1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
Conference Big Ten Conference
CB No. 1
Record34–7–1 (12–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y12–2–1 .83334–7–1 .821
Ohio State  ‍‍‍6–4–0 .60021–7–2 .733
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍5–4–0 .55614–6–1 .690
Northwestern  ‍‍‍6–5–0 .54517–9–0 .654
Michigan  ‍‍‍7–7–0 .50019–12–1 .609
Purdue  ‍‍‍4–4–1 .50012–8–1 .595
Illinois  ‍‍‍6–8–0 .42921–10–0 .677
Michigan State  ‍‍‍4–7–0 .36417–13–0 .567
Indiana  ‍‍‍5–9–0 .35717–13–0 .567
Iowa  ‍‍‍3–8–0 .2737–17–0 .292
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1960 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Delta Field. The team was coached by Dick Siebert in his 13th season at Minnesota.

Contents

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the USC Trojans in the championship game.

Roster

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster
 

Pitchers

  • Ken Anderson
  • Larry Bertelsen
  • Clyde Nelson
  • Jim Rantz
  • Saxe Roberts
  • Bob Wasko
 

Infielders

  • John Erickson
  • Wayne Knapp
  • Dave Pflepsen
  • Cal Rolloff

Catchers

  • Neil Junker
  • Al Provo
 

Outfielders

  • Dick Alford
  • Lee Brandt
  • Ron Causton
  • Barry Effress
  • Wayne Haefner
  • Tom Moe
  • Howard Nathe
 

Schedule

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
March 21at Texas 14–210–1–
March 22at Texas7–130–2–
March 23at Sam Houston State 6–21–2–
March 24at Sam Houston State9–52–2–
March 24at Sam Houston State14–152–3–
March 25at Houston 4–52–4–
March 26at Houston5–13–4–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
April 1at Iowa State 5–44–4–
April 2at Iowa State4–15–4–
April 2at Iowa State9–86–4–
April 8at St. Mary's 8–47–4–
April 9at Luther 14–48–4–
April 9at Luther2–09–4–
April 15at South Dakota State 28–210–4–
April 22 Northern Iowa 1–011–4–
April 22Northern Iowa13–112–4–
April 23Northern Iowa13–013–4–
April 23Northern Iowa13–114–4–
April 29 Michigan State 13–615–41–0
April 30 Michigan 10–316–42–0
April 30Michigan11–217–43–0
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
May 6at Ohio State 8–618–44–0
May 7at Indiana 4–219–45–0
May 7at Indiana1–219–55–1
May 13 Wisconsin 8–420–56–1
May 14 Northwestern 3–221–57–1
May 14Northwestern4–222–58–1
May 20at Illinois 9–123–59–1
May 21at Purdue 3–623–69–2
May 21at Purdue7–723–6–19–2–1
May 27 Iowa 17–324–6–110–2–1
May 28Iowa7–325–6–111–2–1
May 28Iowa8–026–6–112–2–1
Post-season
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
June 2vs. Notre Dame 15–627–6–1
June 3vs. Detroit 12–528–6–1
June 4vs. Detroit5–429–6–1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 14vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 8–330–6–1
June 15vs. Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium8–531–6–1
June 16vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium12–1132–6–1
June 18vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium3–133–6–1
June 19vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium3–433–7–1
June 20vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium2–134–7–1

Awards and honors

Larry Bertelsen
John Erickson
Wayne Knapp
David Pflepsen
Howard Nathe
Carl Rolloff
Bob Wasko

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
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