1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
National Champions ACC Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1955 record	28-7 (10-3 ACC)
Head coach	Taylor Sanford (5th year)

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 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.

Roster

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons roster

Pitchers

1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

Opponent	Score	Overall Record	Big Ten 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

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

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "ACC Honors" (PDF). WakeForestSports.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "All-Americans" (PDF). WakeForestSports.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball

Venues	Ernie Shore Field (1956–1980) Gene Hooks Stadium (1981–2008) Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park (2009–present)

People	Head coaches List of MLB Players

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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