1968 USC Trojans baseball team

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1968 USC Trojans baseball
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
CBNo. 1
Record42–12–1 (16–2–1 AAWU)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍y 16 – 2   .889 43 – 12   .782
No. 26 Stanford ‍‍‍ 13 – 4   .765 36 – 12   .750
Washington State ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 29 – 9   .763
UCLA ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 35 – 20   .636
Oregon ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 –   –
California ‍‍‍ 7 – 12   .368 24 – 24   .500
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 23 – 13   .639
Washington ‍‍‍ 2 – 18   .100 15 – 26   .366
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1968[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1968 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1968 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 27th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game.

Roster[edit]

1968 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • Bill Homik
  • Rich McCombs
  • Steve Sogge
  

Infielders

  • Ron Drake
  • Pat Harrison
  • Bill Hugg
  • Cal Meier
  • Chuck Ramshaw
  • Bill Seinsoth
  • Steve Tanner
  

Outfielders

  • Reid Braden
  • Bill Brown
  • Bob Gire
  • Jay Jaffe
  • Pat Kuehner
  • Rich Leon
  • Phil MacDonald
  • Randy Port

Coaches

 

Schedule[edit]

1968 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
February 23 Cal Poly 9–4 1–0 –
February 24 San Diego State 5–3 2–0 –
February 24 San Diego State 2–0 3–0 –
February 28 Cal State Los Angeles 9–2 4–0 –
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
March 1 at Chapman 0–2 4–1 –
March 2 Long Beach State 0–1 4–2 –
March 4 at UC Santa Barbara 0–3 4–3 –
March 11 at Cal Poly Pomona 7–4 5–3 –
March 12 San Fernando Valley State 0–3 5–4 –
March 15 Utah 2–1 6–4 –
March 16 BYU 0–7 6–5 –
March 16 BYU 3–0 7–5 –
March 19 Occidental 2–1 8–5 –
March 22 Long Beach State 0–3 8–6 –
March 25 Pepperdine 4–0 9–6 –
March 26 Cal State Los Angeles 9–3 10–6 –
March 29 Westmont 9–3 11–6 –
March 30 Stanford 4–9 11–7 –
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
April 2 Chapman 6–2 12–7 –
April 5 Santa Clara 5–6 12–8 –
at Hawaii 16–0 13–8 –
vs. Air Force 4–0 14–8 –
vs. Army 7–0 15–8 –
vs. Illinois 10–4 16–8 –
April 16 UC Santa Barbara 3–12 16–9 –
April 19 at California 8–5 17–9 1–0
April 20 at Stanford 3–1 18–9 2–0
April 20 at Stanford 2–2 18–9–1 2–0–1
April 23 San Fernando Valley State 8–6 19–9–1 –
April 26 Oregon State 7–3 20–9–1 3–0–1
April 27 Oregon 4–1 21–9–1 4–0–1
April 27 Oregon 6–3 22–9–1 5–0–1
April 29 Washington 9–4 23–9–1 6–0–1
April 29 Washington 16–10 24–9–1 7–0–1
April 30 Washington State 4–3 25–9–1 8–0–1
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
May 3 UCLA 4–7 25–10–1 8–1–1
May 4 UCLA 8–3 26–10–1 9–1–1
May 7 Cal Poly Pomona 3–0 27–10–1 –
May 10 Stanford 4–3 28–10–1 10–1–1
May 11 California 3–1 29–10–1 11–1–1
May 11 California 8–1 30–10–1 12–1–1
May 14 Loyola Marymount 10–1 31–10–1 –
May 17 at Washington 10–4 32–10–1 13–1–1
May 18 at Washington State 3–9 32–11–1 13–2–1
May 18 at Washington State 6–1 33–11–1 14–2–1
May 21 at Oregon 11–6 34–11–1 15–2–1
May 25 at UCLA 11–2 35–11–1 16–2–1
Post-season
Date Opponent Score Overall record
May 31 vs. Cal State Los Angeles 4–2 36–11–1
June 1 vs. Cal State Los Angeles 4–8 36–12–1
June 1 vs. Cal State Los Angeles 5–4 37–12–1
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 11 vs. BYU Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 38–12–1
June 12 vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 6–5 39–12–1
June 13 vs. St. John's Rosenblatt Stadium 7–6 40–12–1
June 14 vs. North Carolina State Rosenblatt Stadium 2–0 41–12–1
June 15 vs. Southern Illinois Rosenblatt Stadium 4–3 42–12–1

Awards and honors[edit]

Jim Barr
  • All-Pac-8 Second Team[2]
Reid Braden
  • All-Pac-8 First Team[2]
Pat Harrison
  • All-America First Team[2]
  • All-Pac-8 First Team[2]
Bill Lee
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • All-Pac-8 Honorable Mention[2]
Chuck Ramshaw
  • All-Pac-8 Second Team[2]
Bill Seinsoth
Steve Sogge
  • All-Pac-8 First Team[2]

Trojans in the 1968 MLB Draft[edit]

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

June regular draft[edit]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ron Drake C 18th 419th San Diego Padres
Bill Lee LHP 22nd 507th Boston Red Sox
James Kuehner 1B 25th 561st Washington Senators
William Homik C 66th 908th Los Angeles Dodgers

June secondary draft[edit]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Pat Harrison 2B 1st 9th Philadelphia Phillies
Jim Barr RHP 3rd 49th Philadelphia Phillies
Reid Braden 1B 5th 92nd Philadelphia Phillies
William Seinsoth 1B 5th 95th Los Angeles Dodgers

January secondary draft[edit]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Pat Harrison 2B 1st 8th Philadelphia Phillies
Dennis Parks OF 2nd 30th Chicago Cubs
Reid Braden 1B 7th 121st New York Mets

References[edit]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "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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