University of Minnesota

• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Nickname: Golden Gophers
• Conference: Big Ten Conference 1906-1911, 1913-1915, 1922-present
• Ballpark: Metrodome 2012; Siebert Field 2013-present (some early season games at U.S. Bank Stadium )

College World Series Appearances: 5 1956, 1960, 1964, 1973 & 1977

College World Series titles in 1956, 1960, and 1964

Notable Alumni

• Kermit Aase, minor league pitcher
• John Anderson, pitcher
• John Anderson, college coach
• Rob Antony, General Manager
• Don Arlich, pitcher
• Scott Bakkum, minor league pitcher
• Andy Berglund, Czech Republic national team manager
• Bob Bjorklund, college coach
• Paul Blanchard, college coach
• Frank Brosseau, pitcher
• Jim Brower, pitcher
• Fred Bruckbauer, pitcher
• J.T. Bruett, outfielder
• Ralph Capron, outfielder
• Ron Causton, USA national team outfielder
• Jerry Cloutier, USA national team player
• Steve Comer, pitcher
• Richard Crepeau, author
• Jack Cristil, broadcaster
• Bryce Darnell, minor league catcher
• Bill Davis, infielder
• Hansel DeBartolo, owner
• Eric Decker, drafted outfielder
• Brian Denman, pitcher
• Cole De Vries, pitcher
• Mike Diebolt, minor league pitcher
• Heinie Elder, pitcher
• Harry Elliott outfielder
• Fred Enke, college coach
• John Erickson, minor league infielder
• Steve Farley, college coach
• Bobby Fenwick, infielder
• Ron Fowler, owner
• David Frishberg, musician
• Brent Gates, infielder
• John Gaub, minor league pitcher
• Paul Giel, pitcher
• Lucas Gilbreath, pitcher
• Ryan Goll, minor league manager
• Darren Grass, minor league catcher
• Jack Hannahan, infielder
• Mark Harris, author
• Bryan Hickerson, pitcher
• David Howell, coach
• Noel Jenke, minor league outfielder
• Walt Jocketty, general manager
• Bob Johnson, infielder
• Tom Johnson, pitcher
• George Keogan, college coach
• Jerry Kindall, infielder
• George Klassen, pitcher
• Nick Kropidlowski, minor league coach
• Mike Kvasnicka, minor league outfielder
• Ryan Lefebvre, minor league outfielder
• Kerry Ligtenberg, pitcher
• Dan Lyons, minor league infielder
• Victor Maiden, minor league pitcher
• Bobby Marshall, Negro Leagues player
• J.P. Massey, minor league pitcher
• Derek McCallum, minor league infielder
• Jack McCartan, USA national team player
• Frank McCormick, college coach
• Ty McDevitt, college coach
• Tim McIntosh, catcher
• Marcus McKenzie, minor league pitcher
• Tom Mee, minor league infielder
• Mark Merila, minor league infielder
• Ben Meyer, pitcher
• Max Meyer, pitcher
• Bill Mobilia, minor league infielder
• Paul Molitor, infielder
• Dan Morgan, minor league pitcher
• Denny Neagle, pitcher
• Charlie Nelson, minor league outfielder
• T.J. Oakes, minor league pitcher
• Greg Olson, catcher
• Glen Perkins, pitcher
• Robb Quinlan, infielder
• Brian Raabe, infielder
• Jim Rantz, minor league pitcher
• Seth Rosin, pitcher
• Mike Sadek, catcher
• Jeff Schmidt, pitcher
• Dick Siebert, infielder
• Rick Smoliak, minor league catcher
• D.J. Snelten, pitcher
• Rick Sofield, outfielder
• Terry Steinbach, catcher
• Tom Steinbach, minor league outfielder
• Gordie Sundin, pitcher
• George Thomas, outfielder
• Jerry Thomas, minor league pitcher
• Harold Thompson, college coach
• Jerry Ujdur, pitcher
• Terrin Vavra, infielder
• Charlie Walters, pitcher
• Dan Wilson, catcher; manager
• Dave Winfield, outfielder
• Jim Witham, college coach
• Ron Wojciak, minor league catcher

Coaches

• Walt Wilmot, 1908-1910
• Perry Werden, 1910
• Wilkie Clarke, 1911
• Denny Sullivan, 1913-1914
• Frosty Thomas, 1915
• Bee Lawler, 1922
• Russell Ford, 1922
• Lee Watrous Jr., 1923-1926
• George "Poty" Clark, 1927
• A.H. Bergman, 1928-1930
• Frank McCormick, 1931-1941
• David MacMillan, 1942-1947
• Dick Siebert, 1948-1978
• George Thomas, 1979-1981
• John Anderson, 1982-2024
• Ty McDevitt, 2025-present

