1968 USC Trojans baseball team

1968 USC Trojans baseball
National Champions Pacific-8 Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1968 record	42–12–1 (16–2–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (27th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1968 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#1 Southern California †y	16	–	2		.889			43	–	12		.782
#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 Rod Dedeaux in his 27th season.

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

Roster

1968 USC Trojans roster
	Pitchers Jim Barr Bill Lee Mike Link John Rockwell Jim Southworth Bob Vaughn 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 Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

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
NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs 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
NCAA Tournament: College World Series 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

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

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
• All-America First Team^[2]

Steve Sogge

• All-Pac-8 First Team^[2]

Trojans in the 1968 MLB Draft

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

June regular draft

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

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

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

See also

• USC Trojans baseball

References

External links

• USC Trojans baseball official website

USC Trojans 1968 College World Series Champions  Jim Barr   Bill Lee   Bill Seinsoth (College World Series MOP)  Head Coach Rod Dedeaux Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

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