1963 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1963 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 22nd season.

1963 USC Trojans baseball
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
CBNo. 1
Record35–10 (10–6 AAWU)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Division
No. 10 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 11 4   .733 23 12   .657
No. 17 Oregon ‍‍‍ 10 5   .667  
Washington State ‍‍‍ 7 7   .500 24 8   .750
Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 9   .357  
Washington ‍‍‍ 3 11   .214 7 17   .292
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 1 Southern California ‍‍‍y 10 6   .625 35 10   .778
Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 9 7   .563  
No. 23 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 7   .563 30 17   .638
Stanford ‍‍‍ 8 8   .500 24 11   .686
California ‍‍‍ 4 12   .250 19 21   .475
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game.

Roster

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1963 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  • Bart Araujo
  • Mike Crowley
  • Larry Fisher
  • Bob Fuller
  • Cliff Goodrich
  • Pete Hillman
  • Al Lasas
  • Walt Peterson
  • Ron Scott
  • James Ritter
  • Bob Selleck
  • Duane White
  • Steven Greenfield
  • Tom Seaver

Catchers

  • Steve Deleau
  • Bob Hollowell
  • Marty Piscovich
 

Infielders

  • Joe Austin
  • David Berg
  • Gary Coscarart
  • Justin Dedeaux
  • Ed Gagle
  • Nat Harty
  • Gary Holman
  • Marv Lotz
  • Larry Sandel
  • Bob Thompson
  • Ken Walker
  • Bob Withers
  • Daryl Wilkins
 

Outfielders

  • Jim Brown
  • Willie Brown
  • Fred Hill
  • Andy Pitchess
  • Mike Smith
  • Don Taylor
  • Toby Thurlow
  • Ken Washington

Coaches

 

Schedule

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1963 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record AAWU record
San Fernando Valley State 11–10 1–0
Cal Poly Pomona 1–4 1–1
March 16 UCLA 3–13 1–2 0–1
March 16 UCLA 1–3 1–3 0–2
Cal State Los Angeles 5–4 2–3
March 22 Fresno State 4–2 3–3
March 23 Fresno State 4–3 4–3
San Diego 9–0 5–3
Long Beach State 7–2 6–3
March 30 Stanford 2–1 7–3 1–2
March 30 Stanford 1–0 8–3 2–2
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record AAWU record
at Long Beach State 8–1 9–3
vs. San Jose State 2–0 10–3
vs. BYU 17–1 11–3
at Cal State Los Angeles 4–1 12–3
vs. Cal Poly Pomona 6–0 13–3
New Mexico 21–1 14–3
vs. Cal Poly Pomona 10–2 15–3
April 20 vs. Cal Poly Pomona 7–5 16–3
Occidental 1–4 16–4
at San Fernando Valley State 20–13 17–4
at Stanford 2–1 18–4 3–2
at Stanford 3–6 18–5 3–3
at Santa Clara 10–1 19–5 4–3
at Santa Clara 1–6 19–6 4–4
at California 3–2 20–6 5–4
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record AAWU record
at California 4–3 21–6 6–4
at UCLA 2–11 21–7 6–5
May 4 at UCLA 1–0 22–7 7–5
Pepperdine 7–2 23–7
Westmont 12–5 24–7
California 6–4 25–7 8–5
California 11–5 26–7 9–5
Cal State Los Angeles 6–2 27–7
May 17 Santa Clara 3–0 28–7 10–5
May 18 Santa Clara 4–5 28–8 10–6
Post-season
Date Opponent Score Overall record
vs. Oregon State 6–5 29–8
vs. Oregon State 6–8 29–9
vs. Oregon State 7–5 30–9
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 10 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 3–8 30–10
June 11 vs. Holy Cross Rosenblatt Stadium 6–5 31–10
June 12 vs. Florida State Rosenblatt Stadium 4–3 32–10
June 13 vs. Missouri Rosenblatt Stadium 12–3 33–10
June 14 Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium 6–4 34–10
June 16 Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium 5–2 35–10

Awards and honors

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Willie Brown
  • All-AAWU First Team[2]
Bud Hollowell
Gary Holman
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Walt Peterson
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • All-America Second Team[2]
  • All-AAWU First Team[2]
Marty Piscovich
  • All-AAWU Honorable Mention[2]
Ken Walker
  • All-AAWU Honorable Mention[2]
Kenny Washington
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1963". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "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 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.