1955 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

1955 Arizona Wildcats baseball
District VI champions
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Border Conference
Record	41–8 (6–0 Border)
Head coach	Frank Sancet (6th season)
Home stadium	UA Field

The 1955 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at UA Field. The team was coached by Frank Sancet in his sixth year at Arizona.

The Wildcats won the District VI Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys.

Roster

1955 Arizona Wildcats baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town LHP Marcel Bachelier /L — — Sr RHP Buzz Boltz /R — — RHP Jerry Carter /R — — INF Rudy Castro /R — — Sr Tucson, Arizona Tom Clarkson / — — So Jack Davis / — — Jr Don Gile R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr 35 INF Russ Gragg L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Dick Griesser / — — Jr RHP Don Hyman /R — — RHP Jerry Ikeda /R — — Ted Lazovich / — — RHP Don Lee /R — — Don McGinnis / — — Jr Lee Myers / — — Jr LHP Fred Navarro /L — — RHP Ernie Oosterveen /R — — Hadie Redd / — — RHP Benny Rincon /R — — INF Craig Sorensen / — — So Jim Stearn / — — OF Gus Stiles / — — Jr Don Swaim / — — INF Tom Tellez /R — — RHP Carl Thomas R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Minneapolis, Minnesota LHP Jerry Tolle /L — — Tom Tomooka / — — INF Tom Wright /R — — C Sam Zivkovich /R — —	Head coach 45 Frank Sancet Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1955 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season
March (13–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border Record 1 March 5 Darr Aero Tech UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–3 1–0 – 2 March 11 Sul Ross UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–4 2–0 – 3 March 12 Sul Ross UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 23–1 3–0 – 4 March 17 Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–5 4–0 – 5 March 18 Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–6 5–0 – 6 March 19 Pepperdine UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–12 6–0 – 7 March 21 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 14–2 7–0 – 8 March 22 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 3–2 8–0 – 9 March 23 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–6 9–0 – 10 March 24 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–4 10–0 – 11 March 25 Utah UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–4 11–0 – 12 March 28 Wyoming UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–4 12–0 – 13 March 29 Wyoming UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–15 12–1 – 14 March 30 Wyoming UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 9–0 13–1 –
April (17–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border Record 15 April 1 New Mexico A&M UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 29–3 14–1 1–0 16 April 2 New Mexico A&M UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 11–1 15–1 2–0 17 April 4 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 6–5 16–1 2–0 18 April 5 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 27–7 17–1 2–0 19 April 6 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 3–2 18–1 2–0 20 April 7 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–6 19–1 2–0 21 April 9 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 17–18 19–2 2–0 22 April 9 Iowa UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–1 20–2 2–0 23 April 11 at Pepperdine Unknown • Malibu, California 7–5 21–2 2–0 24 April 12 at UCLA Joe E. Brown Field • Los Angeles, California 2–9 21–3 2–0 25 April 12 at Fresno State Unknown • Fresno, California 2–4 21–4 2–0 26 April 13 at Fresno State Unknown • Fresno, California 6–2 22–4 2–0 27 April 15 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, California 7–4 23–4 2–0 28 April 16 at Pacific Billy Hebert Field • Tucson, Arizona 13–4 24–4 2–0 29 April 20 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 25–3 25–4 2–0 30 April 23 at Arizona State Unknown • Tempe, Arizona 8–3 26–4 3–0 31 April 23 at Arizona State Unknown • Tempe, Arizona 4–0 27–4 4–0 32 April 26 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 2–1 28–4 4–0 33 April 28 Naval Training Center UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 18–0 29–4 4–0 34 April 29 Naval Training Center UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–6 29–5 4–0 35 April 30 Naval Training Center UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 8–2 30–5 4–0
May (7–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border Record 36 May 2 Naval Training Center UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–4 31–5 4–0 37 May 3 Naval Training Center UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 7–0 32–5 4–0 38 May 4 Naval Training Center UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 12–4 33–5 4–0 39 May 6 Arizona State UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 4–1 34–5 5–0 40 May 6 Arizona State UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 5–0 35–5 6–0 41 May 10 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 9–2 36–5 6–0 42 May 15 Hayden UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 15–8 37–5 6–0
Postseason
NCAA District VI Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border Record 43 May 30 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 6–2 38–5 6–0 44 May 31 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 0–5 38–6 6–0 45 June 1 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 2–1 39–6 6–0
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Border Record 46 June 10 vs Western Michigan Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–4 39–7 6–0 47 June 11 vs Springfield Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–0 40–7 6–0 48 June 13 vs Colorado State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 20–0 41–7 6–0 49 June 14 vs Oklahoma A&M Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–5 41–8 6–0

Awards and honors

Russ Gragg

Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Craig Sorensen

Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Carl Thomas

First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association. Thomas also tied an NCAA single-game record with 15 strikeouts against Springfield College in the College World Series.