1978 USC Trojans baseball team

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.

1978 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record54–9 (15–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumDedeaux Field
1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 15–3 .83341–17 .707
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438– –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6–9 .40022–22 .500
Washington ‍‍‍ 5–12 .29429–16 .644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy ‍‍‍ 15–3 .83354–9 .857
No. 15 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9–9 .50039–20 .661
California ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33335–27 .565
Stanford ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33335–20 .636
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

  

Infielders

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

Outfielders

Catchers

Schedule
1978 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
February 14at Pepperdine0–30–1–
February 18at Cal State Fullerton10–91–1–
February 18Cal State Fullerton9–62–1–
February 24at Long Beach State23–83–1–
February 25Saint Mary's9–24–1–
February 25Saint Mary's8–05–1–
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
March 4at Arizona State9–135–2–
March 4at Arizona State7–135–3–
March 7Pepperdine7–06–3–
March 10Chapman10–07–3–
March 11UC Irvine2–87–4–
March 11UC Irvine8–08–4–
March 14Cal State Dominguez8–19–4–
March 16Cal State Los Angeles14–410–4–
March 17at Cal State Los Angeles10–111–4–
March 18Cal State Los Angeles3–212–4–
March 19at Houston13–113–4–
March 20at Houston10–414–4–
March 21at Texas A&M5–215–4–
March 22at Texas A&M8–516–4–
March 24vs. Eastern Michigan5–217–4–
March 24at Texas8–218–4–
March 25at Texas3–219–4–
March 25at Texas2–319–5–
March 28Cal Lutheran2–120–5–
March 31Arizona State11–021–5–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
April 1Arizona State11–622–5–
April 2Arizona State10–123–5–
April 5Cal State Northridge12–124–5–
April 8at California13–1424–60–1
April 8at California6–225–61–1
April 9at Santa Clara7–226–6–
April 13Stanford7–027–62–1
April 14Stanford2–327–72–2
April 15Stanford8–328–73–2
April 18Pepperdine10–229–7–
April 20UCLA6–530–74–2
April 21at UCLA5–431–75–2
April 22UCLA7–332–76–2
April 24Long Beach State12–133–7–
April 27California11–234–77–2
April 28California14–335–78–2
April 29California11–236–79–2
April 30California7–237–710–2
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordPac-8 record
May 1Cal Poly Pomona11–538–7–
May 2Loyola Marymount15–239–7–
May 5at Stanford17–740–711–2
May 6at Stanford4–341–712–2
May 7at Stanford12–642–713–2
May 9UC Santa Barbara4–642–8–
May 11at UCLA1–043–814–2
May 12UCLA7–644–815–2
May 13at UCLA8–944–915–3
Postseason
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 20vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field3–245–9
May 21vs. Washington StateBuck Bailey Field5–446–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
May 26vs. ArizonaDedeaux Field3–247–9
May 27vs. Cal State FullertonDedeaux Field3–248–9
May 28vs. ArizonaDedeaux Field2–149–9
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 2vs. Miami (FL)Rosenblatt Stadium9–350–9
June 4vs. MichiganRosenblatt Stadium11–351–9
June 6vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium5–252–9
June 7vs. North CarolinaRosenblatt Stadium3–253–9
June 8vs. Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium10–354–9

Awards and honors
Bill Bordley
  • All-America First Team[2]
  • Pacific-8 Player of the Year[2]
Rod Boxberger
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 BoxbergerRHP1st11thHouston Astros
Dave Van GorderC2nd43rdCincinnati Reds
Dave Engle3B3rd66thCalifornia Angels
Dave Hostetler1B4th87thMontreal Expos
Douglas StokkeSS5th115thHouston Astros
Chris SmithOF11th280thTexas Rangers
Tim TolmanOF12th297thHouston Astros
Jeff SchattingerRHP12th300thCalifornia Angels
Brian HayesLHP16th411thLos Angeles Dodgers
Bob SkubeOF18th456thSt. Louis Cardinals
John WellsOF19th470thNew York Mets

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