1955 Major League Baseball season

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1955 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 11 – October 4, 1955
Number of games154
Number of teams16
TV partner(s) NBC, CBS
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Yogi Berra (NYY)
NL: Roy Campanella (BKN)
AL champions New York Yankees
  AL runners-up Cleveland Indians
NL champions Brooklyn Dodgers
  NL runners-up Milwaukee Braves
World Series
Champions Brooklyn Dodgers
  Runners-up New York Yankees
World Series MVP Johnny Podres (BKN)
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1955–1960 American League seasons
ButtonRed.svg American League
Locations of teams for the 1953–1957 National League seasons
ButtonBlue.svg National League
Kansas City Athletics first game in Municipal Stadium, 1955 Kansas City Municipal Stadium 1955.jpg
Kansas City Athletics first game in Municipal Stadium, 1955

The 1955 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 4, 1955. It featured 16 teams, eight in the National League and eight in the American League, with each team playing a 154-game schedule. In the World Series the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4 games to 3.

Contents

For the third consecutive season, a franchise changed homes as the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and played their home games at Municipal Stadium.

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9658.623—52‍–‍2544‍–‍33
Cleveland Indians 9361.604349‍–‍2844‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 9163.591549‍–‍2842‍–‍35
Boston Red Sox 8470.5451247‍–‍3137‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 7975.5131746‍–‍3133‍–‍44
Kansas City Athletics 6391.4093333‍–‍4330‍–‍48
Baltimore Orioles 5797.3703930‍–‍4727‍–‍50
Washington Senators 53101.3444328‍–‍4925‍–‍52

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9855.641—56‍–‍2142‍–‍34
Milwaukee Braves 8569.55213½46‍–‍3139‍–‍38
New York Giants 8074.51918½44‍–‍3536‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 7777.50021½46‍–‍3131‍–‍46
Cincinnati Redlegs 7579.48723½46‍–‍3129‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs 7281.4712643‍–‍3329‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals 6886.44230½41‍–‍3627‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6094.39038½36‍–‍3924‍–‍55

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL New York Yankees 643 5 3 50
NL Brooklyn Dodgers 5 2 8851 2

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Al Kaline DET.340 Richie Ashburn PHI.338
HR Mickey Mantle NYY37 Willie Mays NYG51
RBI Ray Boone DET
Jackie Jensen BOS		116 Duke Snider BKN136
Wins Whitey Ford NYY
Bob Lemon CLE
Frank Sullivan BOS		18 Robin Roberts PHI23
ERA Billy Pierce CWS1.97 Bob Friend PIT2.83
SO Herb Score CLE245 Sam Jones CHC198
SV Ray Narleski CLE19 Jack Meyer PHI16
SB Jim Rivera CWS25 Bill Bruton MIL25

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Baltimore Orioles Paul Richards
Boston Red Sox Pinky Higgins
Chicago White Sox Marty Marion Finished 3rd
Cleveland Indians Al López Finished 2nd
Detroit Tigers Fred Hutchinson
Kansas City Athletics Lou Boudreau
New York Yankees Casey Stengel Won Pennant
Washington Senators Bucky Harris

National League

TeamManagerComments
Brooklyn Dodgers Walter Alston Won only World Series in Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs Stan Hack
Cincinnati Reds Birdie Tebbetts
Milwaukee Braves Charlie Grimm Finished 2nd
New York Giants Leo Durocher Finished 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Mayo Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates Fred Haney
St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Stanky and Harry Walker

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Milwaukee Braves [1] 85−4.5%2,005,836−5.9%26,050
New York Yankees [2] 96−6.8%1,490,1381.0%19,352
Kansas City Athletics [3] 6323.5%1,393,054357.2%18,330
Cleveland Indians [4] 93−16.2%1,221,780−8.5%15,867
Boston Red Sox [5] 8421.7%1,203,20029.2%15,426
Detroit Tigers [6] 7916.2%1,181,8389.4%15,349
Chicago White Sox [7] 91−3.2%1,175,684−4.5%15,269
Brooklyn Dodgers [8] 986.5%1,033,5891.3%13,423
Philadelphia Phillies [9] 772.7%922,88624.9%11,986
Chicago Cubs [10] 7212.5%875,80017.1%11,374
Baltimore Orioles [11] 575.6%852,039−19.7%10,785
St. Louis Cardinals [12] 68−5.6%849,130−18.3%11,028
New York Giants [13] 80−17.5%824,112−28.7%10,432
Cincinnati Redlegs [14] 751.4%693,662−1.5%9,009
Pittsburgh Pirates [15] 6013.2%469,397−1.3%6,259
Washington Senators [16] 53−19.7%425,238−15.6%5,523

Television coverage

The Game of the Week moved from ABC to CBS [17] (the rights were actually set up through the Falstaff Brewing Corporation [18] [19] [20] ).

The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.

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