1955 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1955 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1955 in baseball.

A ticket from the game where Sandy Koufax earned his first major league win on August 27, 1955.

The 1955 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 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. 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.

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Al Kaline DET	.340	Richie Ashburn PHI	.338
HR	Mickey Mantle NYY	37	Willie Mays NYG	51
RBI	Ray Boone DET Jackie Jensen BOS	116	Duke Snider BRO	136
Wins	Whitey Ford NYY Bob Lemon CLE Frank Sullivan BOS	18	Robin Roberts PHI	23
ERA	Billy Pierce CHW	1.97	Bob Friend PIT	2.83
SO	Herb Score CLE	245	Sam Jones CHC	198
SV	Ray Narleski CLE	19	Jack Meyer PHI	16
SB	Jim Rivera CHW	25	Bill Bruton MLN	25

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	96	58	.623	--
Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	3
Chicago White Sox	91	63	.591	5
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	12
Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	17
Kansas City Athletics	63	91	.409	33
Baltimore Orioles	57	97	.370	39
Washington Senators	53	101	.344	43

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Brooklyn Dodgers	98	55	.641	--
Milwaukee Braves	85	69	.552	13.5
New York Giants	80	74	.519	18.5
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	.500	21.5
Cincinnati Redlegs	75	79	.487	23.5
Chicago Cubs	72	81	.471	26
St. Louis Cardinals	68	86	.442	30.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	94	.390	38.5

External links

1955 season at Baseball-reference.com

1955 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1955 All-Star Game 1955 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

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