1963 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1963 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 22nd season.

1963 USC Trojans baseball
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
CBNo. 1
Record35–10 (10–6 AAWU)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Division
No. 10 Oregon State ‍†‍‍y 11–4 .73323–12 .657
No. 17 Oregon ‍‍‍ 10–5 .667– –
Washington State ‍‍‍ 7–7 .50024–8 .750
Idaho ‍‍‍ 5–9 .357– –
Washington ‍‍‍ 3–11 .2147–17 .292
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍y 10–6 .62535–10 .778
Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 9–7 .563– –
No. 23 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9–7 .56330–17 .638
Stanford ‍‍‍ 8–8 .50024–11 .686
California ‍‍‍ 4–12 .25019–21 .475
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game.

Roster
1963 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  • Bart Araujo
  • Mike Crowley
  • Larry Fisher
  • Bob Fuller
  • Cliff Goodrich
  • Pete Hillman
  • Al Lasas
  • Walt Peterson
  • Ron Scott
  • James Ritter
  • Bob Selleck
  • Duane White
  • Steven Greenfield
  • Tom Seaver

Catchers

  • Steve Deleau
  • Bob Hollowell
  • Marty Piscovich
  

Infielders

  • Joe Austin
  • David Berg
  • Gary Coscarart
  • Justin Dedeaux
  • Ed Gagle
  • Nat Harty
  • Gary Holman
  • Marv Lotz
  • Larry Sandel
  • Bob Thompson
  • Ken Walker
  • Bob Withers
  • Daryl Wilkins
  

Outfielders

  • Jim Brown
  • Willie Brown
  • Fred Hill
  • Andy Pitchess
  • Mike Smith
  • Don Taylor
  • Toby Thurlow
  • Ken Washington

Coaches

  

Schedule
1963 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordAAWU record
San Fernando Valley State11–101–0–
Cal Poly Pomona1–41–1–
March 16UCLA3–131–20–1
March 16UCLA1–31–30–2
Cal State Los Angeles5–42–3–
March 22Fresno State4–23–3–
March 23Fresno State4–34–3–
San Diego9–05–3–
Long Beach State7–26–3–
March 30Stanford2–17–31–2
March 30Stanford1–08–32–2
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordAAWU record
at Long Beach State8–19–3–
vs. San Jose State2–010–3–
vs. BYU17–111–3–
at Cal State Los Angeles4–112–3–
vs. Cal Poly Pomona6–013–3–
New Mexico21–114–3–
vs. Cal Poly Pomona10–215–3–
April 20vs. Cal Poly Pomona7–516–3–
Occidental1–416–4–
at San Fernando Valley State20–1317–4–
at Stanford2–118–43–2
at Stanford3–618–53–3
at Santa Clara10–119–54–3
at Santa Clara1–619–64–4
at California3–220–65–4
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordAAWU record
at California4–321–66–4
at UCLA2–1121–76–5
May 4at UCLA1–022–77–5
Pepperdine7–223–7–
Westmont12–524–7–
California6–425–78–5
California11–526–79–5
Cal State Los Angeles6–227–7–
May 17Santa Clara3–028–710–5
May 18Santa Clara4–528–810–6
Post-season
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
vs. Oregon State6–529–8
vs. Oregon State6–829–9
vs. Oregon State7–530–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 10vs. TexasRosenblatt Stadium3–830–10
June 11vs. Holy CrossRosenblatt Stadium6–531–10
June 12vs. Florida StateRosenblatt Stadium4–332–10
June 13vs. MissouriRosenblatt Stadium12–333–10
June 14ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium6–434–10
June 16ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium5–235–10

Awards and honors
Willie Brown
  • All-AAWU First Team[2]
Bud Hollowell
Gary Holman
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Walt Peterson
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • All-America Second Team[2]
  • All-AAWU First Team[2]
Marty Piscovich
  • All-AAWU Honorable Mention[2]
Ken Walker
  • All-AAWU Honorable Mention[2]
Kenny Washington
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1963". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  2. "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
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