
March 11	at Cal Poly Pomona	7–4	5–3	–
March 12	San Fernando Valley State	0–3	5–4	–
March 15	Utah	2–1	6–4	–
March 16	BYU	0–7	6–5	–
March 16	BYU	3–0	7–5	–
March 19	Occidental	2–1	8–5	–
March 22	Long Beach State	0–3	8–6	–
March 25	Pepperdine	4–0	9–6	–
March 26	Cal State Los Angeles	9–3	10–6	–
March 29	Westmont	9–3	11–6	–
March 30	Stanford	4–9	11–7	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
April 2	Chapman	6–2	12–7	–
April 5	Santa Clara	5–6	12–8	–
	at Hawaii	16–0	13–8	–
	vs. Air Force	4–0	14–8	–
	vs. Army	7–0	15–8	–
	vs. Illinois	10–4	16–8	–
April 16	UC Santa Barbara	3–12	16–9	–
April 19	at California	8–5	17–9	1–0
April 20	at Stanford	3–1	18–9	2–0
April 20	at Stanford	2–2	18–9–1	2–0–1
April 23	San Fernando Valley State	8–6	19–9–1	–
April 26	Oregon State	7–3	20–9–1	3–0–1
April 27	Oregon	4–1	21–9–1	4–0–1
April 27	Oregon	6–3	22–9–1	5–0–1
April 29	Washington	9–4	23–9–1	6–0–1
April 29	Washington	16–10	24–9–1	7–0–1
April 30	Washington State	4–3	25–9–1	8–0–1

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Pac-8 Record
May 3	UCLA	4–7	25–10–1	8–1–1
May 4	UCLA	8–3	26–10–1	9–1–1
May 7	Cal Poly Pomona	3–0	27–10–1	–
May 10	Stanford	4–3	28–10–1	10–1–1
May 11	California	3–1	29–10–1	11–1–1
May 11	California	8–1	30–10–1	12–1–1
May 14	Loyola Marymount	10–1	31–10–1	–
May 17	at Washington	10–4	32–10–1	13–1–1
May 18	at Washington State	3–9	32–11–1	13–2–1
May 18	at Washington State	6–1	33–11–1	14–2–1
May 21	at Oregon	11–6	34–11–1	15–2–1
May 25	at UCLA	11–2	35–11–1	16–2–1

Post–Season

NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 31	vs. Cal State Los Angeles	4–2	36–11–1
June 1	vs. Cal State Los Angeles	4–8	36–12–1
June 1	vs. Cal State Los Angeles	5–4	37–12–1

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
June 11	vs. BYU	Rosenblatt Stadium	5–3	38–12–1
June 12	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	6–5	39–12–1
June 13	vs. St. John's	Rosenblatt Stadium	7–6	40–12–1
June 14	vs. North Carolina State	Rosenblatt Stadium	2–0	41–12–1
June 15	vs. Southern Illinois	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–3	42–12–1

Awards and honors

Jim Barr

All-Pac-8 Second Team^[2]

Reid Braden

All-Pac-8 First Team^[2]

Pat Harrison

All-America First Team^[2]
All-Pac-8 First Team^[2]

Bill Lee

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-Pac-8 Honorable Mention^[2]

Chuck Ramshaw

All-Pac-8 Second Team^[2]

Bill Seinsoth

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

Steve Sogge

All-Pac-8 First Team^[2]

Trojans in the 1968 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ron Drake	C	18th	419th	San Diego Padres
Bill Lee	LHP	22nd	507th	Boston Red Sox
James Kuehner	1B	25th	561st	Washington Senators
William Homik	C	66th	908th	Los Angeles Dodgers

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Pat Harrison	2B	1st	9th	Philadelphia Phillies
Jim Barr	RHP	3rd	49th	Philadelphia Phillies
Reid Braden	1B	5th	92nd	Philadelphia Phillies
William Seinsoth	1B	5th	95th	Los Angeles Dodgers

January secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Pat Harrison	2B	1st	8th	Philadelphia Phillies
Dennis Parks	OF	2nd	30th	Chicago Cubs
Reid Braden	1B	7th	121st	New York Mets

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "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 – 1968". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

[USC-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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 1968 College World Series champions
Jim Barr Bill Lee Bill Seinsoth (College World Series MOP)
Head Coach Rod Dedeaux
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e USC Trojans baseball
Venues	Bovard Field (?–1973) Dedeaux Field (1974–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
People	Head coaches
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics