1975 Texas Longhorns baseball team

1975 Texas Longhorns baseball
1975 Texas Longhorns baseball
National champions; SWC champions
Conference	Southwest Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	59-6 (23–1 SWC)
Head coach	Cliff Gustafson (9th year);
Assistant coach	Bill Bethea
Home stadium	Disch-Falk Field
	Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas in the 1975 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Disch-Falk Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 9th season at Texas.

1975 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	23	–	1	.958	59	–	6	.908
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	17	–	7	.708	32	–	15	.681
TCU ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	29	–	17	.630
Baylor ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	25	–	19	.568
Rice ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	19	–	16	.543
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	22	–	23	.489
Arkansas ‍‍‍	8	–	14	.364	20	–	22	.476
Houston ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	18	–	25	.419
SMU ‍‍‍	7	–	15	.318	12	–	22	.353

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1975^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns won the College World Series, defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks in the championship game.

Roster

1975 Texas Longhorns roster

Pitchers

8 Martin Flores
15 Don Kainer
16 Terry Ray
21 Jim Gideon
24 Rich Wortham
29 Frosty Moore

Catchers

5 Doug Duncan
25 Rick Bradley

Infielders

1 Garry Pyka
3 Keith Moreland
4 Steve Day
9 Blair Stouffer
14 Mark Griffin
22 Mickey Reichenbach

Outfielders

10 Rusty Pounds
17 Charles Proske
20 Gary Hibbett
24 Rob Stramp
27 Mike Anderson

Schedule

1975 Texas Longhorns baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
February 17	St. Mary's	Disch-Falk Field	4-0	1-0	–
February 17	St. Mary's	Disch-Falk Field	11-0	2-0	–
February 21	Sam Houston State	Disch-Falk Field	1-0	3-0	–
February 21	Sam Houston State	Disch-Falk Field	9-5	4-0	–
February 22	Sam Houston State	Disch-Falk Field	0-3	4-1	–
February 22	Sam Houston State	Disch-Falk Field	4-7	4-2	–
February 25	Texas Lutheran	Disch-Falk Field	12-3	5-2	–
February 25	Texas Lutheran	Disch-Falk Field	8-3	6-2	–
February 28	at Houston	Cougar Field	8-7	7-2	1-0

March

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
March 1	at Houston	Cougar Field	9-2	8-2	2-0
March 1	at Houston	Cougar Field	17-4	9-2	3-0
March 3	Lubbock Christian	Disch-Falk Field	8-3	10-2	–
March 3	Lubbock Christian	Disch-Falk Field	17-2	11-2	–
March 4	Lubbock Christian	Disch-Falk Field	9-2	12-2	–
March 4	Lubbock Christian	Disch-Falk Field	12-3	13-2	–
March 7	Rice	Disch-Falk Field	9-1	14-2	4-0
March 8	Rice	Disch-Falk Field	3-0	15-2	5-0
March 8	Rice	Disch-Falk Field	9-1	16–2	6–0
March 14	Texas Tech	Disch-Falk Field	7-1	17-2	7-0
March 15	Texas Tech	Disch-Falk Field	7-1	18-2	8-0
March 15	Texas Tech	Disch-Falk Field	14-1	19-2	9-0
March 18	Lamar	Disch-Falk Field	5-7	19-3	–
March 18	Lamar	Disch-Falk Field	3-0	20-3	–
March 21	at SMU	Armstrong Field	6-0	21-3	10-0
March 22	at SMU	Armstrong Field	6-4	22-3	11-0
March 22	at SMU	Armstrong Field	5-0	23-3	12-0
March 24	Minnesota	Disch-Falk Field	2-4	23-4	–
March 24	Minnesota	Disch-Falk Field	9-3	24-4	–
March 25	Minnesota	Disch-Falk Field	6-1	25-4	–
March 25	Minnesota	Disch-Falk Field	6-5	26-4	–
March 28	Arkansas	Disch-Falk Field	6–1	27-4	13-0
March 29	Arkansas	Disch-Falk Field	5-1	28-4	14-0
March 29	Arkansas	Disch-Falk Field	3-2	29-4	15-0

April

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
April 4	at Baylor	Ferrell Field	18-6	30-4	16-0
April 5	at Baylor	Ferrell Field	9-0	31-4	17-0
April 5	at Baylor	Ferrell Field	17-4	32-4	18-0
April 7	Trinity	Disch-Falk Field	22-4	33-4	–
April 7	SW Louisiana	Disch-Falk Field	10-0	34-4	–
April 8	SW Louisiana	Disch-Falk Field	6-2	35-4	–
April 8	SW Louisiana	Disch-Falk Field	3-0	36-4	–
April 18	TCU	Disch-Falk Field	6-5	37-4	19-0
April 19	TCU	Disch-Falk Field	18-3	38-4	20-0
April 19	TCU	Disch-Falk Field	14-0	39-4	21-0
April 25	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field	15-4	40-4	22-0
April 26	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field	11-1	41-4	23-0
April 26	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field	8-9	41-5	23-1

May

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
May 2	Plano	Disch-Falk Field	3-0	42-5	-
May 2	Plano	Disch-Falk Field	5-0	43-5	-
May 3	Plano	Disch-Falk Field	2-1	44-5	-
May 3	Plano	Disch-Falk Field	16-0	45-5	-
May 15	University of Dallas	Disch-Falk Field	7-5	46-5	-
May 15	University of Dallas	Disch-Falk Field	15-1	47-5	-
May 16	University of Dallas	Disch-Falk Field	2-0	48-5	-
May 16	University of Dallas	Disch-Falk Field	11-0	49-5	-

Post-season

NCAA tournament: South Central Regional

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 22	Louisiana Tech	Arlington Stadium	6-2	50-5
May 24	South Alabama	Arlington Stadium	7-4	51-5
May 25	Pan American	Arlington Stadium	9-2	52-5

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 6	Oklahoma	Rosenblatt Stadium	4-2	53-5
June 8	Arizona State	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-5	53-6
June 9	Seton Hall	Rosenblatt Stadium	12-10	54-6
June 12	South Carolina	Rosenblatt Stadium	17-6	55-6
June 14	South Carolina	Rosenblatt Stadium	5-1	56-6

Awards and honors

Rick Bradley

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
First Team All-SWC^[4]

Martin Flores

First Team All-SWC^[4]

Jim Gideon

Freshamn All-American^[4]
First Team All-SWC^[4]

Keith Moreland

First Team All-American^[4]
First Team All-SWC^[4]

Garry Pyka

First Team All-SWC^[4]

Mickey Reichenbach

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
First Team All-SWC^[4]

Blair Stouffer

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Rich Wortham

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Longhorns in the 1975 MLB Draft

The following members of the Texas Longhorns baseball program were drafted in the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jim Gideon	RHP	1st	17th	Texas Rangers
Richard Bradley	C	2nd	32nd	San Francisco Giants
Blair Stouffer	3B	5th	113th	Texas Rangers
Keith Moreland	3B	7th	156th	Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Anderson	OF	14th	316th	Chicago Cubs
Rich Wortham	LHP	14th	317th	New York Mets
Martin Flores	LHP	23rd	531st	San Francisco Giants
Mickey Reichenbach	1B	31st	653rd	Texas Rangers

References

External links

"National Championship moments: 1975 Baseball". UT Athletics. October 2, 2006.

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