1960 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1960 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 20. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The fourteenth tournament's champion was the University of Minnesota coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was John Erickson of the University of Minnesota.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 6	University of Arizona		41 - 7 (n/a)	Frank Sancet	5 (last: 1959)	2nd (1956, 1958)	10 - 10
District 1	Boston College		14 - 4 (n/a)	Eddie Pellagrini	1 (last: 1953)	4th (1953)	2 - 2
District 7	Colorado State College	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	25 - 10 (n/a)	Pete Butler	6 (last: 1959)	5th (1955)	2 - 12
District 4	University of Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	29 - 6 - 1 (12 - 2, 0 GB)	Dick Siebert	1 (last: 1956)	1st (1956)	5 - 1
District 3	University of North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	22 - 5 (11 - 3, 0 GB)	Walt Rabb	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 5	Oklahoma State University	Big Eight Conference	15 - 5 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Toby Greene	3 (last: 1959)	1st (1959)	10 - 5
District 2	St. John's University		19 - 5 (n/a)	Jack Kaiser	1 (last: 1949)	4th (1949)	0 - 2
District 8	University of Southern California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	40 - 14 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	5 (last: 1958)	1st (1948, 1958)	10 - 8

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Arizona	2
		Oklahoma State	1
							Arizona	5
							Minnesota	8
		Minnesota	8
		North Carolina	3
												Minnesota	12
												USC	11
		Boston College	8
		Colorado St. Col.	3
							Boston College	2
							USC	5
		USC	3
		St. John's	1
						Loser's bracket
							Oklahoma State	7
							North Carolina	0				Boston College	0
												Oklahoma State	1
							Colorado St. Col.	2
							St. John's	3				Arizona	11
												St. John's	4

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Minnesota	3									USC	1
		Oklahoma State	1									Minnesota	2
							Minnesota	2
							USC	4
		USC	13
		Arizona	1

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Arizona	2 - 1	Oklahoma State
June 14	Game 2	Minnesota	8 - 3	North Carolina
	Game 3	Boston College	8 - 3	Colorado State College
	Game 4	Southern California	3 - 1	St. John's
June 15	Game 5	Oklahoma State	7 - 0	North Carolina	Jim Wixson throws a no-hitter,North Carolina eliminated
	Game 6	St. John's	3 - 2 (13 innings)	Colorado State College	Colorado State eliminated
	Game 7	Minnesota	8 - 5	Arizona
June 16	Game 8	Southern California	5 - 2	Boston College
June 17	Game 9	Oklahoma State	1 - 0	Boston College	Boston College eliminated
	Game 10	Arizona	11 - 4	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 11	Minnesota	12 - 11 (10 innings)	Southern California
June 18	Game 12	Minnesota	3 - 1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	13 - 1	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
June 19	Game 14	Southern California	4 - 2 (11 innings)	Minnesota
June 20	Final	Minnesota	2 - 1 (10 innings)	Southern California	Minnesota wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Bruce Gardner	Senior	Southern California
	Jim Ward	Senior	Arizona
	Bob Wasko		Minnesota
Catcher	Bill Heath	Senior	Southern California
First baseman	William Ryan	Sophomore	Southern California
Second baseman	John Erickson		Minnesota
Third baseman	Cal Rolloff		Minnesota
Shortstop	Dave Pflepsen		Minnesota
Outfielder	Art Ersepke	Junior	Southern California
	Bob Levingston	Sophomore	Southern California
	Mickey McNamee	Junior	Southern California

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Charlie Shoemaker, Bart Zeller
• Boston College:
• Colorado State College: Cisco Carlos
• University of Minnesota:
• University of North Carolina:
• Oklahoma State University: Frank Linzy, Don Wallace
• University of Southern California: Mike Gillespie, Bill Heath, Marcel Lachemann, Tom Satriano, Ron Stillwell
• St. John's University: Larry Bearnarth

Tournament Notes

Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball