1961 USC Trojans baseball team

1961 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
	North Division
	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
	† – Conference champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament; As of June 30, 1961; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

USC Trojans baseball
1961 USC Trojans baseball
College World Series Champions; CIBA Champions
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
1961 record	36–7 (12–4 AAWU)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (20th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
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The 1961 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 20th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State in the championship game.

Roster

1961 USC Trojans roster

Pitchers

Dennis Anderson
Bob Coleman
Larry Hankammer
Pete Kenney
Lee King
Marcel Lachermann
Bob Levingston
Jerry Merz
Jim Withers
Wally Wolf
Ken Yaryan

Infielders

Dan Ardell
Chuck Johnson
Willie Ryan
Tom Satriano
Hans Schroeder
Ron Stillwell

Catchers

Steve Bach
John Crawford
Larry Himes
Dick Mills

Outfielders

Truman Aubrey
Jim Brown
Art Ersepke
Mike Gillespie
Mickey McNamee
Ron Taylor
Ken Washington

Coaches

Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1961 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	AAWU Record
March 10	Cal Poly	8–1	1–0	–
March 11	San Diego	9–1	2–0	–
March 14	Occidental	7–3	3–0	–
March 17	Long Beach State	11–1	4–0	–
March 18	at Long Beach State	1–0	5–0	–
March 21	at Loyola	14–2	6–0	–
March 23	BYU	3–0	7–0	–
March 23	at Cal State Los Angeles	4–1	8–0	–
March 24	at UC Santa Barbara	1–3	8–1	–
March 25	at UCLA	7–2	9–1	1–0
March 27	vs. Stanford	8–1	10–1	–
March 29	vs. San Diego State	15–2	11–1	–
March 30	vs. Arizona State	10–2	12–1	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	AAWU Record
April 3	Notre Dame	4–3	13–1	–
April 4	Arizona	0–8	13–2	–
April 7	California	4–3	14–2	2–0
April 8	California	1–2	14–3	2–1
April 11	Loyola	8–5	15–3	–
April 14	at Stanford	3–2	16–3	3–1
April 15	at Santa Clara	3–4	16–4	3–2
April 15	at Santa Clara	15–5	17–4	4–2
April 18	at Pepperdine	3–4	18–4	–
April 21	Santa Clara	9–4	19–4	5–2
April 22	Santa Clara	8–6	20–4	6–2
April 28	Stanford	7–2	21–4	7–2
April 29	Stanford	11–2	22–4	8–2

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	AAWU Record
May 2	at UCLA	3–1	23–4	9–2
May 5	UCLA	11–8	24–4	10–2
May 6	at UCLA	6–4	25–4	11–2
May 9	Cal Poly Pomona	3–2	26–4	–
May 12	at Stanford	5–7	26–5	11–3
May 13	at California	5–4	27–5	12–3
May 13	at California	6–10	27–6	12–4

Post–Season

NCAA Tournament: District 8 Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record
May 26	vs. Fresno State	4–1	28–6
May 27	vs. Fresno State	4–6	28–7
May 27	vs. Fresno State	10–6	29–7
June 2	vs. Washington State	13–6	30–7
June 3	vs. Washington State	10–4	31–7

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
June 10	vs. Texas	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–6	32–7
June 11	vs. Boston College	Rosenblatt Stadium	10–3	33–7
June 12	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–2	34–7
June 13	vs. Boston College	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–3	35–7
June 15	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	1–0	36–7

Awards and honors

Steve Bach

All-AAWU First Team^[2]

Art Ersepke

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-AAWU First Team^[2]

Larry Hankhammer

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Larry Himes

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America Second Team^[2]
All-AAWU First Team^[2]

William Ryan

All-America First Team^[2]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-AAWU First Team^[2]

Jim Withers

All-AAWU First Team^[2]

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Dan Ardell Mike Gillespie Larry Himes Tom Satriano Ron Stillwell Wally Wolf
Head Coach Rod Dedeaux
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1961 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Division
#28 Washington State †^y	8	–	4	.667	21	–	10	.677
Oregon State	8	–	6	.571	27	–	14	.659
Oregon	6	–	5	.545		–		–
Idaho	6	–	9	.400		–		–
Washington	4	–	8	.333	13	–	10	.565
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
#1 Southern California †^y	12	–	4	.750	36	–	7	.837
#14 California	11	–	5	.688	29	–	10	.744
UCLA	7	–	9	.438	25	–	15	.625
Santa Clara	5	–	11	.313		–		–
Stanford	5	–	11	.313	26	–	17	.605

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1961^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball