1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
National champions
ACC champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record28-7 (10-3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJack Stallings (1st season)
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wake Forest  ‍†‍‍y 11–3 .78629–7 .806
NC State  ‍‍‍ 10–4 .71414–5 .737
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8–5 .61512–12 .500
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7–7 .50010–10 .500
Duke  ‍‍‍ 6–6 .50010–11 .476
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6–7 .4629–11 .450
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 5–9 .3577–11 .389
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 0–12 .0006–16 .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
Regular season
OpponentScoreOverall recordACC record
NC State19-61-01-0
East Carolina14-52-0–
Michigan State5-43-0–
Maryland6-24-02-0
Yale5-44-1–
Yale4-25-1–
Rollins9-26-1–
NC State8-27-1–
North Carolina2-08-13-0
South Carolina2-78-23-1
North Carolina9-59-2–
Duke2-710-24-1
Lynchburg10-911-2–
NC State4-711-3–
Clemson11-412-35-1
North Carolina2-312-45-2
Duke12-813-46-2
Maryland4-214-47-2
Virginia9-515-48-2
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 Virginia5-120-5
vs. West Virginia7-920-6
vs. West Virginia6-521-6
vs. Rollins4-022-6
vs. Rollins6-223-6
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall record
June 10vs. ColgateRosenblatt Stadium1-024-6
June 12vs. Northern ColoradoRosenblatt Stadium10-025-6
June 13vs. Western MichiganRosenblatt Stadium0-925-7
June 14vs. Western MichiganRosenblatt Stadium10-726-7
June 15vs. Oklahoma A&MRosenblatt Stadium2-027-7
June 16vs. Western MichiganRosenblatt Stadium7-628-7

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

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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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