1955 NCAA Baseball Tournament

1955 NCAA I
Baseball Tournament
Season	1955
Teams	25
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium ; Omaha, NE ;
Champions	Wake Forest (1st title)
Runner-up	Western Michigan (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Taylor Sanford (1st title)
MOP	Tom Borland (Oklahoma A&M)
	← 1954 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship ; 1956 →;

Last updated October 17, 2022

The 1955 NCAA Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1955 NCAA baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its ninth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 16. The ninth tournament's champion was Wake Forest, coached by Taylor Sanford. The Most Outstanding Player was Tom Borland of Oklahoma A&M.^[2]

Tournament

District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

Semi-Finals		Finals

Springfield	4

Boston College	3
		Springfield	17

		Massachusetts	6
Massachusetts	1

Holy Cross	0

District 2

Games played in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Semi-Finals		Finals

Colgate	7

Penn State	4
		Colgate	7

		Ithaca	6
Ithaca	5

Lafayette	0

District 3

District 3 consisted of two separate 3 game series. The first series was played between Wake Forest and Rollins, with the winner moving on to play West Virginia in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Games played at Morgantown, West Virginia.

Semifinals				Finals

				Wake Forest	5	7	6

				West Virginia	1	9	5
Rollins	0	2	–

Wake Forest	4	6	–

District 4

District 4 consisted of two separate 3 game series. The first series was played between Alma and Western Michigan, with the winner moving on to play Ohio State in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Games played at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Semifinals				Finals

				Western Michigan	1	5	7

				Ohio State	0¹⁰	8	5
Alma	9	0	4

Western Michigan	8	3	15

District 5

Games played in Norman, Oklahoma.

Finals

Oklahoma A&M	0	6	6

Oklahoma	3	3	2

District 6

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

Finals

Texas A&M	2	5	1

Arizona	6	0	2

District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

Finals

Wyoming	8	13	5

Colorado State	17	7	12

District 8

District 8 consisted of two tiers of play. The first tier was a four-team double-elimination tournament with the winner moving on to play Southern California in a three-game series. The winner of that series moved onto the College World Series.

Games played at Fresno, California.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals
First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals


Fresno State	6
Fresno State	6
Willamette	3
Willamette	3	Fresno St.	1
		Fresno St.	1
		San Jose State	3
San Jose State	9	San Jose State	3
San Jose State	9
Pepperdine	2
Pepperdine	2			San Jose State	4	1
				San Jose State	4	1
				Fresno State	9	5
Lower round 1		Lower final		Fresno State	9	5
Lower round 1		Lower final


		Fresno State	8
		Fresno State	8
Willamette	11	Pepperdine	7
Willamette	11	Pepperdine	7
Pepperdine	14
Pepperdine	14

Games played at Los Angeles, California.

Finals

Fresno State	2	2	-

Southern California	11	15	-

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	Border	41–6 (6–0)	Frank Sancet	1 (last: 1954)	6th (1954)	1–2
Colgate	Independent	16–6–1	Red O'Hora	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Colorado State ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	RMC	24–2 (10–0)	Pete Butler	2 (last: 1953)	7th (1953)	0–4
Oklahoma A&M	MVC	24–1 (8–0)	Toby Greene	1 (last: 1954)	4th (1954)	2–2
Springfield	Independent	14–5	Archie Allen	1 (last: 1951)	5th (1951)	1–2
Southern California	CIBA	30–8 (14–2)	Rod Dedeaux	3 (last: 1951)	1st (1948)	5–5
Wake Forest	ACC	24–6 (11–3)	Taylor Sanford	1 (last: 1949)	2nd (1949)	2–2
Western Michigan	MAC	22–5 (9–0)	Charlie Maher	1 (last: 1952)	3rd (1952)	2–2

Bracket and Results


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final
Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final


