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American college baseball season

1948 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record26–4 (13–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBovard Field
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1948 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Washington State  ‍†‍‍ 8 – 3 – 0   .727 21 – 7 – 0   .750
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 12 – 6 – 0   .667
Washington  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 8 – 7 – 0   .533
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 7 – 7 – 0   .500
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10 – 0   .167 10 – 12 – 1   .457
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Southern California  ‍†‍‍ 13 – 2 – 0   .867 26 – 5 – 0   .839
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 15 – 11 – 0   .577
California  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3 – 0   .727 20 – 14 – 0   .588
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 15 – 11 – 0   .577
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10 – 0   .333 21 – 18 – 0   .538
St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10 – 0   .286 0 – 0 – 0   –
† – Conference champion
y – Invited——to the: NCAA tournament

The 1948 USC Trojans baseball team represented the——University of Southern California in the 1948 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by, co-head coaches Sam Barry and Rod Dedeaux.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating future U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the Yale Bulldogs in the "championship series."

Roster※

1948 USC Trojans roster
 

Pitchers

  • Dick Bishop
  • Dick Fiedler
  • Wally Hood
  • Maynard Horst
  • Tom Kipp
  • Don Pender
  • Bob Williams

Catchers

  • Harry Gorman
  • Bruce McKelvey
  • Bob Zuber
  

Infielders

 

Outfielders

Coaches

 

Schedule※

Legend
  USC win
  USC loss
Bold USC team member
* Non-Conference game
1948 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC Record
March 5 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 11–0 1–0
March 20 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 13–0 2–0 1–0
March 23 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 14–4 3–0
March 27 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 15–7 4–0
April
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC Record
April 9 at Santa Barbara College Santa Barbara, CA W 6–5 5–0
April 10 at Santa Barbara College Santa Barbara, CA L 6–7 5–1
April 13 at San Diego State San Diego, CA W 10–7 6–1
April 16 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA L 4–5 6–2 1–1
April 17 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–6 7–2 2–1
April 23 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA W 9–2 8–2 3–1
April 24 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 12–10 9–2 4–1
April 27 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, CA L 0–2 9–3 4–2
April 30 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 15–11 10–3 5–2
May
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record PCC Record
May 1 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 8–2 11–3 6–2
May 4 San Francisco Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 12–3 12–3
May 7 Saint Mary's Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 5–4 13–3 7–2
May 8 Saint Mary's Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 10–1 14–3 8–2
May 14 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–1 15–3 9–2
May 15 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 13–6 16–3 10–2
May 18 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–3 17–3 11–2
May 21 at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field • Moraga, CA W 13–7 18–3 12–2
May 22 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 4–2 19–3 13–2
Post-season
Pacific Coast Conference Playoff
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Playoff record
May 28 at Washington State Pullman, WA W 7–5 20–3 1–0
May 31 at Washington State Pullman, WA W 6–3 21–3 2–0
NCAA tournament: Western Playoff
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
June 16 vs. Baylor Denver, CO W 8–0 22–3 1–0
June 17 vs. Oklahoma A&M Denver, CO W 7–1 23–3 2–0
June 19 vs. Baylor Denver, CO W 16–3 24–3 3–0
NCAA tournament: College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 25 vs. Yale Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI W 3–1 25–3 1–0
June 26 vs. Yale Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI L 3–8 25–4 1–1
June 26 vs. Yale Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, MI W 9–2 26–4 2–1

Awards and honors※

Jim Brideweser
  • All-PCC First Team
Wally Hood
  • All-American First Team
  • All-PCC First Team
Bill Lillie
  • All-PCC Honorable Mention
Art Mazmanian
  • All-PCC First Team
  • All-American First Team
Bruce McKelvey
  • All-PCC Second Team
Hank Workman
  • All-PCC First Team
  • All-American First Team
Bob Zuber
  • All-PCC Honorable Mention

References※

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1948". boydsworld.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "1948 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
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