1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
National Champions
Big Ten Conference Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
CBNo. 1
1964 record31–12 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 11 3 0   .786 31 12 0   .721
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 4 0   .714 19 16 0   .543
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 5 0   .667 21 10 0   .677
No. 25 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 7 0   .533 22 12 0   .647
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 7 0   .533 15 10 0   .600
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 7 0   .533 14 14 0   .500
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7 8 0   .467 23 12 0   .657
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 8 0   .467 13 16 1   .450
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4 11 0   .267 9 17 0   .346
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1 14 0   .067 9 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.

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
April
May
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Awards and honors[]

Bill Davis
  • All College World Series Team[3]
Dave Hoffman
  • All-College World Series Team[3]
Dewey Markus
  • All-College World Series Team[3]
Joe Pollack
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
  • All-College World Series Team[3]
Ron Wojciak
  • All-America First Team[5]
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
  • All-College World Series Team[3]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. ^ "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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