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
National Champions Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1956 record	33–9 (11–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Siebert (9th year)
Home stadium	Delta Field

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 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 Doug Gillen Jerry Kindall Gene Martin Jack McCartan

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 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

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.