1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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.

1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1956 record33–9 (11–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Minnesota ‍†‍‍y 11–2–0 .846  33–9–0 .786
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9–3–0 .750  18–7–0 .720
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8–4–0 .667  20–7–0 .741
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6–5–0 .545  17–9–0 .654
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6–7–0 .462  10–8–0 .556
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5–6–0 .455  13–15–0 .464
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5–8–0 .385  11–16–0 .407
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4–7–0 .364  16–13–0 .552
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5–10–0 .333  14–14–0 .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4–11–0 .267  15–18–1 .456
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

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
Date Opponent Score Overall Record Big Ten Record
March 19at Texas12–51–0–
March 20at Texas4–22–0–
March 21at Rice3–42–1–
March 22at Rice12–192–2–
March 23at Houston5–23–2–
March 24at Houston4–63–3–
March 26at Oklahoma3–103–4–
March 27at Oklahoma5–83–5–
April 7at Luther3–14–5–
April 7at Luther14–55–5–
April 13at Iowa State8–56–5–
April 14at Iowa State9–27–5–
April 14at Iowa State12–18–5–
April 20Northern Iowa7–19–5–
April 21Northern Iowa6–010–5–
April 21Northern Iowa11–111–5–
April 27Wisconsin4–611–60–1
April 28Northwestern7–012–61–1
April 28Northwestern3–113–62–1
May 4at Illinois3–214–63–1
May 5at Purdue3–215–64–1
May 5at Purdue3–216–65–1
May 11Iowa7–017–66–1
May 12Iowa17–718–67–1
May 12Iowa18–819–68–1
May 15Augsburg30–120–6–
May 18Michigan State7–321–69–1
May 19Michigan7–622–610–1
May 19Michigan6–523–611–1
May 22at St. John's9–424–6–
May 25at Ohio State2–424–711–2
1956 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Date Opponent Location Score Overall Record
May 29vs. Notre Dame3–424–8
May 30vs. Notre Dame15–525–8
May 30vs. Notre Dame10–126–8
June 1vs. Ohio5–027–8
June 2vs. Ohio7–628–8
June 9vs. WyomingRosenblatt Stadium4–029–8
June 10vs. ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium3–130–8
June 11vs. MississippiRosenblatt Stadium13–531–8
June 12vs. BradleyRosenblatt 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. "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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