1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team explained

Year:	1964
Team:	Minnesota Golden Gophers
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	31–12
Conf Record:	11–3
Cbrank:	1
Head Coach:	Dick Siebert (17th year)
Stadium:	Delta Field
Champion:	National champions Big Ten Conference champions

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.

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

Schedule

! style="background:#FFBC3A;color:#872434;"| Regular season|- valign="top" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 23 || at || 4-5 || 0-1 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 23 || vs. || 1-6 || 0-2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 24 || at Texas || 4-8 || 0-3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 24 || vs. Texas Lutheran || 12-3 || 1-3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 25 || at Texas A&M || 2-7 || 1-4 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 25 || vs. Lackland Air Force Base || 0-3 || 1-5 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 26 || vs. Texas A&M || 2-3 || 1-6 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 26 || vs. || 7-2 || 2-6 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 27 || vs. || 8-6 || 2-7 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| March 27 || vs. Randolph Air Force Base || 8-6 || 3-7 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| March 28 || vs. Lackland Air Force Base || 1-6 || 3-8 || –|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 10 || || 5-0 || 4-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 10 || North Dakota State || 6-0 || 5-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 11 || || 5-0 || 6-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 11 || St. Thomas || 5-3 || 7-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 15 || || 7-0 || 8-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 17 || || 17-6 || 9-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 17 || Northern Iowa || 18-0 || 10-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 18 || || 5-0 || 11-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 18 || South Dakota State || 2-1 || 12-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 22 || || 8-0 || 13-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 22 || Luther || 4-1 || 14-8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| April 24 || at || 2-3 || 14-9 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 25 || at || 4-2 || 15-9 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| April 25 || at Illinois || 6-2 || 16-9 || 2-1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 1 || || 9-2 || 17-9 || 3-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 2 || Iowa || 4-0 || 18-9 || 4-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 2 || Iowa || 2-0 || 19-9 || 5-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 9 || || 4-1 || 20-9 || 6-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 9 || Michigan State || 7-4 || 21-9 || 7-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 15 || at || 8-6 || 22-9 || 8-1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 16 || at || 3-4 || 22-10 || 8-2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd"| May 16 || at Ohio State || 2-3 || 22-11 || 8-3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 22 || || 3-0 || 23-11 || 9-3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 23 || || 1-0 || 24-11 || 10-3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 23 || Wisconsin || 7-1 || 25-11 || 11-3|-|-! style="background:#FFBC3A;color:#872434;"| Post-season|-|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 29 || vs. || 7-4 || 26-11|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| May 30 || vs. Kent State || 13-2 || 27-11|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| June 8 || vs. Texas A&M || Rosenblatt Stadium || 7-3 || 28-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| June 12 || vs. || Rosenblatt Stadium || 12-0 || 29-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| June 13 || vs. Southern California || Rosenblatt Stadium || 6-5 || 30-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| June 15 || vs. Missouri || Rosenblatt Stadium || 1-4 || 30-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| June 17 || vs. Missouri || Rosenblatt Stadium || 5-1 || 31-12|-

Awards and honors

Bill Davis

All College World Series Team^[1]

Dave Hoffman

All-College World Series Team

Dewey Markus

All-College World Series Team

Joe Pollack

All-Big Ten First Team
All-College World Series Team

Ron Wojciak

All-America First Team^[2]
All-Big Ten First Team^[3]
All-College World Series Team

Notes and References

Web site: College World Series record Book. NCAA.org. 18 January 2013.
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.
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.