Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1980
Teague played second base for the Demon Deacons from 1947-50 and became the school's first All-American in baseball in 1949. He led the Southern Conference in hitting that season with a .353 mark and took Wake Forest to the national championship game in Wichita where it lost to Texas, 10-3. Despite the runner-up finish, Teague was named the national championship's Most Valuable Player. He became the very first player ever named MVP of the College World Series.
Teague was Wake Forest's captain during the 1949 and 1950 seasons. He hit .362 as a senior
He repeated his first-team All-American honor in 1950 and remains one of only two players in school history to achieve that feat. Bill Merrifield matched the accomplishment in 1982 and 1983. Teague was also the MVP of the Southern Conference Tournament in 1950 and was named to the league's 75th Anniversary team in 1996.
During the 1949 CWS, Wake Forest opened with a 2-1 win over Southern California. Texas beat St. John's in the other first round game and then Southern Cal eliminated St. John's. Wake Forest lost to Texas in the second round forcing the Deacons to play USC again. In the 12th inning, Teague delivered the game-winning hit to put the Deacons in the championship. With the score tied at 1 and Gene Hooks on first base, Teague lined a pitch into the right-center alley for a triple that put the Deacons in the championship game.
In order to get to the CWS, Wake Forest had to win the district tournament and then a best-of-three series with Notre Dame. Teague earned MVP honors in both of those series.
Teague was named the top male amateur athlete in North Carolina in 1949, receiving the Lewis E. Teague Memorial Trophy from the Carolinas AAU.
In 1994, Teague was named to Baseball America's All-Time College All-Star team for the "Dawn of the College World Series Era: 1947-64." He was a .335 career hitter with six home runs and 99 RBI.
After spending five years in the minor leagues, Teague returned to Wake Forest and served as head coach in 1956. He led the Deacons to a 13-5-1 record that season before entering the sporting goods business, where he operated Teague's Sporting Goods in Greensboro. Teague was inducted into the WFU Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
In 2010, Teague was elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.
Charlie Teague passed away on May 8, 1996 at the age of 71.
