1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

American college baseball season

1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
National champions Big Ten Conference champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	33–9 (11–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Siebert (9th year)
Home stadium	Delta Field
Seasons← 19551957 →

1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Minnesota ‍†‍‍	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

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; All-Big Ten First Team
Jack McCartan: All-Big Ten First Team
Jerry Thomas: All-American First Team; All-Big Ten First Team; College World Series Most Outstanding Player

References

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

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers 1956 College World Series champions
Jerry Kindall Jack McCartan Jerry Thomas (College World Series MOP)
Manager Dick Siebert
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
Venues	Delta Field (–1970) Siebert Field (1971–present) U.S. Bank Stadium (alternate, 2017–present) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (alternate, 1985–2012)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916–1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in Bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I baseball champions
1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC 1974 USC 1975 Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami 1983 Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona 1987 Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton 1996 LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice 2004 Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU 2010 South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida 2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 No tournament 2021 Mississippi State 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU 2024 Tennessee

NCAA Division I baseball champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina
2017: Florida
2018: Oregon State
2019: Vanderbilt
2020: No tournament
2021: Mississippi State
2022: Ole Miss
2023: LSU
2024: Tennessee

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