1955 Springfield Maroons baseball team

The 1955 Springfield Maroons baseball team represented Springfield College in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The team was coached by Archie Allen in his 8th year at Springfield.

1955 Springfield Maroons baseball
District I Playoff champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Independent
Record	14–7
Head coach	Archie Allen (8th season)
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

The Maroons won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona Wildcats.

Roster

1955 Springfield Maroons baseball team
Players	Coaches
} # Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town Al Barber (C) / — — Sr Paul Bean / — — Jr Herb Bergquist / — — Sr Ed Bilik / — — So Travis Brown / — — Jr Tom Conroy / — — Jr Bernie Cropsey / — — Sr Bud Gerchell (C) / — — Sr Pete Hofinga / — — Sr Paul Jordan / — — Jr Joe Kobuskie / — — Jr Bob Macleod / — — Sr Dave Mertens / — — So Ray Murray / — — So Andy Pelczar / — — Jr Sam Rowsell / — — Jr Jack Sanford / — — Jr Dick Traynor / — — Sr George Ulrich / — — Sr Roger Wickman / — — Jr Wayne Wilson / — — So Bill York / — — Sr	Head coach Archie Allen Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule

1955 Springfield Maroons baseball game log
Regular season
April (3–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 16 Connecticut Unknown • Unknown 3–2 1–0 2 April Providence Unknown • Unknown 14–1 2–0 3 April Colby Unknown • Unknown 3–4 2–1 4 April at Trinity Unknown • Hartford, Connecticut 3–4 2–2 5 April Yale Unknown • Unknown 3–7 2–3 6 April Amherst Unknown • Unknown 16–12 3–3
May (9–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 7 May 2 UMass Unknown • Amherst, Massachusetts 4–5 3–4 8 May New Hampshire Unknown • Unknown 12–4 4–4 9 May Boston University Unknown • Unknown 7–0 5–4 10 May Providence Unknown • Unknown 10–14 5–5 11 May Holy Cross Unknown • Worcester, Massachusetts 4–0 6–5 12 May AIC Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 4–3 7–5 13 May Williams Unknown • Unknown 4–3 8–5 14 May Rhode Island Unknown • Unknown 14–1 9–5 15 May Brandeis Unknown • Unknown 17–2 10–5 16 May AIC Unknown • Unknown 5–2 11–5 17 May Williams Unknown • Unknown 11–5 12–5
Postseason
District I Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 June 2 Boston College Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 4–3 13–5 19 June 3 UMass Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 17–6 14–5
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 20 June 10 vs Oklahoma A&M Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–5 14–6 21 June 12 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–6 14–7

Awards and honors

Bud Gerchell

• First Team All-American

References