1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
CBNo. 1
Record31–12 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y 11–3–0 .78631–12–0 .721
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10–4–0 .71419–16–0 .543
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10–5–0 .66721–10–0 .677
No. 25 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8–7–0 .53322–12–0 .647
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8–7–0 .53315–10–0 .600
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8–7–0 .53314–14–0 .500
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7–8–0 .46723–12–0 .657
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7–8–0 .46713–16–1 .450
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4–11–0 .2679–17–0 .346
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1–14–0 .0679–22–0 .290
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1964[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

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

Roster

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

1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
March 23at Texas4-50-1–
March 23vs. Texas Lutheran1-60-2–
March 24at Texas4-80-3–
March 24vs. Texas Lutheran12-31-3–
March 25at Texas A&M2-71-4–
March 25vs. Lackland Air Force Base0-31-5–
March 26vs. Texas A&M2-31-6–
March 26vs. St. Mary's7-22-6–
March 27vs. Trinity8-62-7–
March 27vs. Randolph Air Force Base8-63-7–
March 28vs. Lackland Air Force Base1-63-8–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
April 10North Dakota State5-04-8–
April 10North Dakota State6-05-8–
April 11St. Thomas5-06-8–
April 11St. Thomas5-37-8–
April 15Augsburg7-08-8–
April 17Northern Iowa17-69-8–
April 17Northern Iowa18-010-8–
April 18South Dakota State5-011-8–
April 18South Dakota State2-112-8–
April 22Luther8-013-8–
April 22Luther4-114-8–
April 24at Purdue2-314-90-1
April 25at Illinois4-215-91-1
April 25at Illinois6-216-92-1
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
May 1Iowa9-217-93-1
May 2Iowa4-018-94-1
May 2Iowa2-019-95-1
May 9Michigan State4-120-96-1
May 9Michigan State7-421-97-1
May 15at Indiana8-622-98-1
May 16at Ohio State3-422-108-2
May 16at Ohio State2-322-118-3
May 22Northwestern3-023-119-3
May 23Wisconsin1-024-1110-3
May 23Wisconsin7-125-1111-3
Post-season
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
May 29vs. Kent State7-426-11
May 30vs. Kent State13-227-11
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 8vs. Texas A&MRosenblatt Stadium7-328-11
June 12vs. MaineRosenblatt Stadium12-029-11
June 13vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium6-530-11
June 15vs. MissouriRosenblatt Stadium1-430-12
June 17vs. MissouriRosenblatt Stadium5-131-12

Awards and honors

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

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "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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