Assistant Coaches

• John Anderson, 1978-1980
• Paul Blanchard, 1985, 1987-1988, 1990
• Packy Casey, 2015-2024
• Mike Dee, 1988-1998
• Ryan Goll, 2019
• Jerry Kindall
• Ty McDevitt, 2019-2024
• Todd Oakes, 1999-2016
• Frosty Thomas, 1911
• Trey Vavra, 2022

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1883	2-1
1884	2-1
1885	3-1-1
1886	2-0
1887	1-2-1
1888	0-1
1889	2-1
1890	1-1
1891	5-3
1892	3-4	1-2
1893	3-5	3-3
1894	9-5	0-2
1895	2-2	0-1
1896	1-2
1897	2-2
1898	3-2
1899	8-5
1900	17-11-1	4-3
1901	22-7-1	4-3
1902	13-10	3-2
1904	10-9	0-5
1906	10-10	3-3
1907	16-6	3-1
1908	17-5-1	6-2
1909	9-7-2	0-5
1910	10-9	3-5
1911	13-7-1	4-4
1913	9-5-3	3-3
1914	10-9	4-6
1915	13-6	3-6
1922	6-11	2-6
1923	4-11	3-7
1924	12-9	5-3
1925	11-9	6-6
1926	5-10	3-5
1927	5-8-1	3-4
1928	3-12-1	2-9
1929	6-11	4-7
1930	17-12	4-6
1931	11-11	2-7
1932	9-9	5-5
1933	12-2	6-1
1934	7-9	4-8
1935	17-3	8-3
1936	17-7	7-4
1937	11-9	6-5
1938	11-11	4-7
1939	16-13	7-5
1940	15-6	6-4
1941	14-9	7-5
1942	11-10	5-7
1943	14-3-1	7-3
1944	13-5	5-3
1945	10-4	4-4
1946	14-5	6-4
1947	4-9	2-9
1948	14-12	4-8
1949	14-15-1	4-7-1
1950	11-17	1-8
1951	15-10	6-6
1952	17-15	7-7
1953	19-9	7-5
1954	17-14	6-9
1955	23-9	10-5
1956	33-9	11-2	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1957	16-8-2	6-5
1958	26-7	11-3	CWS District Tournaments
1959	22-8	10-2	CWS District Tournaments
1960	34-7-1	12-2-1	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1961	21-8	12-3
1962	14-16	3-10
1963	24-11	9-6
1964	31-12	11-3	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1965	17-11	5-7
1966	27-10-2	11-2-1
1967	32-10	12-5
1968	35-9	14-2	CWS District Tournaments
1969	36-12	15-3	CWS District Tournaments
1970	34-16	15-3	CWS District Tournaments
1971	28-13	12-6
1972	15-13	9-5
1973	31-16-2	14-4	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1974	25-13	11-5	CWS District Tournaments
1975	20-11	13-4
1976	38-11	12-6	CWS Regionals / CWS
1977	39-12	15-3	CWS Regionals / CWS
1978	25-17	7-7
1979	25-14	12-6
1980	33-13	14-4
1981	37-16	13-3	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1982	33-22-1	8-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1983	27-21	12-2	Big Ten
1984	31-20	11-5	Big Ten
1985	33-23	9-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1986	40-19	10-5	Big Ten
1987	36-25	12-4	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1988	38-28	17-11	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1989	31-22-1	15-12
1990	36-24-1	19-9	Big Ten
1991	37-27	18-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1992	42-21	18-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1993	43-18	17-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1994	42-21	21-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1995	31-28	16-12	Big Ten
1996	30-26	15-12
1997	30-24	15-10
1998	45-15	19-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1999	46-18	21-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2000	38-24	20-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2001	39-21	19-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2002	32-26	18-10	Big Ten
2003	40-22	24-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2004	38-23	21-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2005	33-29	17-15	Big Ten
2006	34-26	17-14	Big Ten
2007	41-18	18-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2008	20-35	10-21
2009	40-19	17-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2010	32-30	15-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2011	25-24	13-11	Big Ten
2012	29-27	11-13
2013	32-22	13-8	Big Ten
2014	27-24	13-11	Big Ten
2015	21-30	9-15
2016	36-22	16-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2017	36-21	15-8	Big Ten
2018	44-15	18-4	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2019	29-27	15-9	Big Ten
2020	8-10	0-0
2021	5-31	5-31
2022	16-36	6-18
2023	18-34	10-14
2024	25-23	11-13
2025	24-28	10-20

Further Reading

• Doug Skipper: "University of Minnesota Baseball", in Daniel R. Levitt, ed.: Short but Wondrous Summers: Baseball in the North Star State, The National Pastime, Volume 42 (2012), pp. 130-136.
• Bill Staples Jr.: "A 'Peaceful War of Baseball': University of Minnesota Beats Waseda University, 3-2, in 15 Innings, May 26, 1911", in Michael J. Haupert, ed.: Baseball in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, The National Pastime, 2024 Edition, pp. 10-12.