1955 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Myron H. Wilson | |
General managers | Hank Greenberg | |
Managers | Al López | |
Television | WXEL (Ken Coleman, Jim Britt) | |
Radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards) | |
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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | — | 52–25 | 44–33 |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 3 | 49–28 | 44–33 |
Chicago White Sox | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 5 | 49–28 | 42–35 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 12 | 47–31 | 37–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 17 | 46–31 | 33–44 |
Kansas City Athletics | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 33 | 33–43 | 30–48 |
Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 97 | 0.370 | 39 | 30–47 | 27–50 |
Washington Senators | 53 | 101 | 0.344 | 43 | 28–49 | 25–52 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | 14–8 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Kansas City | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 19–3 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | |||||
Washington | 8–14 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — |
1955 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Infielders
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Other batters | Manager
Coaches
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Hegan | 116 | 304 | 67 | .220 | 9 | 40 |
1B | Vic Wertz | 74 | 257 | 65 | .253 | 14 | 55 |
2B | Bobby Avila | 141 | 537 | 146 | .272 | 13 | 61 |
SS | George Strickland | 130 | 388 | 81 | .209 | 2 | 34 |
3B | Al Rosen | 139 | 492 | 120 | .244 | 21 | 81 |
LF | Ralph Kiner | 113 | 321 | 78 | .243 | 18 | 54 |
CF | Larry Doby | 131 | 491 | 143 | .291 | 26 | 75 |
RF | Al Smith | 154 | 607 | 186 | .306 | 22 | 77 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Gene Woodling | 79 | 259 | 72 | .278 | 5 | 35 |
Hal Naragon | 57 | 127 | 41 | .323 | 1 | 14 |
Ferris Fain | 56 | 118 | 30 | .254 | 0 | 8 |
Hank Foiles | 62 | 111 | 29 | .261 | 1 | 7 |
Sam Dente | 73 | 105 | 27 | .257 | 0 | 10 |
Dave Pope | 35 | 104 | 31 | .298 | 6 | 22 |
Dave Philley | 43 | 104 | 31 | .298 | 2 | 9 |
Joe Altobelli | 42 | 75 | 15 | .200 | 2 | 5 |
Hoot Evers | 39 | 66 | 19 | .288 | 2 | 9 |
Dale Mitchell | 61 | 58 | 15 | .259 | 0 | 10 |
Hank Majeski | 36 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 2 | 6 |
Bobby Young | 18 | 45 | 14 | .311 | 0 | 6 |
Rudy Regalado | 10 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 5 |
Wally Westlake | 16 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Harrell | 13 | 19 | 8 | .421 | 0 | 1 |
Stu Locklin | 16 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky Colavito | 5 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Pawloski | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Kenny Kuhn | 4 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Simpson | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Early Wynn | 32 | 230.0 | 17 | 11 | 2.82 | 122 |
Herb Score | 33 | 227.1 | 16 | 10 | 2.85 | 245 |
Bob Lemon | 35 | 211.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.88 | 100 |
Mike Garcia | 38 | 210.2 | 11 | 13 | 4.02 | 120 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Houtteman | 35 | 124.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.98 | 53 |
Bob Feller | 25 | 83.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.47 | 25 |
Sal Maglie | 10 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.86 | 11 |
Hank Aguirre | 4 | 12.2 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 | 6 |
Bud Daley | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ray Narleski | 60 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 3.71 | 94 |
Don Mossi | 57 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2.42 | 69 |
José Santiago | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.48 | 19 |
Bill Wight | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.63 | 9 |
Hal Newhouser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Ted Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
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