1955 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1955 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 14th year at USC.

1955 USC Trojans baseball
CIBA Champions PCC Tournament Champions District VIII Champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	23–5 (12–3 CIBA)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (14th season)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1955 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Oregon  ‍†‍‍	10	–	3	–	0		.769			18	–	8	–	0		.692
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			15	–	10	–	0		.600
Washington State  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0		.600			13	–	8	–	1		.614
Washington  ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0		.500			18	–	11	–	0		.621
Idaho  ‍‍‍	0	–	13	–	0		.000			9	–	15	–	0		.375
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍y	12	–	3	–	0		.800			23	–	5	–	0		.821
UCLA  ‍‍‍	9	–	6	–	0		.600			22	–	9	–	1		.703
Stanford  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			21	–	13	–	0		.618
California  ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0		.467			17	–	16	–	0		.515
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	1	–	14	–	0		.067			11	–	19	–	0		.367
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The Trojans won the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship, the Pacific Coast Conference Tournament and the District VIII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Colgate Red Raiders.

Roster

1955 USC Trojans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Robert Burdick / — — Sr INF Bill Faddis / — — Jr C John Garten / — — Sr Bob Gerst / — — Jr INF Kent Hadley L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Pocatello, Idaho C Dick Harris L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Kenneth Hoeck / — — RHP Vic Lapiner R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Sr Jack Lovrich / — — Sr Carl Maggio / — — OF Gerry Mason / — — Fred Olson / — — So INF Jim Oros / — — Sr P Ralph Pausig / — — INF Buddy Pritchard R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Bell, California OF Gary Robin R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Albany, California OF Tony Santino / — — Jr INF Jerry Siegert L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Los Angeles, California INF John Stevenson / — — Sr Larry Yeths / — — P Marty Zuanich / — — Jr	Head coach Rod Dedeaux Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1955 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
March (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 1 March 19 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 6–10 0–1 0–1 2 March 21 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 17–4 1–1 0–1 3 March 25 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 8–1 2–1 1–1 4 March 26 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–4 3–1 2–1
April (10–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 5 April 1 BYU Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 23–5 4–1 2–1 6 April 4 at San Diego State Unknown • San Diego, California 7–2 5–1 2–1 7 April 8 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 13–7 6–1 3–1 8 April 9 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 18–4 7–1 4–1 9 April 12 Pacific Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 29–5 8–1 4–1 10 April 15 at Santa Clara Unknown • Santa Clara, California 24–2 9–1 5–1 11 April 16 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 5–3 10–1 6–1 12 April 16 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 13–1 11–1 7–1 13 April 26 Santa Barbara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 12–6 12–1 7–1 14 April 29 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 11–0 13–1 8–1
May (6–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 15 May 4 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 19–0 14–1 8–1 16 May 6 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–8 15–1 9–1 17 May 7 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California 7–1 16–1 10–1 18 May 10 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–2 17–1 10–1 19 May 13 at Santa Clara Unknown • Santa Clara, California 13–7 18–1 11–1 20 May 14 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–6 19–1 12–1 21 May 14 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–3 19–2 12–2 22 May 17 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California 4–18 19–3 12–3
Postseason
Pacific Coast Conference Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 23 May 27 Oregon Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–1 20–3 12–3 24 May 28 Oregon Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 10–1 21–3 12–3
District VIII Playoff (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 25 June 3 Fresno State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 11–2 22–3 12–3 26 June 4 Fresno State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 15–2 23–3 12–3
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 27 June 10 vs Colorado State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–2 23–4 12–3 28 June 12 vs Colgate Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–6 23–5 12–3

Awards and honors

John Garten

• Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• Second Team All-CIBA

Kent Hadley

• First Team All-CIBA

Vic Lapiner

• First Team All-CIBA

Gerry Mason

• Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-CIBA

James Oros

• Second Team All-CIBA

Ralph Pausig

• Second Team All-CIBA

Gary Robin

• Second Team All-CIBA

Tony Santino

• First Team All-CIBA

John Stevenson

• Second Team All-CIBA