1955 Colgate Red Raiders baseball team

The 1955 Colgate Red Raiders baseball team is a baseball team that represented Colgate University in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Red O'Hora. The Red Raiders qualified for the District 2 Tournament, where they would win a spot in the 1955 College World Series, where they finished fourth.[1]

1955 Colgate Red Raiders baseball
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Independent
1955 record	17–8–1
Head coach	Red O'Hora (6th season)
Captains	Bruce Dursema Leonard Kraus, Jr.

Roster

1955 Colgate Raiders baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town Joe Aceti / — — Ron Barr / — — 13 LHP Larry Bossidy L/L — — So OF Ted Carangelo R/ — — Swampscott, Massachusetts INF Bruce Dursema L/ — — Ramsey, New Jersey RHP George Fishburn /R — — LHP Sam Frankel /L — — Garcia / — — Chuck Garivaltis / — — 23 C Pete Hopkins / — — Huther / — — Johnston / — — Leonard Kraus, Jr. / — — Lewis / — — Guy Martin / — — Frank Nardulli / — — Jr INF Tony Nicotera / — — So Purple / — — INF Al Simpson / — — Treese / — — Van Note / — — Jim Varian P/ — — Tom Vivona P/ — — Vreeland / — —	Head coach 25 Red O'Hora Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1955 Colgate Red Raiders Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
April (9–3) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record 1 April 2 at Virginia Unknown • Charlottesville, Virginia 5–15 0–1 2 April 3 at Virginia Unknown • Charlottesville, Virginia 8–4 1–1 3 April at North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–5 2–1 4 April vs Washington and Lee Unknown • Lexington, Virginia 8–4 3–1 5 April 9 at Gettysburg Unknown • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 0–6 3–2 6 April Fordham Unknown • Hamilton, New York 1–4 3–3 7 April 16 at Princeton Unknown • Princeton, New Jersey 8–4 4–3 8 April vs Hobert Unknown • Unknown 6–5 5–3 9 April vs Lehigh Unknown • Unknown 7–3 6–3 10 April vs Lafayette Unknown • Unknown 5–4 7–3 11 April vs Holy Cross Unknown • Unknown 5–2 8–3 12 April vs RPI Unknown • Unknown 11–0 9–3
May (5–3–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record 13 May vs St. Lawrence Unknown • Unknown 6–10 9–4 14 May vs Syracuse Unknown • Unknown 19–2 10–4 15 May vs Army Unknown • Unknown 8–8 10–4–1 16 May vs Clarkson Unknown • Unknown 9–4 11–4–1 17 May 18 at Bucknell Unknown • Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 8–0 12–4–1 18 May 20 Penn State Unknown • Hamilton, New York 5–6 12–5–1 19 May 21 Rutgers Unknown • Hamilton, New York 9–4 13–5–1 20 May vs Ithaca Unknown • Unknown 10–9 14–5–1 21 May vs Syracuse Unknown • Unknown 2–3 14–6–1
Postseason
District 2 Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record 22 June 3 vs Penn State Breadon Field • Allentown, Pennsylvania 7–4 15–6–1 23 June 4 vs Ithaca Breadon Field • Allentown, Pennsylvania 7–6 16–6–1
1955 College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record 24 June 10 vs Wake Forest Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–1 16–7–1 25 June 12 vs USC Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–1 17–7–1 26 June 13 vs Oklahoma A&M Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–4 17–8–1

References

1. "1956 Colgate University Yearbook". www.digitalcollections.colgate.edu. Colgate University. Retrieved May 25, 2020.