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1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team


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.

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record28-7 (10-3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJack Stallings (1st season)
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
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 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 edit

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 edit

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball game log
Regular season
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
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
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 edit

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 edit

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