1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team

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.

1970 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1970 record45–8 (14–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
1970 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Texas  y 141 .933  458 .849
Texas A&M   134 .765  259 .735
Rice   107 .588  1811 .621
TCU   98 .529  1715 .531
Texas Tech   510 .333  1216 .429
Baylor   414 .222  1621 .432
SMU   314 .176  329 .094
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1970[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

Roster

1970 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

 

Infielders

  • 2 - Mike Markl
  • 3 - David Chalk
  • 7 - John D. Langerhans
  • 12 - David Hall
  • 13 - Jack Miller

Outfielders

  • 22 - Tommy Harmon
 

Unknown

  • 1 - Louis Lee Bagwell
  • 4 - Mike Beard
  • 8 - Patrick John Amos
  • 10 - Natividad Salazar
  • 16 - James Crouch
  • 21 - Walter S. Rothe
  • 24 - Patrick D. Thompson
  • 30 - Mike Sweeney

Schedule and results

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Tie
1970 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Postseason

Notes

  1. James Street threw a 7-inning perfect game.

Perfect Game

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.

Friday, April 3, 1970 at Tech Diamond in Lubbock, TX
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WP: James Street   LP:
Notes: 1st and only Perfect Game in the history of the Texas Longhorns and the Southwest Conference[6]

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1970". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. "1970 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  4. All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 97. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. "2018 Texas Baseball Records & History" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 21. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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