1972 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1972 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 31st season.

1972 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record47–13–1 (14–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
1972 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 25 Washington State x‍‍‍ 14–4 .77829–13 .690
Oregon ‍‍‍ 14–4 .778– –
Washington ‍‍‍ 5–12 .29413–18 .419
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 2–15 .11813–24 .351
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 14–4 .77846–11 .807
No. 30 California ‍‍‍ 9–9 .50033–21 .611
No. 12 Stanford ‍‍‍ 9–9 .50037–17 .685
UCLA ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22232–33 .492
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1972[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game, winning their third of five consecutive national championships, and fourth in five years.

Roster
1972 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  

Infielders

  • Rob Adoplh
  • Daryl Arenstein
  • Ed Bowman
  • Terry Dedeaux
  • Milt Guggia
  • Jeff Port
  • Roy Smalley

Catchers

  • Sam Ceci
  • Vince Moll
  • Ed Putnam
  • Mike Swiderski
  

Outfielders

Coaches

  

Schedule
1972 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 18UC Santa Barbara4–50–1–
February 22Cal Poly Pomona7–41–1–
February 26UC Santa Barbara4–51–2–
February 26UC Santa Barbara9–62–2–
February 29UC Irvine2–03–2–
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
March 1Chapman12–74–2–
March 3Loyola Marymount5–104–3–
March 7Pepperdine17–35–3–
March 8at Loyola Marymount6–106–3–
March 10at Fresno State8–57–3–
March 11at Fresno State4–57–4–
March 11at Fresno State12–48–4–
March 14San Fernando Valley State9–89–4–
March 15at Long Beach State6–010–4–
March 17San Diego State4–211–4–
March 18San Diego State8–412–4–
March 18San Diego State6–213–4–
March 22at San Fernando Valley State12–214–4–
March 23Gonzaga10–215–4–
March 24at Arizona2–615–5–
March 25at Arizona5–316–5–
March 25at Arizona2–117–5–
March 30vs. Washington State12–1018–5–
March 31at Hawaii4–019–5–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 1vs. BYU6–020–5–
April 4New Mexico4–221–5–
April 7Stanford0–221–60–1
April 8Stanford1–221–70–2
April 8Stanford3–222–71–2
April 10Cal Poly Pomona5–622–8–
April 11Westmont1–222–9–
April 14at California11–523–92–2
April 15at California2–124–93–2
April 15at California7–625–94–2
April 21UCLA2–126–95–2
April 22at UCLA5–227–96–2
April 22at UCLA10–028–97–2
April 25at Cal State Los Angeles14–429–9–
April 28California10–029–9–1–
April 29California3–230–9–18–2
April 29California8–031–9–19–2
April 30California10–332–9–110–2
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 2Cal State Los Angeles4–033–9–1–
May 3at Chapman8–1433–10–1–
May 5at Stanford4–334–10–111–2
May 6at Stanford4–334–10–111–3
May 6at Stanford10–735–11–112–3
May 9Long Beach State6–136–11–1–
May 12at UCLA8–637–11–113–3
May 13UCLA9–238–11–114–3
May 13UCLA6–738–12–114–4
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 19vs. Washington StateBovard Field6–139–12–1
May 20vs. Washington StateBovard Field8–740–12–1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 27vs. UC Santa BarbaraCampus Diamond9–541–12–1
May 28vs. UC Santa BarbaraCampus Diamond13–642–12–1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 9vs. MississippiRosenblatt Stadium8–643–12–1
June 11vs. ConnecticutRosenblatt Stadium5–444–12–1
June 12vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium0–344–13–1
June 14vs. TexasRosenblatt Stadium4–345–13–1
June 15vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium3–146–13–1
June 16vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium1–047–13–1

Awards and honors
Daryl Arenstein
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
Same Ceci
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Fred Lynn
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Russ McQueen
Roy Smalley
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Tim Steele
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]
Greg Widman
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[3]

Trojans in the 1972 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

January regular draft
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Eric RaichRHP1st1stCleveland Indians

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  3. "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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