1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record33–9 (11–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 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

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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

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Regular season
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
March 19 at Texas 12–5 1–0 –
March 20 at Texas 4–2 2–0 –
March 21 at Rice 3–4 2–1 –
March 22 at Rice 12–19 2–2 –
March 23 at Houston 5–2 3–2 –
March 24 at Houston 4–6 3–3 –
March 26 at Oklahoma 3–10 3–4 –
March 27 at Oklahoma 5–8 3–5 –
April 7 at Luther 3–1 4–5 –
April 7 at Luther 14–5 5–5 –
April 13 at Iowa State 8–5 6–5 –
April 14 at Iowa State 9–2 7–5 –
April 14 at Iowa State 12–1 8–5 –
April 20 Northern Iowa 7–1 9–5 –
April 21 Northern Iowa 6–0 10–5 –
April 21 Northern Iowa 11–1 11–5 –
April 27 Wisconsin 4–6 11–6 0–1
April 28 Northwestern 7–0 12–6 1–1
April 28 Northwestern 3–1 13–6 2–1
May 4 at Illinois 3–2 14–6 3–1
May 5 at Purdue 3–2 15–6 4–1
May 5 at Purdue 3–2 16–6 5–1
May 11 Iowa 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 Augsburg 30–1 20–6 –
May 18 Michigan State 7–3 21–6 9–1
May 19 Michigan 7–6 22–6 10–1
May 19 Michigan 6–5 23–6 11–1
May 22 at St. John's 9–4 24–6 –
May 25 at Ohio State 2–4 24–7 11–2
1956 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
Date Opponent Location Score Overall record
May 29 vs. Notre Dame 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. Ohio 5–0 27–8
June 2 vs. Ohio 7–6 28–8
June 9 vs. Wyoming Rosenblatt Stadium 4–0 29–8
June 10 vs. Arizona Rosenblatt Stadium 3–1 30–8
June 11 vs. Mississippi Rosenblatt Stadium 13–5 31–8
June 12 vs. Bradley 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

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Jerry Kindall
All-America First Team[3]
All-Big Ten First Team[4]
Jack McCartan
All-Big Ten First Team[4]
Jerry Thomas
All-American First Team[3]
All-Big Ten First Team[4]
College World Series Most Outstanding Player[5]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
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