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1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1955
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	baseball
logo_size	150
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
record	28-7
conf_record	10-3
head_coach	Taylor Sanford
hc_year	5th
asst_coach1	Jack Stallings
ac1_year	1st
champion	[National champions](1955-ncaa-baseball-tournament)
ACC champions

ACC champions

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

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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

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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

"All-Americans". WakeForestSports.com.
"ACC Honors". WakeForestSports.com.

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