1951 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

1951 USC Trojans baseball
CIBA Champions PCC Tournament Champions District VIII Champions
College World Series, T-3rd
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	22–10 (11–5 CIBA)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (10th season)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons← 19501952 →

1951 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North Division
Oregon State ‍†‍‍	10	–	4	–	0	.714	23	–	6	–	0	.793
Washington State ‍‍‍	11	–	5	–	0	.688	30	–	11	–	0	.732
Washington ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0	.625	14	–	7	–	1	.659
Oregon ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0	.438	14	–	14	–	0	.500
Idaho ‍‍‍	0	–	14	–	0	.000	3	–	17	–	0	.150
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC ‍†‍‍	11	–	5	–	0	.688	22	–	10	–	0	.688
UCLA ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0	.625	24	–	13	–	0	.649
Stanford ‍‍‍	9	–	9	–	0	.500	21	–	13	–	0	.618
California ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	22	–	16	–	0	.579
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0	.313	0	–	0	–	0	–

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

The 1951 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1951 NCAA baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 10th year at USC.

Roster

1951 USC Trojans baseball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
P	Charles Ane	/	—	—
C	Lou Bishara	/	—	—	So
	Warner Boone	/	—	—	So
	John Burkhead	/	—	—
P	David Cesca	/	—	—	Jr
OF	Hal Charnofsky	/	—	—	Jr
INF	Stan Charnofsky	/	—	—	Jr
	Donald Herman	/	—	—
OF	Robert Hertel	/	—	—	Jr
INF	Al Karan	/	—	—	Sr
	George Keeling	/	—	—
P	Thomas Kemp	/	—	—
INF	Gary Killingsworth	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Long Beach, California
	Allan Lamont	/	—	—	Jr
INF	Bob Lillis	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Pasadena, California
P	Tom Lovrich	/	—	—	Jr
	Dave Rankin	/L	—	—
OF	Tom Riach	/	—	—	Sr
	Don Rose	/	—	—
OF	Jay Roundy	/	—	—
INF	Edwin Simpson	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	San Diego, California
C	Will Wills	/	—	—

1951 USC Trojans baseball game log

Regular season

March (4–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
1	March 9	Santa Barbara	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	12–2	1–0	0–0
2	March 20	Loyola Marymount	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	11–9	2–0	0–0
3	March 24	at San Diego State	Unknown • San Diego, California	10–12	2–1	0–0
4	March 30	Stanford	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	9–6	3–1	1–0
5	March 31	Stanford	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	10–9	4–1	2–0

April (7–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
6	April 10	Pepperdine	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	12–7	5–1	2–0
7	April 13	Santa Clara	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	6–1	6–1	3–0
8	April 14	Santa Clara	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	10–0	7–1	4–0
9	April 20	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	1–6	7–2	4–1
10	April 21	at California	Edwards Field • Berkeley, California	7–4	8–2	5–1
11	April 21	California	Edwards Field • Berkeley, California	5–3	9–2	6–1
12	April 24	Loyola Marymount	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	10–5	10–2	6–1
13	April 27	California	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	6–7	10–3	6–2
14	April 28	California	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	7–6	11–3	7–2

May (7–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
15	May 1	San Diego State	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	3–2	12–3	7–2
16	May 5	at Santa Clara	Unknown • Santa Clara, California	5–2	13–3	8–2
17	May 6	at Santa Clara	Unknown • Santa Clara, California	3–4	13–4	8–3
18	May 7	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	10–2	14–4	9–3
19	May 8	San Francisco	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	12–7	15–4	9–3
20	May 11	at Arizona	UA Field • Tucson, Arizona	7–2	16–4	9–3
21	May 12	at Arizona	UA Field • Tucson, Arizona	2–9	16–5	9–3
22	May 18	UCLA	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	2–1	17–5	10–3
23	May 19	at UCLA	Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California	2–4	17–6	10–4
24	May 19	at UCLA	Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California	8–3	18–6	11–4
25	May 22	UCLA	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	2–3	18–7	11–5

Postseason

Pacific Coast Conference Tournament (2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
26	June 1	Oregon State	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	6–4	19–7	11–5
27	June 2	Oregon State	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	1–12	19–8	11–5
28	June 2	Oregon State	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	10–7	20–8	11–5

College World Series (2–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
29	June 13	vs Princeton	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–1	21–8	11–5
30	June 14	vs Utah	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	8–2	22–8	11–5
31	June 15	vs Oklahoma	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–4	22–9	11–5
32	June 16	vs Tennessee	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	8–9	22–10	11–5

"College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1951". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
"2020 USC Trojans Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.usctrojans.com. University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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