1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

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.

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
CBNo. 1
Record34–7–1 (12–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumDelta Field
1960 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y 12–2–1 .83334–7–1 .821
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6–4–0 .60021–7–2 .733
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 5–4–0 .55614–6–1 .690
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6–5–0 .54517–9–0 .654
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–7–0 .50019–12–1 .609
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4–4–1 .50012–8–1 .595
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6–8–0 .42921–10–0 .677
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4–7–0 .36417–13–0 .567
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5–9–0 .35717–13–0 .567
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 3–8–0 .2737–17–0 .292
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1960[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the USC Trojans in the championship game.

Roster
1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers roster
 

Pitchers

  • Ken Anderson
  • Larry Bertelsen
  • Clyde Nelson
  • Jim Rantz
  • Saxe Roberts
  • Bob Wasko
  

Infielders

  • John Erickson
  • Wayne Knapp
  • Dave Pflepsen
  • Cal Rolloff

Catchers

  • Neil Junker
  • Al Provo
  

Outfielders

  • Dick Alford
  • Lee Brandt
  • Ron Causton
  • Barry Effress
  • Wayne Haefner
  • Tom Moe
  • Howard Nathe
  

Schedule
1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
March 21at Texas14–210–1–
March 22at Texas7–130–2–
March 23at Sam Houston State6–21–2–
March 24at Sam Houston State9–52–2–
March 24at Sam Houston State14–152–3–
March 25at Houston4–52–4–
March 26at Houston5–13–4–
April
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
April 1at Iowa State5–44–4–
April 2at Iowa State4–15–4–
April 2at Iowa State9–86–4–
April 8at St. Mary's8–47–4–
April 9at Luther14–48–4–
April 9at Luther2–09–4–
April 15at South Dakota State28–210–4–
April 22Northern Iowa1–011–4–
April 22Northern Iowa13–112–4–
April 23Northern Iowa13–013–4–
April 23Northern Iowa13–114–4–
April 29Michigan State13–615–41–0
April 30Michigan10–316–42–0
April 30Michigan11–217–43–0
May
DateOpponentScoreOverall recordBig Ten record
May 6at Ohio State8–618–44–0
May 7at Indiana4–219–45–0
May 7at Indiana1–219–55–1
May 13Wisconsin8–420–56–1
May 14Northwestern3–221–57–1
May 14Northwestern4–222–58–1
May 20at Illinois9–123–59–1
May 21at Purdue3–623–69–2
May 21at Purdue7–723–6–19–2–1
May 27Iowa17–324–6–110–2–1
May 28Iowa7–325–6–111–2–1
May 28Iowa8–026–6–112–2–1
Post-season
DateOpponentScoreOverall record
June 2vs. Notre Dame15–627–6–1
June 3vs. Detroit12–528–6–1
June 4vs. Detroit5–429–6–1
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 14vs. North CarolinaRosenblatt Stadium8–330–6–1
June 15vs. ArizonaRosenblatt Stadium8–531–6–1
June 16vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium12–1132–6–1
June 18vs. Oklahoma StateRosenblatt Stadium3–133–6–1
June 19vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium3–433–7–1
June 20vs. Southern CaliforniaRosenblatt Stadium2–134–7–1

Awards and honors
Larry Bertelsen
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
John Erickson
Wayne Knapp
  • All-American First Team[3]
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
David Pflepsen
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
  • All-College World Series Team[5]
Howard Nathe
  • All-Big Ten First Team[4]
Carl Rolloff
  • All-College World Series Team[5]
Bob Wasko
  • All-College World Series Team[5]

References
  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  3. "All-Americans". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  4. "All Big Ten". GopherSports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  5. "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
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