Bill Seinsoth was a first baseman who is most notable for winning the 1968 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a junior at the University of Southern California. He is one of only seven players from USC to win that award. Also an All-American, he had a career .337 batting average in college. He was drafted five times, but he played only one year professionally, never reaching the majors. Bill was involved in a single motor vehicle accident near the town of Calico while traveling to Las Vegas to see his friend, O.J. Simpson, play a football game. He died the next day at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California.
Bill Seinsoth was a first baseman who is most notable for winning the 1968 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a junior at the University of Southern California. He is one of only seven players from USC to win that award. Also an All-American, he had a career .337 batting average in college. He was drafted five times, but he played only one year professionally, never reaching the majors. Bill was involved in a single motor vehicle accident near the town of Calico while traveling to Las Vegas to see his friend, O.J. Simpson, play a football game. He died the next day at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California.
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