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1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1960
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	baseball
logo_size	150
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	34–7–1
conf_record	12–2–1
CBRank	1
head_coach	Dick Siebert (13th year)
stadium	Delta Field
champion	National champions
Big Ten Conference champions

Big Ten Conference champions 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

Schedule

! style="background:#FFBC3A;color:#872434;"| Regular season |- valign="top" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 21 || at || 14–21 || 0–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 22 || at Texas || 7–13 || 0–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 23 || at || 6–2 || 1–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 24 || at Sam Houston State || 9–5 || 2–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 24 || at Sam Houston State || 14–15 || 2–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 25 || at || 4–5 || 2–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 26 || at Houston || 5–1 || 3–4 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 1 || at || 5–4 || 4–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 2 || at Iowa State || 4–1 || 5–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 2 || at Iowa State || 9–8 || 6–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 8 || at || 8–4 || 7–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || at || 14–4 || 8–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || at Luther || 2–0 || 9–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 15 || at || 28–2 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 22 || || 1–0 || 11–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 22 || Northern Iowa || 13–1 || 12–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 23 || Northern Iowa || 13–0 || 13–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 23 || Northern Iowa || 13–1 || 14–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 29 || || 13–6 || 15–4 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 30 || || 10–3 || 16–4 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 30 || Michigan || 11–2 || 17–4 || 3–0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 6 || at || 8–6 || 18–4 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 7 || at || 4–2 || 19–4 || 5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 7 || at Indiana || 1–2 || 19–5 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 13 || || 8–4 || 20–5 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 14 || || 3–2 || 21–5 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 14 || Northwestern || 4–2 || 22–5 || 8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 20 || at || 9–1 || 23–5 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddddff" | May 21 || at || 3–6 || 23–6 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddddff" | May 21 || at Purdue || 7–7 || 23–6–1 || 9–2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 27 || || 17–3 || 24–6–1 || 10–2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 28 || Iowa || 7–3 || 25–6–1 || 11–2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 28 || Iowa || 8–0 || 26–6–1 || 12–2–1

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Awards and honors

;Larry Bertelsen

All-America First Team
All-Big Ten First Team

;John Erickson

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

;Wayne Knapp

All-American First Team
All-Big Ten First Team

;David Pflepsen

All-Big Ten First Team
All-College World Series Team

;Howard Nathe

All-Big Ten First Team

;Carl Rolloff

All-College World Series Team

;Bob Wasko

All-College World Series Team

References

"All-Americans". GopherSports.com.
"All Big Ten". GopherSports.com.
"College World Series record Book". NCAA.org.

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