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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

The 1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Delta Field. The team was coached by Dick Siebert in his 17th season at Minnesota.

1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
CBNo. 1
Record31–12 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 3 – 0   .786 31 – 12 – 0   .721
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714 19 – 16 – 0   .543
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 21 – 10 – 0   .677
No. 25 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 22 – 12 – 0   .647
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 15 – 10 – 0   .600
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 14 – 14 – 0   .500
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 23 – 12 – 0   .657
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 13 – 16 – 1   .450
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 9 – 17 – 0   .346
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14 – 0   .067 9 – 22 – 0   .290
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1964[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the Missouri Tigers in the championship game.

Roster

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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster
 

Pitchers

  • Jim Ball
  • Dennis Johnson
  • Tom Lindberg
  • Dick Mielke
  • George Nelson
  • Joe Pollack
  • Rene Valenciano
  • Dan Howard

Catchers

 

Infielders

  • Dick Anderson
  • Jerry Cawley
  • Bill Davis
  • Pat Hergott
  • Dewey Markus
  • Dick McCullough
  • Ron Roalstad
  • Steve Schneider
  • Gary Droubie
  

Outfielders

  • Frank Brosseau
  • Archie Clark
  • Alan Druskin
  • Gary Erickson
  • Dave Hoffman
  • Bob Werness
  

Schedule

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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball game log
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
March 23 at Texas 4-5 0-1 –
March 23 vs. Texas Lutheran 1-6 0-2 –
March 24 at Texas 4-8 0-3 –
March 24 vs. Texas Lutheran 12-3 1-3 –
March 25 at Texas A&M 2-7 1-4 –
March 25 vs. Lackland Air Force Base 0-3 1-5 –
March 26 vs. Texas A&M 2-3 1-6 –
March 26 vs. St. Mary's 7-2 2-6 –
March 27 vs. Trinity 8-6 2-7 –
March 27 vs. Randolph Air Force Base 8-6 3-7 –
March 28 vs. Lackland Air Force Base 1-6 3-8 –
April
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
April 10 North Dakota State 5-0 4-8 –
April 10 North Dakota State 6-0 5-8 –
April 11 St. Thomas 5-0 6-8 –
April 11 St. Thomas 5-3 7-8 –
April 15 Augsburg 7-0 8-8 –
April 17 Northern Iowa 17-6 9-8 –
April 17 Northern Iowa 18-0 10-8 –
April 18 South Dakota State 5-0 11-8 –
April 18 South Dakota State 2-1 12-8 –
April 22 Luther 8-0 13-8 –
April 22 Luther 4-1 14-8 –
April 24 at Purdue 2-3 14-9 0-1
April 25 at Illinois 4-2 15-9 1-1
April 25 at Illinois 6-2 16-9 2-1
May
Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record
May 1 Iowa 9-2 17-9 3-1
May 2 Iowa 4-0 18-9 4-1
May 2 Iowa 2-0 19-9 5-1
May 9 Michigan State 4-1 20-9 6-1
May 9 Michigan State 7-4 21-9 7-1
May 15 at Indiana 8-6 22-9 8-1
May 16 at Ohio State 3-4 22-10 8-2
May 16 at Ohio State 2-3 22-11 8-3
May 22 Northwestern 3-0 23-11 9-3
May 23 Wisconsin 1-0 24-11 10-3
May 23 Wisconsin 7-1 25-11 11-3
Post-season
Date Opponent Score Overall record
May 29 vs. Kent State 7-4 26-11
May 30 vs. Kent State 13-2 27-11
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 8 vs. Texas A&M Rosenblatt Stadium 7-3 28-11
June 12 vs. Maine Rosenblatt Stadium 12-0 29-11
June 13 vs. Southern California Rosenblatt Stadium 6-5 30-11
June 15 vs. Missouri Rosenblatt Stadium 1-4 30-12
June 17 vs. Missouri Rosenblatt Stadium 5-1 31-12

Awards and honors

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Bill Davis
  • All College World Series Team[3]
Dave Hoffman
  • All-College World Series Team[3]
Dewey Markus
  • All-College World Series Team[3]
Joe Pollack
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
  • All-College World Series Team[3]
Ron Wojciak
  • All-America First Team[5]
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
  • All-College World Series Team[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
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