1955 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1955 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1955

World Series Champions

Brooklyn Dodgers

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Yogi Berra NL: Roy Campanella

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Herb Score NL: Bill Virdon

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Milwaukee,Wisconsin

Teams

Players

595

Attendance

16,617,383

Payroll

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1955 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	96	58	.623	--	761	569	192	Lost World Series (Dodgers)	1,490,138	2	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	3	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	93	61	.604	3.0	698	601	97	dnq	1,221,780	4	Hank Greenberg	Al Lopez	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
3	3	4	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	91	63	.591	5.0	725	557	168	dnq	1,175,684	7	Frank Lane	Marty Marion	Comiskey Park
4	4	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	84	70	.545	12.0	755	652	103	dnq	1,203,200	5	Joe Cronin	Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park
5	5	8	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	79	75	.513	17.0	775	658	117	dnq	1,181,838	6	Muddy Ruel	Bucky Harris	Briggs Stadium
6	6	13	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R	154	63	91	.409	33.0	638	911	-273	dnq	1,393,054	3	---	Lou Boudreau	Municipal Stadium
7	7	15	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	154	57	97	.370	39.0	540	754	-214	dnq	852,039	11	Paul Richards	Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	53	101	.344	43.0	598	789	-191	dnq	425,238	16	Calvin Griffith	Chuck Dressen	Griffith Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	153	98	55	.641	--	857	650	207	Won World Series (Yankees)	1,033,589	8	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Ebbets Field
2	2	5	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R	154	85	69	.552	13.5	743	668	75	dnq	2,005,836	1	John Quinn	Charlie Grimm	County Stadium
3	3	7	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	80	74	.519	18.5	702	673	29	dnq	824,112	13	Chub Feeney	Leo Durocher	Polo Grounds
4	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	77	77	.500	21.5	675	666	9	dnq	922,886	9	Roy Hamey	Mayo Smith	Connie Mack Stadium
5	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	23.5	761	684	77	dnq	693,662	14	Gabe Paul	Birdie Tebbetts	Crosley Field
6	6	11	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	153	72	81	.471	26.0	626	713	-87	dnq	875,800	10	Wid Mathews	Stan Hack	Wrigley Field
7	7	12	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	68	86	.442	30.5	654	757	-103	dnq	849,130	12	Dick Meyer	Harry Walker, Eddie Stanky	Sportsman's Park
8	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	60	94	.390	38.5	560	767	-207	dnq	469,397	15	Branch Rickey	Fred Haney	Forbes Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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