1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

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1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record28-7 (10-3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coach Jack Stallings (1st season)
Seasons
 1954
1956 
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wake Forest  y113 .786297 .806
NC State  104 .714145 .737
North Carolina  85 .6151212 .500
South Carolina  77 .5001010 .500
Duke  66 .5001011 .476
Maryland  67 .462911 .450
Clemson  59 .357711 .389
Virginia  012 .000616 .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.

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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
Regular season
OpponentScoreOverall recordACC record
NC State 19-61-01-0
East Carolina 14-52-0
Michigan State 5-43-0
Maryland 6-24-02-0
Yale 5-44-1
Yale4-25-1
Rollins 9-26-1
NC State8-27-1
North Carolina 2-08-13-0
South Carolina 2-78-23-1
North Carolina9-59-2
Duke 2-710-24-1
Lynchburg 10-911-2
NC State4-711-3
Clemson 11-412-35-1
North Carolina2-312-45-2
Duke12-813-46-2
Maryland4-214-47-2
Virginia 9-515-48-2
Clemson15-1116-49-2
NC State8-916-59-3
East Carolina11-1017-5
Duke12-518-5
Virginia4-219-510-3
Post-season
OpponentScoreOverall record
vs. West Virginia 5-120-5
vs. West Virginia7-920-6
vs. West Virginia6-521-6
vs. Rollins4-022-6
vs. Rollins6-223-6
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 10vs. Colgate Rosenblatt Stadium 1-024-6
June 12vs. Northern Colorado Rosenblatt Stadium10-025-6
June 13vs. Western Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium0-925-7
June 14vs. Western MichiganRosenblatt Stadium10-726-7
June 15vs. Oklahoma A&M Rosenblatt Stadium2-027-7
June 16vs. Western MichiganRosenblatt Stadium7-628-7

Awards and honors

Bill Barnes
Tommy Cole
Lefty Davis
Linwood Holt
Luther McKeel
Harold Moore

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