1955 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team

1955 Western Michigan Broncos baseball
MAC Champions
District IV Champions
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record25–7 (9–0 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coachDon Boven
Home stadiumHyames Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 0   1.000 25 – 7   .781
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 8 – 5   .615
Western Reserve  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 5 – 5   .500
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 7 – 10   .412
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 11 – 10   .524
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 9 – 10   .474
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 4 – 13   .235
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6   .143 2 – 11   .154
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1955[1]

The 1955 Western Michigan Broncos team represented Western Michigan College in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Broncos played their home games at Hyames Field. The team was coached by Charlie Maher in his 17th season at Western Michigan.

The Broncos lost the College World Series, defeated by the Wake Forest in the championship game.

Roster

1955 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
INF Tom Czyz /
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—
38 INF Leland David /
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—
RHP Roger Eggers /R
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—
OF Dick Erickson /
—
—
 Sr
RHP Don Finnefrock /R
—
—
INF Gene Frechette /
—
—
LHP Gary Graham /L
—
—
 Jr
OF Lowell Johnson /
—
—
 Sr
INF Nobert Krings /
—
—
 Sr
OF Bill Lajoie /
—
—
 Sr
45 INF Wayne LaNeave /
—
—
42 C Freed Messner /
—
—
OF Al Nagel /
—
—
OF Jerry O'Connell /
—
—
RHP Roger Schwarzkoff /R
—
—
 So
INF Jack Smith /
—
—
 Jr
RHP Jim Smith /R
—
—
RHP Gerry Sposito /R
—
—
Head coach

Charlie Maher

Assistant coach(es)

Don Boven

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Legend
  Western Michigan win
  Western Michigan loss
  Western Michigan tie
1955 Western Michigan Broncos baseball game log
Regular season (17–3)
Opponent Score Overall record MAC record
Ohio State 16–4 1–0 0–0
Ohio State 6–7 1–1 0–0
Ohio State 3–1 2–1 0–0
Marshall 10–1 3–1 1–0
Iowa 1–0 4–1 1–0
Ohio 6–5 5–1 1–0
Michigan 7–5 6–1 1–0
Kent State 4–3 7–1 2–0
Kent State 9–7 8–1 3–0
Miami (OH) 8–7 9–1 4–0
Miami (OH) 15–3 10–1 5–0
Michigan State 1–14 10–2 5–0
Toledo 16–3 11–2 6–0
Toledo 26–0 12–2 7–0
Western Reserve 7–3 13–2 8–0
Western Reserve 7–1 14–2 9–0
Glenview Navy Base 17–6 15–2 9–0
Notre Dame 0–2 15–3 9–0
Wisconsin 6–4 16–3 9–0
Wisconsin 8–5 17–3 9–0
Notre Dame 15–10 18–3 9–0
Postseason (7–4)
District IV Playoff (4–2)
Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
Alma Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 8–9 18–4 9–0
Alma Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 3–0 19–4 9–0
Alma Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 15–4 20–4 9–0
Ohio State Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 1–0 21–4 9–0
Ohio State Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 5–8 21–5 9–0
Ohio State Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 7–4 22–5 9–0
1955 College World Series (3–2)
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
June 10 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–1 23–5 9–0
June 12 vs Oklahoma A&M Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–4 24–5 9–0
June 13 vs Wake Forest Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 9–0 25–5 9–0
June 14 vs Wake Forest Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–10 25–6 9–0
June 16 vs Wake Forest Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–7 25–7 9–0
Schedule Source:[2]

Awards and honors

Bill Lajoie
  • ABAC First Team All-American[3]

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1955". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "1956 Brown and Gold, WMU Yearbook" (PDF). www.library.wmich.edu. Western Michigan University. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved May 28, 2019.