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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.

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

Schedule

! style="background:black;color:#AB9F6D;"| Regular season |- valign="top"

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 19-6 || 1-0 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 14-5 || 2-0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 5-4 || 3-0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 6-2 || 4-0 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | || 5-4 || 4-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Yale || 4-2 || 5-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 9-2 || 6-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | NC State || 8-2 || 7-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 2-0 || 8-1 || 3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | || 2-7 || 8-2 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | North Carolina || 9-5 || 9-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 2-7 || 10-2 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 10-9 || 11-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | NC State || 4-7 || 11-3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 11-4 || 12-3 || 5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | North Carolina || 2-3 || 12-4 || 5-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Duke || 12-8 || 13-4 || 6-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Maryland || 4-2 || 14-4 || 7-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || 9-5 || 15-4 || 8-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Clemson || 15-11 || 16-4 || 9-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | NC State || 8-9 || 16-5 || 9-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | East Carolina || 11-10 || 17-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Duke || 12-5 || 18-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | Virginia || 4-2 || 19-5 || 10-3 |-

|- ! style="background:black;color:#AB9F6D;"| Postseason |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | vs. || 5-1 || 20-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | vs. West Virginia || 7-9 || 20-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | vs. West Virginia || 6-5 || 21-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | vs. Rollins || 4-0 || 22-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | vs. Rollins || 6-2 || 23-6 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 10 || vs. || Rosenblatt Stadium || 1-0 || 24-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 12 || vs. || Rosenblatt Stadium || 10-0 || 25-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 13 || vs. Western Michigan || Rosenblatt Stadium || 0-9 || 25-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 14 || vs. Western Michigan || Rosenblatt Stadium || 10-7 || 26-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 15 || vs. || Rosenblatt Stadium || 2-0 || 27-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 16 || vs. Western Michigan || Rosenblatt Stadium || 7-6 || 28-7 |-

Awards and honors

Bill Barnes
  • All-ACC Second Team
Tommy Cole
  • All-ACC First Team
Lefty Davis
  • All-ACC First Team
Linwood Holt
  • All-America First Team
  • All-ACC First Team
Luther McKeel
  • All-ACC First Team
Harold Moore
  • All-ACC Second Team

References