1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record33–9 (11–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
Seasons
 1955
1957 
1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Minnesota  y1120 .8463390 .786
Ohio State  930 .7501870 .720
Wisconsin  840 .6672070 .741
Michigan  650 .5451790 .654
Northwestern  670 .4621080 .556
Indiana  560 .45513150 .464
Iowa  580 .38511160 .407
Michigan State  470 .36416130 .552
Purdue  5100 .33314140 .500
Illinois  4110 .26715181 .456
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Delta Field. The team was coached by Dick Siebert in his 9th season at Minnesota.

Contents

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game.

Roster

1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster

Pitchers

  • Ken Anderson
  • Don Craven
  • Jack Hoppe
  • Dean Maas
  • Rod Olstad
  • Jerry Thomas

Infielders

Outfielders

  • Bob Anderson
  • Shorty Cochran
  • Bill Horning
  • Dave Lindblom
  • Jim McNeely

Catchers

  • Woody Erickson
  • Rod Magnuson

Schedule

Regular season
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
March 19at Texas 12–51–0
March 20at Texas4–22–0
March 21at Rice 3–42–1
March 22at Rice12–192–2
March 23at Houston 5–23–2
March 24at Houston4–63–3
March 26at Oklahoma 3–103–4
March 27at Oklahoma5–83–5
April 7at Luther 3–14–5
April 7at Luther14–55–5
April 13at Iowa State 8–56–5
April 14at Iowa State9–27–5
April 14at Iowa State12–18–5
April 20 Northern Iowa 7–19–5
April 21Northern Iowa6–010–5
April 21Northern Iowa11–111–5
April 27 Wisconsin 4–611–60–1
April 28 Northwestern 7–012–61–1
April 28Northwestern3–113–62–1
May 4at Illinois 3–214–63–1
May 5at Purdue 3–215–64–1
May 5at Purdue3–216–65–1
May 11 Iowa 7–017–66–1
May 12Iowa17–718–67–1
May 12Iowa18–819–68–1
May 15 Augsburg 30–120–6
May 18 Michigan State 7–321–69–1
May 19 Michigan 7–622–610–1
May 19Michigan6–523–611–1
May 22at St. John's 9–424–6
May 25at Ohio State 2–424–711–2
1956 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
DateOpponentLocationScoreOverall record
May 29vs. Notre Dame 3–424–8
May 30vs. Notre Dame15–525–8
May 30vs. Notre Dame10–126–8
June 1vs. Ohio 5–027–8
June 2vs. Ohio7–628–8
June 9vs. Wyoming Rosenblatt Stadium 4–029–8
June 10vs. Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium3–130–8
June 11vs. Mississippi Rosenblatt Stadium13–531–8
June 12vs. Bradley Rosenblatt Stadium8–332–8
June 13vs. ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium4–1032–9
June 14vs. ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium12–133–9

Awards and honors

Jerry Kindall
All-America First Team [1]
All-Big Ten First Team [2]
Jack McCartan
All-Big Ten First Team [2]
Jerry Thomas
All-American First Team [1]
All-Big Ten First Team [2]
College World Series Most Outstanding Player [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  3. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.