1955 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

1955 USC Trojans baseball
CIBA Champions PCC Tournament Champions District VIII Champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	23–5 (12–3 CIBA)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (14th season)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons← 19541956 →

1955 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North Division
Oregon ‍†‍‍	10	–	3	–	0	.769	18	–	8	–	0	.692
Oregon State ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0	.667	15	–	10	–	0	.600
Washington State ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0	.600	13	–	8	–	1	.614
Washington ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0	.500	18	–	11	–	0	.621
Idaho ‍‍‍	0	–	13	–	0	.000	9	–	15	–	0	.375
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC ‍†‍‍	12	–	3	–	0	.800	23	–	5	–	0	.821
UCLA ‍‍‍	9	–	6	–	0	.600	22	–	9	–	1	.703
Stanford ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0	.563	21	–	13	–	0	.618
California ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0	.467	17	–	16	–	0	.515
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	1	–	14	–	0	.067	11	–	19	–	0	.367

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 1955 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 14th year at USC.

The Trojans won the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship, the Pacific Coast Conference Tournament and the District VIII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Colgate Red Raiders.

Roster

1955 USC Trojans baseball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
	Robert Burdick	/	—	—	Sr
INF	Bill Faddis	/	—	—	Jr
C	John Garten	/	—	—	Sr
	Bob Gerst	/	—	—	Jr
INF	Kent Hadley	L/L	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Pocatello, Idaho
C	Dick Harris	L/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
	Kenneth Hoeck	/	—	—
RHP	Vic Lapiner	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Sr
	Jack Lovrich	/	—	—	Sr
	Carl Maggio	/	—	—
OF	Gerry Mason	/	—	—
	Fred Olson	/	—	—	So
INF	Jim Oros	/	—	—	Sr
P	Ralph Pausig	/	—	—
INF	Buddy Pritchard	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)		Bell, California
OF	Gary Robin	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Albany, California
OF	Tony Santino	/	—	—	Jr
INF	Jerry Siegert	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
INF	John Stevenson	/	—	—	Sr
	Larry Yeths	/	—	—
P	Marty Zuanich	/	—	—	Jr

Head coach

Rod Dedeaux

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

1955 USC Trojans baseball game log

Regular season

March (3–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
1	March 19	UCLA	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	6–10	0–1	0–1
2	March 21	Loyola Marymount	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	17–4	1–1	0–1
3	March 25	Stanford	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	8–1	2–1	1–1
4	March 26	Stanford	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	7–4	3–1	2–1

April (10–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
5	April 1	BYU	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	23–5	4–1	2–1
6	April 4	at San Diego State	Unknown • San Diego, California	7–2	5–1	2–1
7	April 8	California	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	13–7	6–1	3–1
8	April 9	California	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	18–4	7–1	4–1
9	April 12	Pacific	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	29–5	8–1	4–1
10	April 15	at Santa Clara	Unknown • Santa Clara, California	24–2	9–1	5–1
11	April 16	at California	Edwards Field • Berkeley, California	5–3	10–1	6–1
12	April 16	at California	Edwards Field • Berkeley, California	13–1	11–1	7–1
13	April 26	Santa Barbara	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	12–6	12–1	7–1
14	April 29	Santa Clara	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	11–0	13–1	8–1

May (6–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
15	May 4	Pepperdine	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	19–0	14–1	8–1
16	May 6	UCLA	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	14–8	15–1	9–1
17	May 7	at UCLA	Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California	7–1	16–1	10–1
18	May 10	Loyola Marymount	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	14–2	17–1	10–1
19	May 13	at Santa Clara	Unknown • Santa Clara, California	13–7	18–1	11–1
20	May 14	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	8–6	19–1	12–1
21	May 14	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	2–3	19–2	12–2
22	May 17	at UCLA	Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California	4–18	19–3	12–3

Postseason

Pacific Coast Conference Tournament (2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
23	May 27	Oregon	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	7–1	20–3	12–3
24	May 28	Oregon	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	10–1	21–3	12–3

District VIII Playoff (2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
25	June 3	Fresno State	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	11–2	22–3	12–3
26	June 4	Fresno State	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	15–2	23–3	12–3

College World Series (0–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
27	June 10	vs Colorado State	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	1–2	23–4	12–3
28	June 12	vs Colgate	Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	4–6	23–5	12–3

Awards and honors

John Garten

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

Kent Hadley

First Team All-CIBA

Vic Lapiner

First Team All-CIBA

Gerry Mason

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

James Oros

Second Team All-CIBA

Ralph Pausig

Second Team All-CIBA

Gary Robin

Second Team All-CIBA

Tony Santino

First Team All-CIBA

John Stevenson

Second Team All-CIBA

References

"College Baseball Conference Standings – 1955". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
"2020 USC Trojans Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.usctrojans.com. University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved August 30, 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

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