USC Baseball

Freshmen at USC earn 17% of total at-bats and 35% of innings pitched — below the D1 average of 17%. Sophomores receive 37%, juniors 42%, and seniors 4%. The median hitter records 66.5 at-bats per season.

On the pitching side, freshmen account for 35% of innings pitched, sophomores 38%, juniors 24%, and seniors 3%. The median pitcher throws 23.2 innings per season.

Based on 2-4 years of publicly available roster and statistics data.

26% of freshmen who join USC baseball stay on the roster for all four years — below the D1 average of 38%. The one-and-done rate — freshmen who are gone from this roster after their first season, whether they quit, were cut, or transferred — is 12%. On average, players spend 2.7 seasons on the USC roster.

Tracking the 2016-2019 and 2022-2023 freshman classes across this program’s rosters. Players who transfer out count as leaving; the four-year rate uses only classes with a full four-year window.

13% of USC baseball alumni go into finance, the most common career path among the 59 former players Prospectus tracked on LinkedIn. Other top career paths include professional baseball (10%), real estate (8%), consulting (6%). Top employers include University of Southern California, Blank Beverage, CBRE, CriticalPoint, Corpay.

USC has a 11% acceptance rate and an average GPA of 3.86 for admitted students.

Attending USC costs approximately $68,591 per year.