Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball


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The Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Siebert Field
Siebert Field is the home baseball park for the Golden Gophers. The Old Siebert Field hosted its first game on April 23, 1971 – a 2–1 Gopher victory over Creighton. On June 11, 2012, Old Siebert Field was demolished to begin construction on the new Seibert Field. The new Siebert Field hosted its first game on April 5, 2013, which the Gophers won 7–0 over Ohio State.

U.S. Bank Stadium
U.S. Bank Stadium is the alternate stadium for the Golden Gophers. Opened in 2017 for baseball use, it is primarily used for February and March games, including non-conference home games including a major pre-conference season tournament featuring top teams from major conferences. Like its predecessor, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, on the same site, the indoor venue allowed the team to play home games when most cold-weather teams had to play road games, and allows for additional home games for the team, a huge advantage in the Big Ten conference. Roughly 40% of home games are played at U. S. Bank Stadium.

All Americans

 * 1952
 * Gene Elder, 2B
 * Paul Giel, P


 * 1953
 * Paul Giel, P


 * 1954
 * Paul Giel, P


 * 1956
 * Jerry Kindall, SS
 * Jerry Thomas, P


 * 1958
 * Jack McCartan, OF


 * 1959
 * Ron Causton, OF


 * 1960
 * Larry Bertelsen, P
 * Wayne Knapp, P


 * 1961
 * Larry Bertelsen, P
 * Wayne Knapp, P


 * 1963
 * Jon Andresen


 * 1964
 * Ron Wojciak, C


 * 1967
 * Dennis Zacho, 1B


 * 1969
 * Noel Jenke, OF
 * Mike Walseth, 1B


 * 1973
 * Dave Winfield, P


 * 1976
 * Paul Molitor, SS


 * 1977
 * Paul Molitor, SS
 * Dan Morgan, P


 * 1982
 * Greg Olson, C


 * 1990
 * Brian Raabe, 2B
 * Dan Wilson, C


 * 1991
 * Brent Gates, SS


 * 1992
 * Mark Merila, 2B


 * 1993
 * Mark Merila, 2B


 * 1994
 * Mark Merila, 2B


 * 1995
 * Shane Gunderson, C


 * 1998
 * Robb Quinlan, 1B


 * 1999
 * Robb Quinlan, 1B


 * 2001
 * Jack Hanahan, OF


 * 2002
 * Luke Appert, 2B


 * 2003
 * Luke Appert, 2B
 * Glen Perkins, P


 * 2004
 * Glen Perkins, P


 * 2009
 * Derek McCallum, 2B

College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award

 * Jerry Thomas, P, 1956
 * John Erickson, 2B – 1960
 * Dave Winfield, OF/P – 1973

All College World Series

 * 1960
 * John Erickson, 2B
 * Carl Rolloff, 3B
 * Dave Pflepsen, SS
 * Bob Wasko, P


 * 1964
 * Bill Davis, 1B
 * Dewey Markus, 2B
 * Dan Hoffman, OF
 * Ron Wojciak, C
 * Joe Pollack, P


 * 1973
 * Dave Winfield, P

Conference Awards

 * Big Ten Player of the Year
 * Terry Steinbach – 1983
 * Brent Gates, SS – 1991
 * Mark Merila, 2B – 1994
 * Shane Gunderson, P – 1995
 * Robb Quinlan, 1B – 1999
 * Jack Hannahan, 3B – 2001
 * Luke Appert, 2B – 2002, 2003
 * Matt Fiedler, P/OF - 2016


 * Big Ten Coach of the Year
 * John Anderson – 1982, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016


 * Big Ten Pitcher of the Year
 * C.J. Woodrow – 2002
 * Glen Perkins – 2004


 * Big Ten Freshman of the Year
 * Dan Wilson, C – 1998
 * Mark Merila, 2B – 1991
 * Glen Perkins, P – 2003


 * Big Ten Tournament Most Valuable Player
 * Terry Steinbach, C – 1982
 * Jon Beckman, OF – 1985
 * Tim McIntosh, OF – 1986
 * Vince Palyan, OF – 1988
 * Scott Bakkum, P – 1992
 * Shane Gunderson, P – 1995
 * Mark Groebner, OF – 1998
 * Jack Hannahan, 3B – 2001
 * Glen Perkins, P – 2004
 * Kyle Knudson, C – 2010

Current and former major league players

 * Frank Brosseau
 * Jim Brower
 * Fred Bruckbauer
 * J.T. Bruett
 * Ralph Capron
 * Steve Comer
 * Bill Davis
 * Cole De Vries
 * Brian Denman
 * Heinie Elder
 * Harry Elliott
 * Bobby Fenwick
 * Brent Gates
 * John Gaub
 * Paul Giel
 * Jack Hannahan
 * Bryan Hickerson
 * Jerry Kindall
 * Kerry Ligtenberg
 * Tim McIntosh
 * Ben Meyer
 * Max Meyer
 * Paul Molitor
 * Denny Neagle
 * Greg Olson
 * Glen Perkins
 * Robb Quinlan
 * Brian Raabe
 * Mike Sadek
 * Jeff Schmidt
 * Terry Steinbach
 * George Thomas
 * Jerry Ujdur
 * Terrin Vavra
 * Dan Wilson
 * Dave Winfield


 * Source: Baseball Reference