1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team explained

Mode:baseball
Year:1956
Team:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:33–9
Conf Record:11–2
Head Coach:Dick Siebert (9th year)
Stadium:Delta Field
Champion:National champions
Big Ten Conference champions

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.

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 19 at 12–5 1–0
March 20 at Texas 4–2 2–0
March 21 at 3–4 2–1
March 22 at Rice 12–19 2–2
March 23 at 5–2 3–2
March 24 at Houston 4–6 3–3
March 26 at 3–10 3–4
March 27 at Oklahoma 5–8 3–5
April 7 at 3–1 4–5
April 7 at Luther 14–5 5–5
April 13 at 8–5 6–5
April 14 at Iowa State 9–2 7–5
April 14 at Iowa State 12–1 8–5
April 20 7–1 9–5
April 21 Northern Iowa 6–0 10–5
April 21 Northern Iowa 11–1 11–5
April 27 4–6 11–6 0–1
April 28 7–0 12–6 1–1
April 28 Northwestern 3–1 13–6 2–1
May 4 at 3–2 14–6 3–1
May 5 at 3–2 15–6 4–1
May 5 at Purdue 3–2 16–6 5–1
May 11 7–0 17–6 6–1
May 12 Iowa 17–7 18–6 7–1
May 12 Iowa 18–8 19–6 8–1
May 15 30–1 20–6
May 18 7–3 21–6 9–1
May 19 7–6 22–6 10–1
May 19 Michigan 6–5 23–6 11–1
May 22 at 9–4 24–6
May 25 at 2–4 24–7 11–2
1956 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
DateOpponentLocationScoreOverall record
May 29 vs. 3–4 24–8
May 30 vs. Notre Dame 15–5 25–8
May 30 vs. Notre Dame 10–1 26–8
June 1 vs. 5–0 27–8
June 2 vs. Ohio 7–628–8
June 9 4–0 29–8
June 10 Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 30–8
June 11 Rosenblatt Stadium 13–5 31–8
June 12 Rosenblatt Stadium 8–3 32–8
June 13 vs. Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium 4–10 32–9
June 14 vs. Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium 12–1 33–9

Awards and honors

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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: All-Americans. GopherSports.com. 19 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905103749/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/minn-m-basebl-all-americans.html. 2015-09-05. dead.
    2. Web site: All Big Ten. GopherSports.com. 19 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905103041/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/minn-m-basebl-all-big-ten.html. 2015-09-05. dead.
    3. Web site: College World Series Record Book. NCAA.org. 18 January 2013.