1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
Conference Big Ten Conference
CB No. 1
Record31–12 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y11–3–0 .78631–12–0 .721
Michigan  ‍‍‍10–4–0 .71419–16–0 .543
Ohio State  ‍‍‍10–5–0 .66721–10–0 .677
No. 25 Michigan State  ‍‍‍8–7–0 .53322–12–0 .647
Purdue  ‍‍‍8–7–0 .53315–10–0 .600
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍8–7–0 .53314–14–0 .500
Indiana  ‍‍‍7–8–0 .46723–12–0 .657
Iowa  ‍‍‍7–8–0 .46713–16–1 .450
Northwestern  ‍‍‍4–11–0 .2679–17–0 .346
Illinois  ‍‍‍1–14–0 .0679–22–0 .290
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1964 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Delta Field. The team was coached by Dick Siebert in his 17th season at Minnesota.

Contents

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the Missouri Tigers in the championship game.

Roster

1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster
 

Pitchers

  • Jim Ball
  • Dennis Johnson
  • Tom Lindberg
  • Dick Mielke
  • George Nelson
  • Joe Pollack
  • Rene Valenciano
  • Dan Howard

Catchers

 

Infielders

  • Dick Anderson
  • Jerry Cawley
  • Bill Davis
  • Pat Hergott
  • Dewey Markus
  • Dick McCullough
  • Ron Roalstad
  • Steve Schneider
  • Gary Droubie
 

Outfielders

  • Frank Brosseau
  • Archie Clark
  • Alan Druskin
  • Gary Erickson
  • Dave Hoffman
  • Bob Werness
 

Schedule

1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
March 23at Texas 4-50-1–
March 23vs. Texas Lutheran 1-60-2–
March 24at Texas4-80-3–
March 24vs. Texas Lutheran12-31-3–
March 25at Texas A&M 2-71-4–
March 25vs. Lackland Air Force Base 0-31-5–
March 26vs. Texas A&M2-31-6–
March 26vs. St. Mary's 7-22-6–
March 27vs. Trinity 8-62-7–
March 27vs. Randolph Air Force Base 8-63-7–
March 28vs. Lackland Air Force Base1-63-8–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
April 10 North Dakota State 5-04-8–
April 10North Dakota State6-05-8–
April 11 St. Thomas 5-06-8–
April 11St. Thomas5-37-8–
April 15 Augsburg 7-08-8–
April 17 Northern Iowa 17-69-8–
April 17Northern Iowa18-010-8–
April 18 South Dakota State 5-011-8–
April 18South Dakota State2-112-8–
April 22 Luther 8-013-8–
April 22Luther4-114-8–
April 24at Purdue 2-314-90-1
April 25at Illinois 4-215-91-1
April 25at Illinois6-216-92-1
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
May 1 Iowa 9-217-93-1
May 2Iowa4-018-94-1
May 2Iowa2-019-95-1
May 9 Michigan State 4-120-96-1
May 9Michigan State7-421-97-1
May 15at Indiana 8-622-98-1
May 16at Ohio State 3-422-108-2
May 16at Ohio State2-322-118-3
May 22 Northwestern 3-023-119-3
May 23 Wisconsin 1-024-1110-3
May 23Wisconsin7-125-1111-3
Post-season
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
May 29vs. Kent State 7-426-11
May 30vs. Kent State13-227-11
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 8vs. Texas A&M Rosenblatt Stadium 7-328-11
June 12vs. Maine Rosenblatt Stadium12-029-11
June 13vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium6-530-11
June 15vs. Missouri Rosenblatt Stadium1-430-12
June 17vs. MissouriRosenblatt Stadium5-131-12

Awards and honors

Bill Davis
Dave Hoffman
Dewey Markus
Joe Pollack
Ron Wojciak

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
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