1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

American college baseball season

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
National champions Big Ten Conference champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	34–7–1 (12–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Siebert (13th year)
Home stadium	Delta Field
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

1960 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Minnesota ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	2	–	1	.833	34	–	7	–	1	.821
Ohio State ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0	.600	21	–	7	–	2	.733
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0	.556	14	–	6	–	1	.690
Northwestern ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	0	.545	17	–	9	–	0	.654
Michigan ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0	.500	19	–	12	–	1	.609
Purdue ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	1	.500	12	–	8	–	1	.595
Illinois ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0	.429	21	–	10	–	0	.677
Michigan State ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0	.364	17	–	13	–	0	.567
Indiana ‍‍‍	5	–	9	–	0	.357	17	–	13	–	0	.567
Iowa ‍‍‍	3	–	8	–	0	.273	7	–	17	–	0	.292

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1960^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Delta Field. The team was coached by Dick Siebert in his 13th season at Minnesota.

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the USC Trojans in the championship game.

Roster

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster

Pitchers

Ken Anderson
Larry Bertelsen
Clyde Nelson
Jim Rantz
Saxe Roberts
Bob Wasko

Infielders

John Erickson
Wayne Knapp
Dave Pflepsen
Cal Rolloff

Catchers

Neil Junker
Al Provo

Outfielders

Dick Alford
Lee Brandt
Ron Causton
Barry Effress
Wayne Haefner
Tom Moe
Howard Nathe

Schedule

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball game log

Regular season

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
March 21	at Texas	14–21	0–1	–
March 22	at Texas	7–13	0–2	–
March 23	at Sam Houston State	6–2	1–2	–
March 24	at Sam Houston State	9–5	2–2	–
March 24	at Sam Houston State	14–15	2–3	–
March 25	at Houston	4–5	2–4	–
March 26	at Houston	5–1	3–4	–

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
April 1	at Iowa State	5–4	4–4	–
April 2	at Iowa State	4–1	5–4	–
April 2	at Iowa State	9–8	6–4	–
April 8	at St. Mary's	8–4	7–4	–
April 9	at Luther	14–4	8–4	–
April 9	at Luther	2–0	9–4	–
April 15	at South Dakota State	28–2	10–4	–
April 22	Northern Iowa	1–0	11–4	–
April 22	Northern Iowa	13–1	12–4	–
April 23	Northern Iowa	13–0	13–4	–
April 23	Northern Iowa	13–1	14–4	–
April 29	Michigan State	13–6	15–4	1–0
April 30	Michigan	10–3	16–4	2–0
April 30	Michigan	11–2	17–4	3–0

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
May 6	at Ohio State	8–6	18–4	4–0
May 7	at Indiana	4–2	19–4	5–0
May 7	at Indiana	1–2	19–5	5–1
May 13	Wisconsin	8–4	20–5	6–1
May 14	Northwestern	3–2	21–5	7–1
May 14	Northwestern	4–2	22–5	8–1
May 20	at Illinois	9–1	23–5	9–1
May 21	at Purdue	3–6	23–6	9–2
May 21	at Purdue	7–7	23–6–1	9–2–1
May 27	Iowa	17–3	24–6–1	10–2–1
May 28	Iowa	7–3	25–6–1	11–2–1
May 28	Iowa	8–0	26–6–1	12–2–1

Post-season

NCAA tournament: Mideast Regional

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
June 2	vs. Notre Dame	15–6	27–6–1
June 3	vs. Detroit	12–5	28–6–1
June 4	vs. Detroit	5–4	29–6–1

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 14	vs. North Carolina	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–3	30–6–1
June 15	vs. Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–5	31–6–1
June 16	vs. Southern California	Rosenblatt Stadium	12–11	32–6–1
June 18	vs. Oklahoma State	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–1	33–6–1
June 19	vs. Southern California	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–4	33–7–1
June 20	vs. Southern California	Rosenblatt Stadium	2–1	34–7–1

Awards and honors

Larry Bertelsen

All-America First Team^[3]
All-Big Ten First Team^[4]

John Erickson

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[5]

Wayne Knapp

All-American First Team^[3]
All-Big Ten First Team^[4]

David Pflepsen

All-Big Ten First Team^[4]
All-College World Series Team^[5]

Howard Nathe

All-Big Ten First Team^[4]

Carl Rolloff

All-College World Series Team^[5]

Bob Wasko

All-College World Series Team^[5]

References

^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers 1960 College World Series champions
John Erickson (College World Series MOP) Jim Rantz
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
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National Championships in Bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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