Oklahoma A&M	5
Oklahoma A&M	5
Springfield	1
Springfield	1	Oklahoma A&M	4
		Oklahoma A&M	4
		Western Michigan	5
Western Michigan	4	Western Michigan	5
Western Michigan	4
Arizona	1
Arizona	1			Western Michigan	9
				Western Michigan	9
				Wake Forest	0
Colorado State	2			Wake Forest	0
Colorado State	2					Western Michigan	7
Southern California	1					Western Michigan	7
Southern California	1	Colorado State	0			Wake Forest	10
		Colorado State	0			Wake Forest	10
		Wake Forest	10
Wake Forest	1	Wake Forest	10
Wake Forest	1
Colgate	0									Western Michigan	6
Colgate	0									Western Michigan	6
								Wake Forest	2	Wake Forest	7
								Wake Forest	2	Wake Forest	7
		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Oklahoma A&M	0
		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Oklahoma A&M	0


				Colorado State	0
				Colorado State	0
		Springfield	0	Arizona	20
		Springfield	0	Arizona	20	Arizona	4
		Arizona	6			Arizona	4
		Arizona	6			Oklahoma A&M	5¹²
				Oklahoma A&M	4	Oklahoma A&M	5¹²
				Oklahoma A&M	4
		Southern California	4	Colgate	2
		Southern California	4	Colgate	2
		Colgate	6
		Colgate	6

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Oklahoma A&M	5–1	Springfield
	Game 2	Western Michigan	4–1	Arizona
	Game 3	Colorado State	2–1	Southern California
	Game 4	Wake Forest	1–0	Colgate
June 12	Game 5	Arizona	6–0	Springfield	Springfield eliminated
	Game 6	Colgate	6–4	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
	Game 7	Western Michigan	5–4	Oklahoma A&M
	Game 8	Wake Forest	10–0	Colorado State
June 13	Game 9	Arizona	20–0	Colorado State	Colorado State eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma A&M	4–2	Colgate	Colgate eliminated
	Game 11	Western Michigan	9–0	Wake Forest
June 14	Game 12	Oklahoma A&M	5–4 (12 innings)	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
June 14	Game 13	Wake Forest	10–7	Western Michigan
June 15	Game 14	Wake Forest	2–0	Oklahoma A&M	Oklahoma A&M eliminated
June 16	Final	Wake Forest	7–6	Western Michigan	Wake Forest wins CWS

Tournament Notes

In 1996, coach Rod Dedeaux of USC was named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947–95) by the Oklahoma World-Herald as part of the 50th CWS celebration.
In 1996, Tom Borland of Oklahoma A&M, now known as Oklahoma State, was named to the 1940s-50s All-Decade Team by a panel of 60 voters representing CWS head coaches, media, and chairs of the Division I Baseball Committee.
Freed Messner of Western Michigan hit the only pinch-hit grand slam home run in CWS history in the top of the 8th of Game 13 in a 10-7 loss to Wake Forest. It was also Messner's only hit of the CWS (1-12).
Two-hitters were pitched by: Lawrence Bossidy of Colgate in a 1-0 loss to Wake Forest; Carl Thomas of Arizona in a 6-0 defeat of Springfield; Ken Kinnamon and Don Anderson of Oklahoma A&M in a 5-4 loss to Western Michigan; and Sam Frankel and Lawrence Bossidy of Colgate in a 4-2 loss to Oklahoma A&M.
Wake Forest's championship was the last time that a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference won the CWS until the University of Virginia in 2015.
21,843 fans watched the CWS (10 sessions).
The championship game was umpired by Walter Doyle, Walter Harbour, George Hametz, and John Hergert.
The following records were set or tied:
- Most Stolen Bases, Team, CWS - 17, Oklahoma A&M, 5 games
- Most Shutouts, All Teams, CWS - 6, Arizona (2), Wake Forest (3), Western Michigan, tied
- Most Doubles, Individual, Single Game - 3, Jack Bryant, 2B, Wake Forest, tied (6 others)
- Most Sacrifice Bunts, Individual, Single Game - 3, Leland Davis, SS, Western Michigan, tied
- Most Stolen Bases, Team, Single Game - 7, Wake Forest, tied (4 others)
- Fewest Assists, Team, Single Game - 3, Oklahoma A&M, tied (6 others)
- Most Errors, Team, Single Game - 9, Northern Colorado, tied
- Most Shutouts, Team, CWS - 3, Wake Forest, 6 games

Notes

↑ Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.

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↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
↑ "1955 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

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