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1978 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1978 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 37th season.

1978 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
CBNo. 1
Record54–9 (15–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumDedeaux Field
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 41 – 17   .707
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 –   –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 22 – 22   .500
Washington ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 29 – 16   .644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy ‍‍‍ 15 – 3   .833 54 – 9   .857
No. 15 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 39 – 20   .661
California ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 35 – 27   .565
Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 35 – 20   .636
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game for the Trojans eleventh and final national championship under Rod Dedeaux.

Roster

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1978 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

  • Dan Burns
  • Dave Caffey
  • Jim Connor
  • Dave Engle
  • Larry Fobbs
  • Dave Hostetler
  • Jim McDowell
  • Marv Okamura
  • Frank Pennachio
  • Gerald Price
  • John Stevenson
  • Doug Stokke
  

Outfielders

Catchers

Schedule

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1978 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
February 14 at Pepperdine 0–3 0–1 –
February 18 at Cal State Fullerton 10–9 1–1 –
February 18 Cal State Fullerton 9–6 2–1 –
February 24 at Long Beach State 23–8 3–1 –
February 25 Saint Mary's 9–2 4–1 –
February 25 Saint Mary's 8–0 5–1 –
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
March 4 at Arizona State 9–13 5–2 –
March 4 at Arizona State 7–13 5–3 –
March 7 Pepperdine 7–0 6–3 –
March 10 Chapman 10–0 7–3 –
March 11 UC Irvine 2–8 7–4 –
March 11 UC Irvine 8–0 8–4 –
March 14 Cal State Dominguez 8–1 9–4 –
March 16 Cal State Los Angeles 14–4 10–4 –
March 17 at Cal State Los Angeles 10–1 11–4 –
March 18 Cal State Los Angeles 3–2 12–4 –
March 19 at Houston 13–1 13–4 –
March 20 at Houston 10–4 14–4 –
March 21 at Texas A&M 5–2 15–4 –
March 22 at Texas A&M 8–5 16–4 –
March 24 vs. Eastern Michigan 5–2 17–4 –
March 24 at Texas 8–2 18–4 –
March 25 at Texas 3–2 19–4 –
March 25 at Texas 2–3 19–5 –
March 28 Cal Lutheran 2–1 20–5 –
March 31 Arizona State 11–0 21–5 –
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
April 1 Arizona State 11–6 22–5 –
April 2 Arizona State 10–1 23–5 –
April 5 Cal State Northridge 12–1 24–5 –
April 8 at California 13–14 24–6 0–1
April 8 at California 6–2 25–6 1–1
April 9 at Santa Clara 7–2 26–6 –
April 13 Stanford 7–0 27–6 2–1
April 14 Stanford 2–3 27–7 2–2
April 15 Stanford 8–3 28–7 3–2
April 18 Pepperdine 10–2 29–7 –
April 20 UCLA 6–5 30–7 4–2
April 21 at UCLA 5–4 31–7 5–2
April 22 UCLA 7–3 32–7 6–2
April 24 Long Beach State 12–1 33–7 –
April 27 California 11–2 34–7 7–2
April 28 California 14–3 35–7 8–2
April 29 California 11–2 36–7 9–2
April 30 California 7–2 37–7 10–2
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record
May 1 Cal Poly Pomona 11–5 38–7 –
May 2 Loyola Marymount 15–2 39–7 –
May 5 at Stanford 17–7 40–7 11–2
May 6 at Stanford 4–3 41–7 12–2
May 7 at Stanford 12–6 42–7 13–2
May 9 UC Santa Barbara 4–6 42–8 –
May 11 at UCLA 1–0 43–8 14–2
May 12 UCLA 7–6 44–8 15–2
May 13 at UCLA 8–9 44–9 15–3
Postseason
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 20 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 3–2 45–9
May 21 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 5–4 46–9
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 26 vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 3–2 47–9
May 27 vs. Cal State Fullerton Dedeaux Field 3–2 48–9
May 28 vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 2–1 49–9
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 2 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 9–3 50–9
June 4 vs. Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 11–3 51–9
June 6 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 5–2 52–9
June 7 vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 53–9
June 8 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 10–3 54–9

Awards and honors

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Bill Bordley
  • All-America First Team[2]
  • Pacific-8 Player of the Year[2]
Rod Boxberger
Dave Engle
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[2]
Brian Hayes
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[2]
Dave Hostetler
  • All-America Second Team[2]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Chris Smith
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[2]
Doug Stokke
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[2]
Tim Tolman
  • All-America Second Team[2]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • All-Pacific-8 First Team[2]
Dave Van Gorder
  • All-America First Team[2]
John Wells
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

Trojans in the 1978 MLB Draft

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The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Rod Boxberger RHP 1st 11th Houston Astros
Dave Van Gorder C 2nd 43rd Cincinnati Reds
Dave Engle 3B 3rd 66th California Angels
Dave Hostetler 1B 4th 87th Montreal Expos
Douglas Stokke SS 5th 115th Houston Astros
Chris Smith OF 11th 280th Texas Rangers
Tim Tolman OF 12th 297th Houston Astros
Jeff Schattinger RHP 12th 300th California Angels
Brian Hayes LHP 16th 411th Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob Skube OF 18th 456th St. Louis Cardinals
John Wells OF 19th 470th New York Mets

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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 c d e "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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