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
National Champions Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
CB	No. 1
1964 record	31–12 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Siebert (17th year)
Home stadium	Delta Field

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

1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster
	Pitchers Jim Ball Dennis Johnson Tom Lindberg Dick Mielke George Nelson Joe Pollack Rene Valenciano Catchers Ron Wojciak Mike Caraway Bob Rofidal		Infielders Dick Anderson Jerry Cawley Bill Davis Pat Hergott Dewey Markus Dick McCullough Ron Roalstad Steve Schneider		Outfielders Frank Brosseau Archie Clark Alan Druskin Gary Erickson Dave Hoffman Bob Werness

Schedule

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 vs. 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
NCAA Tournament: Mideast Regional Date Opponent Score Overall Record May 29 vs. Kent State 7-4 26-11 May 30 vs. Kent State 13-2 27-11
NCAA Tournament: College World Series 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

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. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
4. "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
5. "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 19 January 2013.