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1974 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season


American college baseball season

FieldValue
year1974
teamUSC Trojans
sportbaseball
logoUSC Trojans logo.svg
logo_size150
conferencePacific-8 Conference
short_confPac-8
record50–20
conf_record11–7
CBRank1
head_coachRod Dedeaux (33rd year)
stadiumDedeaux Field
championNational champions
Pacific-8 Conference champions

Pacific-8 Conference champions The 1974 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 33rd season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Miami Hurricanes in the championship game, completing their run of five consecutive national championships.

Roster

1974 USC Trojans roster

Schedule

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

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Awards and honors

;Rob Adolph

  • College World Series All-Tournament Team

;Mike Barr

  • College World Series All-Tournament Team

;Marvin Cobb

  • College World Series All-Tournament Team

;Rich Dauer

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

;Russ McQueen

  • All-Pacific-8 First Team

;George Milke

  • College World Series Most Outstanding Player

;Bob Mitchell

  • College World Series All-Tournament Team

;Creighton Tevlin

  • All-Pacific-8 First Team

Trojans in the 1974 MLB draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.

June regular draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Rich DauerSS1st24thBaltimore Orioles
Russ McQueenRHP14th322ndCalifornia Angels
Mark BarrRHP14th332ndBoston Red Sox
Anthony DavisOF15th360thBaltimore Orioles
Brian HeubleinLHP19th444thLos Angeles Dodgers
Creighton TevlinOF24th539thBaltimore Orioles

References

References

  1. "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide". USCTrojans.com.
  2. "College World Series record Book". NCAA.org.
  3. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference.
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