1948 USC Trojans baseball team

1948 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
	North Division
	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
	† – Conference champion ; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ;

1948 USC Trojans baseball
1948 USC Trojans baseball
College World Series Champions; Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1948 record	26–4 (13–2 PCC)
Head coach	Sam Barry (16th year); Rod Dedeaux (7th year);
Home stadium	Bovard Field
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

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.^[1]

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

Jim Brideweser
Mike Catron
Henry Cedillos
James Hardy
Dave Haserot
George Hefner
Bill Lille
Art Mazmanian
Paul Salata

Outfielders

Chuck Freeman
Gail Henley
Gordon Jones
Charles Pryor
Jay Roundy
Al Wilson
Hank Workman

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	• 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^[2]

Wally Hood

All-American First Team^[2]
All-PCC First Team^[2]

Bill Lillie

All-PCC Honorable Mention^[2]

Art Mazmanian

All-PCC First Team^[2]
All-American First Team^[2]

Bruce McKelvey

All-PCC Second Team^[2]

Hank Workman

All-PCC First Team^[2]
All-American First Team^[2]

Bob Zuber

All-PCC Honorable Mention^[2]

References[]

^ "1948 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 31, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

[1] "1948 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 31, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[USC-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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v t USC Trojans 1948 College World Series champions
Jim Brideweser Gail Henley Wally Hood Art Mazmanian Paul Salata Hank Workman
Co-Head Coach: Sam Barry Co-Head Coach: Rod Dedeaux
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t USC Trojans baseball
Venues	Bovard Field (?–1973) Dedeaux Field (1974–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1890 1891 1895 1897 1901 1919 1948 1949 1951 1955 1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1978 1995 1998 2000 2001 2020 2021 2022
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

1948 USC Trojans baseball

College World Series Champions Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1948 record	26–4 (13–2 PCC)
Head coach	Sam Barry (16th year) Rod Dedeaux (7th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t	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 ‍†‍‍^y	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