American college baseball season
The 1955 Colorado State Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College of Education in the 1955 NCAA baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 13th year at Colorado State.
The Bears won the District VII playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona Wildcats.
| 1955 Colorado State Bears baseball team |
| Players | Coaches |
| # | Pos. | Name | B/T | Height | Weight | Year | Home town | | | | Les Charles | / | — | — | | | | | INF | Wayne Coates | / | — | — | | | | | RHP | Bob Gill | /R | — | — | | | | | C | Kent Hill | /R | — | — | | | | | P | John Hogg | / | — | — | | | | | | Quinten Hoien | /L | — | — | | | | | | Bob Kardula | /R | — | — | | | | | OF | Ward Lee | / | — | — | | | | | INF | Mike Lucas | R/L | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 196 lb (89 kg) | | Sterling, Colorado | | | INF | Manuel Martinez | /R | — | — | | | | | C | Jerry McMillen | /R | — | — | | | | 32 | OF | Del Peterson | /R | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | — | | | | | | George Sage | /L | — | — | | | | | | Don Stern | / | — | — | | | | | C | Dick Weed | /R | — | — | | | | | | Willie Wright | /R | — | — | | | | - Head coach
Pete Butler - Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
 Injured Current redshirt
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| 1955 Colorado State Bears baseball game log |
| Regular season |
| # | Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | RMC record | | 1 | April 1 | at Colorado Mines | Unknown • Golden, Colorado | 11–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2 | April 2 | Colorado Mines | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 8–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3 | April 8 | Colorado A&M | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 11–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4 | April 9 | at Colorado A&M | Colorado Field • Fort Collins, Colorado | 5–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 5 | April 15 | Colorado College | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 9–7 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 6 | April 16 | Colorado College | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 10–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | | 7 | April 19 | Warren Air Force Base | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 7–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | | 8 | April 22 | at Wyoming | Unknown • Laramie, Wyoming | 15–4 | 8–0 | 4–0 | | 9 | April 23 | Wyoming | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 9–7 | 9–0 | 4–0 | | 10 | April 26 | Denver | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 10–6 | 10–0 | 4–0 | | 11 | April 29 | at Colorado Mines | Unknown • Golden, Colorado | 13–8 | 11–0 | 5–0 | | 12 | April 30 | Colorado Mines | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 5–3 | 12–0 | 6–0 | |
| # | Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | RMC record | | 13 | May 3 | Warren Air Force Base | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 13–0 | 13–0 | 5–0 | | 14 | May 6 | at Western State | Unknown • Gunnison, Colorado | 16–3 | 14–0 | 6–0 | | 15 | May 7 | at Western State | Unknown • Gunnison, Colorado | 12–2 | 15–0 | 8–0 | | 16 | May 10 | Fort Carson | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 7–4 | 16–0 | 8–0 | | 17 | May 13 | at Colorado College | Stewart Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado | 14–9 | 17–0 | 9–0 | | 18 | May 14 | at Colorado College | Stewart Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado | 19–4 | 18–0 | 10–0 | | 19 | May 17 | at Denver | Unknown • Denver, Colorado | 10–5 | 19–0 | 10–0 | | 20 | May 20 | at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center | Unknown • Aurora, Colorado | 13–0 | 20–0 | 10–0 | | 21 | May 21 | at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center | Unknown • Aurora, Colorado | 9–0 | 21–0 | 10–0 | | 22 | May 24 | Warren Air Force Base | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 2–5 | 21–1 | 10–0 | | 23 | May 27 | Fort Carson | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 25–7 | 22–1 | 10–0 | |
| Postseason |
District VII Playoff (2–1) | # | Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Overall record | RMC record | | 24 | June | Wyoming | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 17–6 | 23–1 | 10–0 | | 25 | June | Wyoming | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 7–13 | 23–2 | 10–0 | | 26 | June | Wyoming | Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado | 12–5 | 24–2 | 10–0 | |
College World Series (1–2) |
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics |
