1975 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1975 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 6 to June 14. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The twenty-ninth tournament's champion was the University of Texas at Austin coached by Cliff Gustafson. The Most Outstanding Player was Mickey Reichenbach of the University of Texas at Austin.

Participating Teams

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	Arizona State University	Western Athletic Conference	58 - 11 (16 - 2, 0 GB)	Jim Brock	6 (last: 1973)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	23 - 9
	California State University, Fullerton	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	36 - 14 - 1 (14 - 7)	Augie Garrido	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	Eastern Michigan University	Mid-American Conference	35 - 17 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Ron Oestrike	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	Florida State University	Division-I Independent	49 - 8 (n/a)	Woody Woodward	5 (last: 1970)	2nd (1970)	8 - 10
	University of Oklahoma	Big Eight Conference	50 - 8 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Enos Semore	4 (last: 1974)	1st (1951)	7 - 6
	Seton Hall University	Metropolitan Conference	31 - 8 (8 - 4)	Mike Sheppard	3 (last: 1974)	5th (1964)	1 - 6
	University of South Carolina	Division-I Independent	47 - 4 (n/a)	Bobby Richardson	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	52 - 5 (23 - 1, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	16 (last: 1974)	1st (1949, 1950)	32 - 29

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Arizona State	5
		Cal State Fullerton	3
							Arizona State	5
							Texas	2
		Texas	4
		Oklahoma	2
												Arizona State	3
												South Carolina	6
		South Carolina	3
		Seton Hall	1
							South Carolina	5
							Eastern Michigan	1
		Eastern Michigan	2
		Florida State	1
						Loser's bracket
							Cal State Fullerton	4
							Oklahoma	11				Eastern Michigan	0
												Oklahoma	7
							Seton Hall	11
							Florida State	0				Texas	12
												Seton Hall	10

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		South Carolina	6									Texas	5
		Texas	17									South Carolina	1
							South Carolina	4
							Arizona State	1
		Arizona State	1
		Oklahoma	0

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 6	Game 1	Arizona State	5 - 3	Cal State Fullerton
	Game 2	Texas	4 - 2	Oklahoma
June 7	Game 3	South Carolina	3 - 1	Seton Hall
	Game 4	Eastern Michigan	2 - 1 (10 innings)	Florida State
	Game 5	Oklahoma	11 - 4	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 8	Game 6	Seton Hall	11 - 0	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona State	5 - 2	Texas
	Game 8	South Carolina	5 - 1 (6 innings)	Eastern Michigan
June 9	Game 9	Texas	12 - 10	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma	7 - 0	Eastern Michigan	Eastern Michigan eliminated
June 11	Game 11	South Carolina	6 - 3	Arizona State
June 12	Game 12	Arizona State	1 - 0 (11 innings)	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
	Game 13	Texas	17 - 6	South Carolina
June 13	Game 14	South Carolina	4 - 1	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
June 14	Final	Texas	5 - 1	South Carolina	Texas wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Earl Bass	Junior	South Carolina
	Rich Wortham	Junior	Texas
Catcher	Rick Cerone	Junior	Seton Hall
First baseman	Mickey Reichenbach	Sophomore	Texas
Second baseman	Mark Van Bever	Sophomore	South Carolina
Third baseman	Gary Allenson	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop	Blair Stouffer	Junior	Texas
Outfielder	Rick Bradley	Junior	Texas
	Steve Cook	Junior	South Carolina
	Bob Pate	Junior	Arizona State

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Jerry Maddox, Chris Nyman, Bob Pate, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, John Poloni, Gary Rajsich
• California State University, Fullerton: Danny Boone, George Horton
• Eastern Michigan University: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob Welch
• Florida State University: Juan Bonilla, Craig Eaton, Mark Gilbert, Terry Kennedy, Carlos Lezcano, Dan O'Brien
• University of Oklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Roger LaFrancois, Bob Shirley
• Seton Hall University: Rick Cerone, Dan Morogiello, Charlie Puleo
• University of South Carolina: Garry Hancock, Greg Keatley, Ed Lynch, Jim Pankovits, Hank Small, Tim Lewis
• University of Texas at Austin: Jim Gideon, Don Kainer, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes

The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team the following year, in 1976.

Related Sites

• BackHomeInOmaha.net: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball