1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

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

1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

March

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

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Ten Record
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

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Ten Record
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

Post-Season

NCAA Tournament: Mideast Regional

Date	Opponent	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

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Overall Record
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^[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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[record-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.

[GophersAA-3] "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[GopherBigTen-4] "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[CWS-5] "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

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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
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National Championships in Bold; College World Series appearances in italics