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1973 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1973
team	USC Trojans
sport	baseball
logo	USC Trojans logo.svg
logo_size	150
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
record	51–11
conf_record	14–4
CBRank	1
head_coach	Rod Dedeaux (32nd year)
stadium	Bovard Field
champion	National champions
Pacific-8 Conference champions

Pacific-8 Conference champions The 1973 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 32nd season.

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

Roster

1973 USC Trojans roster

Schedule

! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 17 || || 6–1 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 17 || San Diego State || 5–3 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 20 || at || 3–1 || 3–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 23 || || 5–2 || 4–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 24 || || 5–4 || 5–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 24 || UC Santa Barbara || 10–6 || 6–0 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 2 || at || 5–0 || 7–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 3 || at Fresno State || 6–2 || 8–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 3 || at Fresno State || 2–0 || 9–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 7 || || 10–2 || 10–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 10 || || 6–3 || 11–0 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 10 || UCLA || 10–1 || 12–0 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 15 || at Arizona State || 2–4 || 12–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 16 || at Arizona State || 4–8 || 12–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 17 || at Arizona State || 5–12 || 12–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 21 || || 13–12 || 13–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 23 || || 2–1 || 14–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || vs. Arizona State || 3–1 || 15–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 || vs. || 4–0 || 16–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 27 || vs. || 4–5 || 16–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 29 || vs. || 9–2 || 17–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 30 || vs. || 16–4 || 18–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 30 || at || 7–4 || 19–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || vs. || 8–2 || 20–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || vs. Arizona State || 2–0 || 21–4 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 || at || 9–2 || 22–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 3 || at || 3–15 || 22–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 6 || || 14–0 || 23–5 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || California || 2–1 || 24–5 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || California || 8–4 || 25–5 || 5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 9 || || 14–4 || 26–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 10 || UC Irvine || 0–5 || 26–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 11 || || 14–3 || 27–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 13 || at Stanford || 2–1 || 28–6 || 6–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 14 || at Stanford || 0–1 || 28–7 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 14 || at Stanford || 3–0 || 29–7 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || at Hawaii || 10–6 || 30–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 24 || at Cal State Los Angeles || 9–4 || 31–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 25 || at Chapman || 5–6 || 31–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 27 || Stanford || 12–8 || 32–8 || 8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 28 || Stanford || 1–0 || 33–8 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 28 || Stanford || 0–3 || 33–9 || 9–2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || at Cal Poly Pomona || 18–13 || 34–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 4 || at California || 4–5 || 34–10 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || at California || 8–2 || 35–10 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 || at California || 2–0 || 36–10 || 11–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 8 || || 10–3 || 37–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 10 || at UCLA || 5–6 || 37–11 || 11–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 11 || UCLA || 6–2 || 38–11 || 12–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 || at UCLA || 8–4 || 39–11 || 13–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 || at UCLA || 6–4 || 40–11 || 14–4

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Awards and honors

;Rich Dauer

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Ken Huizenga

College World Series All-Tournament Team

;Ed Putnam

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Randy Scarbery

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

;Roy Smalley

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

Trojans in the 1973 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Randy Scarbery	RHP	1st	23rd	Oakland Athletics
Fred Lynn	OF	2nd	41st	Boston Red Sox
Edwin Bowman	3B	8th	183rd	Baltimore Orioles

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Cliff Holland	LHP	1st	16th	Kansas City Royals

References

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

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