University Southern California Trojans
USC Baseball Great Art Mazmanian Named to 2022 College Baseball Hall of Fame Class
December 21, 2022 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES – The College Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2022 class this week and USC baseball great Art Mazmanian was among those to be inducted.
Mazmanian, who led the Trojans to the program's first College World Series title in 1948 before going on to have a distinguished coaching career at Mount San Antonio College, is one of 10 members of the 2022 Hall of Fame Class and is the seventh player in Trojan history named to the Hall since its inception in 2006. He joins Rod Dedeaux (2006), Fred Lynn (2007), Roy Smalley (2013), Bill Bordley (2014), Wally Hood (2019) and Rich Dauer (2021).
From the College Baseball Hall of Fame release:
"Art Mazmanian is a decorated player and coach, helping lead Southern California to the 1948 national championship, and after six seasons in the New York Yankees organization, led Mount San Antonio College for 31 seasons. As a player he was a second-team All-American in 1949 and had six hits in the 1948 title game. At Mt. SAC, he compiled 730 victories and had just two losing seasons in his entire time at the college. He sent 120 players into professional baseball. Mazmanian also managed 17 summers in the minor leagues and as an assistant coach under Hall of Famer Rod Dedeaux (Hall of Fame Class of 2006) on the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team."
Mazmanian, a fixture at USC baseball alumni events and a lifetime supporter of the program, passed away in 2019 at the age of 91. The Dorsey High School product had a long and remarkable career in Southern California baseball. Here is a more extensive account of his career from the 2019 USC obituary:
"Mazmanian, who came to USC after starring in baseball and football at nearby Dorsey High, was the Trojans' first 4-year letterman in baseball since 1915 when he did so in 1945-47-48-49. He started at shortstop as a 1945 freshman and then at second base in 1948 and 1949. He joined Wally Hood and Hank Workman as USC's first-ever baseball All-American first teamers as a 1948 junior, then made All-American second team in 1949. He was a 3-time (1945-48-49) All-Conference first team choice. USC won at least a share of the league title in each of his last 3 seasons.
In the 1948 College World Series championship game against Yale, which featured George H.W. Bush at first base for the Bulldogs, Mazmanian was the Trojans' hero as he went 3-for-3 at bat with a sacrifice and scored a run in the first inning that gave USC a lead it never relinquished en route to its first-ever baseball NCAA title. He hit .545 in that CWS. He helped the Trojans return to the CWS in 1949.
Mazmanian then played 6 years (1949-54) in the New York Yankees organization, making it to the Triple-A level, before returning to Dorsey, where he coached football and baseball for 13 years (1955-67) and won the L.A. City baseball crown in 1958.
He then became the head baseball coach at Mt. San Antonio, where his teams won 731 games in 31 years (1968-98). He had only 2 losing seasons at Mt. SAC. The baseball field at Mt. SAC was named in his honor. More than 120 of his players played professionally, including such major leaguers as Doug Bird, Ron Roenicke, Rob Nelson, Brett Tomko and Terry Clark.
During his time at Dorsey and Mt. SAC, he spent 18 summers managing in the minor leagues with the Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Athletics, winning 663 games. In 1984, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic baseball team that won a silver medal. He also scouted for the Athletics and Cleveland Indians.
He retired from Mt. SAC in 1999 due to his wife's illness, but returned to coaching at South Hills High in Covina (Calif.) for 5 seasons (2011-15). He finished his coaching career as an assistant coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College in 2016 at the age of 88."
Mazmanian, who led the Trojans to the program's first College World Series title in 1948 before going on to have a distinguished coaching career at Mount San Antonio College, is one of 10 members of the 2022 Hall of Fame Class and is the seventh player in Trojan history named to the Hall since its inception in 2006. He joins Rod Dedeaux (2006), Fred Lynn (2007), Roy Smalley (2013), Bill Bordley (2014), Wally Hood (2019) and Rich Dauer (2021).
From the College Baseball Hall of Fame release:
"Art Mazmanian is a decorated player and coach, helping lead Southern California to the 1948 national championship, and after six seasons in the New York Yankees organization, led Mount San Antonio College for 31 seasons. As a player he was a second-team All-American in 1949 and had six hits in the 1948 title game. At Mt. SAC, he compiled 730 victories and had just two losing seasons in his entire time at the college. He sent 120 players into professional baseball. Mazmanian also managed 17 summers in the minor leagues and as an assistant coach under Hall of Famer Rod Dedeaux (Hall of Fame Class of 2006) on the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team."
Mazmanian, a fixture at USC baseball alumni events and a lifetime supporter of the program, passed away in 2019 at the age of 91. The Dorsey High School product had a long and remarkable career in Southern California baseball. Here is a more extensive account of his career from the 2019 USC obituary:
"Mazmanian, who came to USC after starring in baseball and football at nearby Dorsey High, was the Trojans' first 4-year letterman in baseball since 1915 when he did so in 1945-47-48-49. He started at shortstop as a 1945 freshman and then at second base in 1948 and 1949. He joined Wally Hood and Hank Workman as USC's first-ever baseball All-American first teamers as a 1948 junior, then made All-American second team in 1949. He was a 3-time (1945-48-49) All-Conference first team choice. USC won at least a share of the league title in each of his last 3 seasons.
In the 1948 College World Series championship game against Yale, which featured George H.W. Bush at first base for the Bulldogs, Mazmanian was the Trojans' hero as he went 3-for-3 at bat with a sacrifice and scored a run in the first inning that gave USC a lead it never relinquished en route to its first-ever baseball NCAA title. He hit .545 in that CWS. He helped the Trojans return to the CWS in 1949.
Mazmanian then played 6 years (1949-54) in the New York Yankees organization, making it to the Triple-A level, before returning to Dorsey, where he coached football and baseball for 13 years (1955-67) and won the L.A. City baseball crown in 1958.
He then became the head baseball coach at Mt. San Antonio, where his teams won 731 games in 31 years (1968-98). He had only 2 losing seasons at Mt. SAC. The baseball field at Mt. SAC was named in his honor. More than 120 of his players played professionally, including such major leaguers as Doug Bird, Ron Roenicke, Rob Nelson, Brett Tomko and Terry Clark.
During his time at Dorsey and Mt. SAC, he spent 18 summers managing in the minor leagues with the Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Athletics, winning 663 games. In 1984, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic baseball team that won a silver medal. He also scouted for the Athletics and Cleveland Indians.
He retired from Mt. SAC in 1999 due to his wife's illness, but returned to coaching at South Hills High in Covina (Calif.) for 5 seasons (2011-15). He finished his coaching career as an assistant coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College in 2016 at the age of 88."
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