1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

American college baseball season

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
National champions ACC champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	28-7 (10-3 ACC)
Head coach	Taylor Sanford (5th season)
Assistant coach	Jack Stallings (1st season)
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wake Forest ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	3	.786	29	–	7	.806
NC State ‍‍‍	10	–	4	.714	14	–	5	.737
North Carolina ‍‍‍	8	–	5	.615	12	–	12	.500
South Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	7	.500	10	–	10	.500
Duke ‍‍‍	6	–	6	.500	10	–	11	.476
Maryland ‍‍‍	6	–	7	.462	9	–	11	.450
Clemson ‍‍‍	5	–	9	.357	7	–	11	.389
Virginia ‍‍‍	0	–	12	.000	6	–	16	.273

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 1955 NCAA baseball tournament As of June 30, 1955^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represented Wake Forest University in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by Taylor Sanford in his 5th season at Wake Forest.

The Demon Deacons won the College World Series, defeating the Western Michigan Broncos in the championship game. Wake Forest would not return to the college world series until 2023.

Roster

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons roster

Pitchers

1 John Stokoe
8 Ralph Adams
11 Bill Walsh
13 Lowell "Lefty" Davis
16 Jack McGinley
23 Buck Fichter

Infielders

3 Art Bonzagni
4 Lee Abbott
6 Harold Moore
10 Jack Bryant
12 Bill Barnes
15 Bob Waggoner

Outfielders

5 Tommy Cole
7 Luther McKeel
9 George Miller
17 Frank McRae

Catchers

19 Jim Horn
20 Bob Koontz
24 Linwood Holt

Schedule

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball game log

Regular season

Opponent	Score	Overall record	ACC record
NC State	19-6	1-0	1-0
East Carolina	14-5	2-0	–
Michigan State	5-4	3-0	–
Maryland	6-2	4-0	2-0
Yale	5-4	4-1	–
Yale	4-2	5-1	–
Rollins	9-2	6-1	–
NC State	8-2	7-1	–
North Carolina	2-0	8-1	3-0
South Carolina	2-7	8-2	3-1
North Carolina	9-5	9-2	–
Duke	2-7	10-2	4-1
Lynchburg	10-9	11-2	–
NC State	4-7	11-3	–
Clemson	11-4	12-3	5-1
North Carolina	2-3	12-4	5-2
Duke	12-8	13-4	6-2
Maryland	4-2	14-4	7-2
Virginia	9-5	15-4	8-2
Clemson	15-11	16-4	9-2
NC State	8-9	16-5	9-3
East Carolina	11-10	17-5	–
Duke	12-5	18-5	–
Virginia	4-2	19-5	10-3

Post-season

District 3 tournament

Opponent	Score	Overall record
vs. West Virginia	5-1	20-5
vs. West Virginia	7-9	20-6
vs. West Virginia	6-5	21-6
vs. Rollins	4-0	22-6
vs. Rollins	6-2	23-6

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 10	vs. Colgate	Rosenblatt Stadium	1-0	24-6
June 12	vs. Northern Colorado	Rosenblatt Stadium	10-0	25-6
June 13	vs. Western Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	0-9	25-7
June 14	vs. Western Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	10-7	26-7
June 15	vs. Oklahoma A&M	Rosenblatt Stadium	2-0	27-7
June 16	vs. Western Michigan	Rosenblatt Stadium	7-6	28-7

Awards and honors

Bill Barnes

All-ACC Second Team^[2]

Tommy Cole

All-ACC First Team^[2]

Lefty Davis

All-ACC First Team^[2]

Linwood Holt

All-America First Team^[3]
All-ACC First Team^[2]

Luther McKeel

All-ACC First Team^[2]

Harold Moore

All-ACC Second Team^[2]

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "ACC Honors" (PDF). WakeForestSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
^ "All-Americans" (PDF). WakeForestSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

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