1955 New York Yankees season

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1955  New York Yankees
American League Champions
League American League
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Owners Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers George Weiss
Managers Casey Stengel
Television WPIX
Radio WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)
  1954 Seasons 1956  

The 1955 New York Yankees season was the team's 53rd season. The team finished with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, winning their 21st AL pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9658.62352254433
Cleveland Indians 9361.604349284433
Chicago White Sox 9163.591549284235
Boston Red Sox 8470.5451247313739
Detroit Tigers 7975.5131746313344
Kansas City Athletics 6391.4093333433048
Baltimore Orioles 5797.3703930472750
Washington Senators 53101.3444328492552

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCANYYWSH
Baltimore 8–1410–12–13–199–1310–12–13–1914–8
Boston 14–89–1311–1113–914–88–1415–7
Chicago 12–10–113–910–1214–814–811–1117–5
Cleveland 19–311–1112–1012–1017–513–99–13
Detroit 13–99–138–1410–1212–1010–1217–5
Kansas City 12–10–18–148–145–1710–127–1513–9
New York 19–314–811–119–1312–1015–716–6
Washington 8–147–155–1713–95–179–136–16

Notable transactions

Roster

1955 New York Yankees roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Yogi Berra 147542147.27227108
1B Bill Skowron 10828892.3191261
2B Gil McDougald 141533152.2851353
3B Andy Carey 135510131.257747
SS Billy Hunter 9825558.227320
LF Irv Noren 13237194.253859
CF Mickey Mantle 147517158.3063799
RF Hank Bauer 139492137.2782053

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Elston Howard 9727981.2901043
Joe Collins 10527865.2341345
Eddie Robinson 8817326.2081642
Phil Rizzuto 8114337.25919
Jerry Coleman 439622.22908
Bob Cerv 558529.341322
Billy Martin 207021.30019
Bobby Richardson 11264.15403
Charlie Silvera 14265.19201
Enos Slaughter 1091.11101
Tom Carroll 1462.33300
Dick Tettelbach 250.00000
Lou Berberet 252.40002
Johnny Blanchard 130.00000
Marv Throneberry 1221.00003
Frank Leja 720.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Whitey Ford 39253.218*72.63137
Bob Turley 36246.217133.06210
Tommy Byrne 27160.01653.1576
Don Larsen 1997.0923.0644
Ed Lopat 1686.2483.7424
Ted Gray 13.0003.001
  • Tied with Bob Lemon and Frank Sullivan

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Johnny Kucks 29126.2873.4149
Bob Grim 2692.1754.1963
Bob Wiesler 1653.0023.9122
Rip Coleman 1029.0115.2815

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jim Konstanty 4572112.3219
Tom Morgan 4073103.2517
Tom Sturdivant 331303.1648
Johnny Sain 30006.755
Art Schallock 20006.002
Gerry Staley 200013.500

1955 World Series

In Game One on September 28, Elston Howard became the sixth player in the history of the World Series to hit a home run in his first World Series at bat.

NL Brooklyn Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 6September 28 Yankee Stadium 63,869
2Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 4September 29 Yankee Stadium 64,707
3Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 8September 30 Ebbets Field 34,209
4Yankees – 5, Dodgers – 8October 1 Ebbets Field 36,242
5Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 5October 2 Ebbets Field 36,796
6Dodgers – 1, Yankees – 5October 3 Yankee Stadium 64,022
7Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 0October 4 Yankee Stadium 62,465

Post-season exhibition

From October 11 to November 21, the Yankees embarked on a 25-game barnstorming exhibition tour. The team played five games in Hawaii, 16 games in Japan, one game in US-controlled Okinawa, two games in the Philippines, and one game in Guam; they won 24 of the 25 games and tied one game against an all-star team in Sendai. [5] [6]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

League leaders

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Ralph Houk
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Phil Page
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Snuffy Stirnweiss
B Winston-Salem Twins Carolina League Ken Silvestri and Aaron Robinson
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Vern Hoscheit
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Al Evans, Alton Brown and Bill Herring
C Modesto Reds California League Jerry Crosby
C Monroe Sports Cotton States League Ed Head
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Dave Madison
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Walter Lance and Ken Silvestri
D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Marvin Crater

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Monroe

Norfolk club folded, July 14, 1955 [8]

Notes

  1. Don Larsen at Baseball-Reference
  2. Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference
  3. Ed Lopat at Baseball Reference
  4. Jerry Staley at Baseball Reference
  5. Graczyk, Wayne (April 14, 2004). "Tale of two trips: 1955 Yankees here weeks, 2004 team days". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019.
  6. Prendergast, Curtis (November 14, 1955). "Yanks Capture Japan". Sports Illustrated.
  7. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.106, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References