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
Record45–8 (14–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Texas  ‍‍‍y 14 1   .933 45 8   .849
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 13 4   .765 25 9   .735
Rice  ‍‍‍ 10 7   .588 18 11   .621
TCU  ‍‍‍ 9 8   .529 17 15   .531
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 10   .333 12 16   .429
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 4 14   .222 16 21   .432
SMU  ‍‍‍ 3 14   .176 3 29   .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

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Roster

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1970 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 22 - Tommy Harmon
 

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

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Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
  Tie
1970 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]
Regular season
Postseason

Notes

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

Perfect Game

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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
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Texas Longhorns 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 8 0
Texas Tech Red Raiders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
WP: James Street   LP:
Notes: 1st and only Perfect Game in the history of the Texas Longhorns and the Southwest Conference[6]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1970". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "1970 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. 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.