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1970 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1970
team	USC Trojans
sport	baseball
logo	USC Trojans logo.svg
logo_size	150
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
record	45–13
conf_record	11–3
CBRank	1
head_coach	Rod Dedeaux (29th year)
stadium	Bovard Field
champion	National champions
Pacific-8 Conference champions

Pacific-8 Conference champions The 1970 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 29th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the championship game, starting a run of five consecutive national championships for USC.

Roster

1970 USC Trojans roster

Schedule

! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 27 || || 8–3 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 3 || at || 6–8 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 6 || || 4–2 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 7 || at UC Santa Barbara || 4–2 || 3–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 7 || at UC Santa Barbara || 2–4 || 3–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 10 || || 13–1 || 4–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 13 || at || 6–2 || 5–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 14 || at Fresno State || 13–6 || 6–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 14 || at Fresno State || 6–7 || 6–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 17 || || 3–2 || 7–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || || 4–2 || 8–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || at Long Beach State || 8–1 || 9–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 21 || BYU || 4–0 || 10–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 21 || BYU || 4–8 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 23 || vs. || 9–10 || 10–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 23 || at || 12–3 || 11–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 25 || vs. || 11–9 || 12–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || vs. || 7–5 || 13–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || vs. || 11–2 || 14–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 || vs. || 4–0 || 15–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 28 || vs. || 5–2 || 16–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 31 || at || 2–7 || 16–6 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 1 || at || 7–9 || 16–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 2 || || 4–3 || 17–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 3 || || 3–2 || 18–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 || San Diego State || 14–2 || 19–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 || San Diego State || 8–1 || 20–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 6 || || 7–4 || 21–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || San Fernando Valley State || 4–1 || 22–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 11 || || 8–2 || 23–7 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 13 || at Cal State Los Angeles || 5–4 || 24–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || at || 4–2 || 25–7 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 18 || at Stanford || 3–0 || 26–7 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 18 || at Stanford || 1–2 || 26–8 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 20 || at || 16–5 || 27–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 21 || Chapman || 3–5 || 27–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 24 || Stanford || 2–7 || 27–10 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 25 || California || 10–0 || 28–10 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 25 || California || 5–14 || 28–11 || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 28 || at || 2–3 || 28–12 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || || 9–3 || 29–12 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || Washington || 6–4 || 30–12 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 2 || || 7–3 || 31–12 || 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 2 || Washington State || 12–5 || 32–12 || 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || Cal Poly Pomona || 11–8 || 33–12 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 9 || || 6–0 || 34–12 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 15 || at UCLA || 8–5 || 35–12 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 15 || UCLA || 4–1 || 36–12 || 11–3

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Awards and honors

;Frank Alfano

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-Pacific-8 Second Team

;Jim Barr

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-Pacific-8 Second Team

;Dave Kingman

All-America First Team
All-Pacific-8 Second Team

;Cal Meier

All-America Second Team
All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team

;Dan Stoligrosz

College World Series All-Tournament Team
All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team

;Brent Strom

All-America First Team
All-Pacific-8 Conference First Team

Trojans in the 1970 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Daniel Stoligrosz	3B	14th	321st	Cleveland Indians

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Dave Kingman	OF	1st	1st	San Francisco Giants
Brent Strom	LHP	1st	3rd	New York Mets
Cal Meier	SS	2nd	26th	Kansas City Royals
Jim Barr	RHP	3rd	49th	San Francisco Giants

January secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Cal Meier	SS	2nd	37th	Kansas City Royals
Jim Barr	RHP	3rd	49th	San Francisco Giants

References

"College World Series record Book". NCAA.org.
"2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide". USCTrojans.com.
"MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference.

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