1948 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

1948 USC Trojans baseball

College World Series Champions Pacific Coast Conference champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	26–4 (13–2 PCC)
Head coach	Sam Barry (16th year) Rod Dedeaux (7th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons← 19471949 →

1948 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

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	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

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

v t e 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 e USC Trojans baseball
Venues	Bovard Field (?–1973) Dedeaux Field (1974–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I baseball champions
1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC 1974 USC 1975 Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami 1983 Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona 1987 Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton 1996 LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice 2004 Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU 2010 South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida 2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 No tournament 2021 Mississippi State 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU 2024 Tennessee

NCAA Division I baseball champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina
2017: Florida
2018: Oregon State
2019: Vanderbilt
2020: No tournament
2021: Mississippi State
2022: Ole Miss
2023: LSU
2024: Tennessee

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