University baseball team (1970)
The 1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season . The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field . The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 3rd season at Texas.
The Longhorns reached the College World Series , finishing third, having split two games with eventual runner-up Florida State , a holding wins over Delaware and Ohio and a fourteen-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California .[2]
Personnel [ edit ] 1970 Texas Longhorns roster[3] [4] Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
1 - Louis Bagwell 3 - David Chalk 7 - John D. Langerhans 8 - Patrick John Amos Outfielders
2 - Mike Markl 12 - David Hall 13 - Jack Miller Utility
16 - James Crouch 21 - Walter S. Rothe 24 - Patrick D. Thompson 30 - Mike Sweeney
Schedule and results [ edit ] Legend Texas win Texas loss Tie
1970 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5] Regular season February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 27 Sam Houston State * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–1 1–0 Feb 27 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 2–0 Feb 28 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 14–0 3–0 Feb 28 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 1–3 3–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 3 Texas Lutheran * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 4–1 Mar 3 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–4 5–1 Mar 6 Houston * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 6–1 Mar 6 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–6 6–2 Mar 13 Oklahoma * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 7–2 Mar 13 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–3 7–3 Mar 14 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 8–3 Mar 14 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 9–3 Mar 20 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–0 10–3 1–0 Mar 20 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–5 11–3 2–0 Mar 21 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 17–4 12–3 3–0 Mar 23 Minnesota * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 13–3 Mar 23 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 0–4 13–4 Mar 24 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 14–4 Mar 24 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 22–5 15–4 Mar 26 Phillips * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 16–4 Mar 26 Phillips* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 17–4 Mar 30 Lamar Tech * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–0 18–4 Mar 30 Lamar Tech* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 19–4
April/May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 3 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 4–0[a] 20–4 4–0 Apr 3 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 6–3 21–4 5–0 Apr 7 at St. Mary's * San Antonio, TX W 2–1 22–4 Apr 7 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX L 6–7 22–5 Apr 8 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 2–0 23–5 Apr 8 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 5–0 24–5 Apr 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 25–5 6–0 Apr 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 26–5 7–0 Apr 18 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 27–5 8–0 Apr 24 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 2–0 28–5 9–0 Apr 24 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 14–0 29–5 10–0 Apr 30 at Rice Houston, TX W 2–1 30–5 11–0 Apr 30 at Rice Houston, TX W 5–1 31–5 12–0 May 7 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX L 5–7 31–6 12–1 May 7 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–0 32–6 13–1 May 8 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 33–6 14–1
Postseason District 6 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 28 Arkansas State Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 34–6 1–0 May 29 Texas–Pan American Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 35–6 2–0 May 30 Texas–Pan American Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–311 36–6 3–0
Exhibitions Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 5 at La Grange Demons La Grange, TX W 9–6 37–6 June 5 at La Grange Demons La Grange, TX W 13–3 38–5 June 6 San Antonio Spurs Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 39–6 June 6 San Antonio Spurs Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 40–6 June 8 at Seguin Sox Seguin, TX W 15–3 41–6 June 8 at Seguin Sox Seguin, TX W 7–1 42–6
^ James Street threw a 7-inning perfect game. Perfect Game [ edit ] On April 3, 1970 James Street shutout Texas Tech 4–0 over 7 innings in Lubbock, TX to secure the first and only Perfect game in Longhorn's history. This was also the only perfect game in the history of the Southwest Conference .
References [ edit ]
Venues Rivalries People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics