1973 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1973 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 6th season at Texas.

1973 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record50–7 (15–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍‍‍y 15 3   .833 50 7   .877
TCU  ‍‍‍ 12 7   .632 31 12   .721
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 8   .529 19 9   .679
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 9   .500 21 17   .553
Houston  ‍‍‍ 8 11   .421 15 16   .484
Rice  ‍‍‍ 6 10   .375 16 14   .533
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 10   .375 12 16   .429
SMU  ‍‍‍ 5 12   .294 10 18   .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1973[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with wins over Georgia Southern and Oklahoma and losses to eventual champion Southern California and runner-up Arizona State.[2]

Personnel

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Roster

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1973 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4][5]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 - Martin Flores
  • 10 - Ron Roznovsky
  • 17 - Zane Grubbs
  • 21 - Jim Gideon
  • 24 - Rich Wortham
  • - Robert Cuellar
  • - Doyle Moore

Catchers

  • 16 - Steve Michael Clancy
  • 19 - Bill Berryhill
 

Infielders

Outfielders

 

Unknown

  • 11 - Gary Stephen Peterson
  • 14 - Charlie E. Crenshaw
  • - Michael Anderson
  • - James Bradley
  • - James Brown
  • - Randolph Bryant
  • - Doug Helton
  • - Alan Lowry
  • - Juan Olvera
  • - Russell Pounds
  • - Terry Ray
  • - James Reeves
  • - Spanky Stevens
  • - Blair Stouffer
  • - Jerry Wheat
 

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
  Tie
1973 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[6]
Regular season
Postseason

Notes

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  1. ^ Ron Roznovsky threw a no-hitter.
  2. ^ Richard Wortham threw a no-hitter.

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1973". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "1973 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  4. ^ All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Cactus Yearbook, 1973". www.repositories.lib.utexas.edu. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 97. Retrieved August 23, 2020.