1974 USC Trojans baseball team

1974 USC Trojans baseball

National Champions Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1974 record	50–20 (11–7 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (33rd year)
Home stadium	Dedeaux Field

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
#29 Oregon	12	–	6	.667		–		–
Oregon State	6	–	12	.333	16	–	23	.410
Washington	5	–	12	.294	10	–	28	.263
Southern Division
#1 Southern California ^x^y	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 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

Mark Barr
Scott Gregory
Brian Hueblein
Mike Jae
Russ McQueen
Ty Meyer
George Milke
Charlie Phillips
Jeff Racanelli
Pete Redfern
Jeff Reinke
Rich Simonin

Infielders

Rob Adoplh
Tom Bhagwat
Mark Carpenter
Ken Carrasco
Marvin Cobb
Rich Dauer
Larry Fobbs
Rob Hertel
Bob Leach
Denny Martindale

Catchers

Larry Hill
Dennis Littlejohn
Ed Putnam
Bruce Tonascia

Outfielders

Anthony Davis
Cliff Holland
Ken Huizenga
Steve Kemp
Bob Mitchell
Dennis Stahl
Creighton Tevlin

Coaches

Rod Dedeaux

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

NCAA Tournament: Pacific-8 Playoffs

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

NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs

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

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

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

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[2]

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

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1974". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
1 2 3 4 "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

USC Trojans 1974 College World Series Champions

Marvin Cobb Anthony Davis Rich Dauer Rob Hertel Dennis Littlejohn Russ McQueen George Milke (College World Series MOP) Charlie Phillips Pete Redfern

Head Coach Rod Dedeaux

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

USC Trojans baseball

Venues	Bovard Field (?–1973) Dedeaux Field (1974–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Baseball Champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina

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