1955 NCAA baseball season

1955 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Wake Forest
Runners-up Western Michigan
MOP Tom Borland (Oklahoma A&M)
Seasons

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The 1955 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1955. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1955 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the ninth time in 1955, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Wake Forest claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1955 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Wake Forest
Big Seven Conference Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Ohio State
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Harvard
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon
Southeastern Conference Alabama
Southern Conference West Virginia
Southwest Conference Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

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[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1955 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Oklahoma †y 9 – 1   .900     13 – 10   .565
Missouri 9 – 3   .750     14 – 6   .700
Nebraska 10 – 4   .714     15 – 5   .750
Colorado 5 – 6   .455     –   –
Iowa State 5 – 8   .385     –   –
Kansas State 2 – 10   .167     4 – 11   .267
Kansas 2 – 10   .167     6 – 16   .273
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1955[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1955 season marked the ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Wake Forest claiming their first championship with a 7–6 win over Western Michigan in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Oklahoma A&M 5  
   Springfield 1    
       Oklahoma A&M 4  
       Western Michigan 5    
   Western Michigan 4          
   Arizona 1        
       Western Michigan 9
       Wake Forest 0
   Colorado State 2        
   Southern California 1          
       Northern Colorado 0    
       Wake Forest 10  
   Wake Forest 1    
   Colgate 0  
  Loser's Bracket
   Springfield 0  
   Arizona 6      Northern Colorado 0
     Arizona 20
   Southern California 4  
   Colgate 6      Oklahoma A&M 4
     Colgate 2
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Western Michigan 7        Western Michigan 6
   Wake Forest 10            Wake Forest 7
       Wake Forest 2    
       Oklahoma A&M 0  
   Arizona 4*    
   Oklahoma A&M 5*  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 28–31. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
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