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.
1955 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 11 – October 4, 1955 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
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) |
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 | 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 |
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | 0.641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
World Series | ||||
AL | New York Yankees | 3 | ||
NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 |
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Team | Manager | Comments |
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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 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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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 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Milwaukee Braves[1] | 85 | -4.5% | 2,005,836 | -5.9% | 26,050 |
New York Yankees[2] | 96 | -6.8% | 1,490,138 | 1.0% | 19,352 |
Kansas City Athletics[3] | 63 | 23.5% | 1,393,054 | 357.2% | 18,330 |
Cleveland Indians[4] | 93 | -16.2% | 1,221,780 | -8.5% | 15,867 |
Boston Red Sox[5] | 84 | 21.7% | 1,203,200 | 29.2% | 15,426 |
Detroit Tigers[6] | 79 | 16.2% | 1,181,838 | 9.4% | 15,349 |
Chicago White Sox[7] | 91 | -3.2% | 1,175,684 | -4.5% | 15,269 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[8] | 98 | 6.5% | 1,033,589 | 1.3% | 13,423 |
Philadelphia Phillies[9] | 77 | 2.7% | 922,886 | 24.9% | 11,986 |
Chicago Cubs[10] | 72 | 12.5% | 875,800 | 17.1% | 11,374 |
Baltimore Orioles[11] | 57 | 5.6% | 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] | 75 | 1.4% | 693,662 | -1.5% | 9,009 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[15] | 60 | 13.2% | 469,397 | -1.3% | 6,259 |
Washington Senators[16] | 53 | -19.7% | 425,238 | -15.6% | 5,523 |
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.