1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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

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

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

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

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