1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Mode:baseball
Year:1970
Team:Texas Longhorns
Conference:Southwest Conference
Short Conf:SWC
Record:45–8
Conf Record:14–1
Head Coach:Cliff Gustafson (3rd year)
Stadium:Clark Field
Champion:SWC champions
Bowl:College World Series
Bowl Result:3–2

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 and and a fourteen-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California.[1]

Personnel

Roster

Schedule and results

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Tie
1970 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[4]
Regular season
Postseason

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1970 College World Series. August 15, 2020. Omaha.com. November 25, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125085829/https://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1970. dead.
  2. Book: Baseball Letterwinners. Texas Longhorns. August 15, 2020.
  3. Book: All-Time Jersey Numbers. Texas Longhorns. August 15, 2020.
  4. Book: Texas Baseball Year by Year Results. Texas Longhorns. August 15, 2020. 97.