1964 USC Trojans baseball team

1964 USC Trojans baseball
CIBA Champions District VIII Champions
College World Series, 5th
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	34–11 (17–3 CIBA)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (23rd season)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
No. 9 Oregon ‍†‍‍y	11	–	5	–	0		.688			31	–	11	–	0		.738
No. 21 Washington State ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0		.625			31	–	9	–	0		.775
No. 22 Oregon State ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			25	–	11	–	0		.694
Washington ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			12	–	14	–	0		.462
Idaho ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0		.313			0	–	0	–	0		–
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 4 USC ‍†‍‍y	17	–	3	–	0		.850			34	–	11	–	0		.756
No. 10 Santa Clara ‍‍‍	16	–	4	–	0		.800			28	–	8	–	0		.778
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍	13	–	7	–	0		.650			35	–	16	–	2		.679
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			12	–	26	–	0		.316
California ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			25	–	17	–	0		.595
Stanford ‍‍‍	4	–	16	–	0		.200			20	–	24	–	0		.455
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1964 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 23rd year at USC.

The Trojans won the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship and the District VIII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Maine Black Bears.

Roster

1964 USC Trojans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town INF Joe Austin R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr OF Willie Brown / — — Sr P Ronald Cook / — — So INF Gary Coscarart / — — Jr Armando DeCastro / — — So C Stephen DeLeau / — — Sr LHP Lawrence Fisher /L — — Jr Doug Gabrielson / — — So INF Ed Gagle / — — Jr RHP Cliff Goodrich /R — — Sr OF Fred Hill / — — C Bud Hollowell R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Long Beach, California C Don Johnson R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Montebello, California RHP Ray Lamb R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Glendale, California LHP Al Lasas /L — — Jr Barry Nelson / — — RHP Walt Peterson /R — — C Martin Poscovich / — — Jr OF James Rees L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) INF Larry Sandel / — — Sr RHP Ron Scott /R — — RHP Robert Selleck /R — — OF Fred Shuey R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) OF Mike Smith / — — Joe Stucker / — — INF Gary Sutherland R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Glendale, California Kendrick Walker / — — Jr LHP Duane White /L — — Jr INF Daryl Wilkins / — — Jr INF Rob Withers / — — Jr	Head coach Rod Dedeaux Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1964 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February (1–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 1 February 25 at San Fernando Valley State Matador Field • Northridge, California 12–4 1–0 0–0
March (9–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 2 March 2 Cal Western Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 0–6 1–1 0–0 3 March 3 Long Beach State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–3 2–1 0–0 4 March 6 San Diego Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 15–4 3–1 0–0 5 March 7 San Fernando Valley State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–9 3–2 0–0 6 March 9 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–1 4–2 0–0 7 March 13 at Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, California 7–0 5–2 1–0 8 March 14 Santa Barbara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 8–2 6–2 2–0 9 March 14 San Diego State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–0 7–2 2–0 10 March 17 Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 2–8 7–3 2–0 11 March 20 at Fresno State Unknown • Fresno, California 14–7 8–3 2–0 12 March 20 at Fresno State Unknown • Fresno, California 3–7 8–4 2–0 13 March 30 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 3–2 9–4 2–0 14 March 31 BYU Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 8–6 10–4 2–0
April (12–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 15 April 3 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 2–3 10–5 2–1 16 April 4 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 8–4 11–5 3–1 17 April 6 Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 4–3 12–5 3–1 18 April 7 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–2 12–6 3–1 19 April 11 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 2–7 12–7 3–2 20 April 11 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 3–0 13–7 4–2 21 April 13 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–2 14–7 5–2 22 April 14 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 8–9 14–8 5–2 23 April 17 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–3 15–8 6–2 24 April 18 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 10–7 16–8 7–2 25 April 18 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 4–2 17–8 8–2 26 April 20 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–1 18–8 8–2 27 April 24 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 8–3 19–8 9–2 28 April 25 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–4 20–8 10–2 29 April 25 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 115–4 21–8 11–2 30 April 28 Santa Barbara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 10–1 22–8 12–2
May (6–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 31 May 1 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 2–7 22–9 12–3 32 May 2 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 8–7 23–9 13–3 33 May 5 at Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, California 13–5 24–9 14–3 34 May 8 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–2 25–9 15–3 35 May 9 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 8–2 26–9 16–3 36 May 9 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 4–3 27–9 17–3 37 May 15 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 3–2 28–9 17–3
Postseason
District VIII Playoff (4–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 38 May 22 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 12–3 29–9 17–3 39 May 23 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–2 30–9 17–3 40 May 29 Oregon Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–0 31–9 17–3 41 May 30 Oregon Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 9–3 32–9 17–3
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 42 June 9 vs Ole Miss Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 33–9 17–3 43 June 12 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 34–9 17–3 44 June 13 vs Minnesota Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–6 34–10 17–3 45 June 15 vs Maine Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–2 34–11 17–3

Awards and honors

Joe Austin

• First Team All-CIBA

Willie Brown

• College World Series All-Tournament Team
• Second Team All-CIBA

Bud Hollowell

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

Marty Piscovich

• Honorable Mention All-CIBA

Walt Peterson

• First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-American The Sports Network
• First Team All-CIBA

Larry Sandel

• Second Team All-CIBA

Gary Sutherland

• Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• College World Series All-Tournament Team
• First Team All-CIBA