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1955 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 96 58 .623 -- Clvlnd CLE 93 61 .604 3.0 ChicagoW CHW 91 63 .591 5.0 BostonRS BOS 84 70 .545 12.0 Detroit DET 79 75 .513 17.0 KansasCy KCA 63 91 .409 33.0 Bltmore BAL 57 97 .370 39.0 Washngtn WSH 53 101 .344 43.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-3):   Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1955 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 DET  5.03   775  154  5283  1407  211  38  130  641   583  .266  .346  .394   41   22 106  5.01  5.05
 NYY  4.95   762  154  5161  1342  179  55  175  609   658  .260  .338  .418   55   25 113  4.91  4.99
 BOS  4.90   755  154  5273  1392  241  39  137  707   733  .264  .351  .402   43   17 103  6.03  3.75
 CHW  4.68   725  155  5220  1401  204  36  116  567   595  .268  .340  .388   69   45 102  4.64  4.72
 CLE  4.53   698  154  5146  1325  195  31  148  723   715  .257  .349  .394   28   24 104  4.45  4.61
 KCA  4.12   638  155  5335  1395  189  46  121  463   725  .261  .320  .382   22   36  96  4.38  3.86
 WSH  3.88   598  154  5142  1277  178  54   80  538   654  .248  .320  .351   25   32  89  3.66  4.10
 BAL  3.46   540  156  5257  1263  177  39   54  560   742  .240  .313  .320   34   46  83  3.15  3.78
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.44  5491 1236 41817 10802 1574 338  961 4808  5405  .258  .336  .381  317  247

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  3.69   569  154  3.23  1372  1163   7.6   688  4.5  108   731   52    18     0  33 116  3.22  4.17
 CHW  3.59   557  155  3.37  1378  1301   8.4   497  3.2  111   720   55    17     0  23 118  3.40  3.78
 CLE  3.90   601  154  3.39  1386  1285   8.3   558  3.6  111   877   45    13     0  36 118  4.13  3.68
 BOS  4.23   652  154  3.72  1384  1333   8.7   582  3.8  128   674   44     9     0  34 115  5.06  3.38
 DET  4.27   658  154  3.79  1380  1381   9.0   517  3.4  126   629   66    15     0  12 101  3.91  4.64
 BAL  4.83   754  156  4.21  1388  1403   9.0   625  4.0  103   595   35     9     0  20  90  4.24  5.44
 WSH  5.12   789  154  4.62  1354  1450   9.4   634  4.1   99   607   37     9     0  16  86  4.64  5.61
 KCA  5.88   911  155  5.35  1382  1486   9.6   707  4.6  175   572   29     7     0  22  78  6.28  5.49
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.44  5491 1236  3.96 11024 10802   8.8  4808  3.9  961  5405  363         108 196

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  128  180  .978   .733  1,490,138  19,352   97-57  52-25 44-33  99  95 28.0 27.4   5   4  34 Stengel
 CLE  108  152  .981   .712  1,221,780  15,867   87-67  49-28 44-33 104 101 30.4 29.8   6   6  33 Lopez
 CHW  111  147  .981   .716  1,175,684  15,269   95-59  49-28 42-35 103 100 29.7 30.8   2   5  21 Marion
 BOS  136  140  .977   .716  1,203,200  15,426   87-67  47-31 37-39 109 108 27.5 26.6   1   3  17 Higgins
 DET  139  159  .976   .709  1,181,838  15,349   88-66  46-31 33-44  98  97 26.7 27.0   2   3  12 Harris
 KCA  146  174  .976   .703  1,393,054  18,330   53-101 33-43 30-48 101 105 28.7 28.1   1   2  14 Boudreau
 BAL  162  159  .973   .703    852,039  10,785   54-100 30-47 27-50  93  96 29.3 30.6   1   1  13 Richards
 WSH  154  170  .974   .689    425,238   5,523   58-96  28-49 25-52  97 100 27.4 26.1   1   1  19 Dressen
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Yogi Berra NYY .272/.349/.470 Rookie of the Year Herb Score CLE 16-10  2.85 245 SO

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Kaline-DET .340 Power-KCA .319 Kell-CHW .312 Fox-CHW .311 Kuenn-DET .306	On-base % Mantle-NYY .431 Kaline-DET .421 Smith-CLE .407 Goodman-BOS .394 Kell-CHW .389	Slugging % Mantle-NYY .611 Kaline-DET .546 Zernial-KCA .508 Doby-CLE .505 Power-KCA .505	OPS Mantle-NYY 1.042 Kaline-DET .967 Smith-CLE .880 Doby-CLE .874 Power-KCA .859
Games Fox-CHW 154 Smith-CLE 154 Tuttle-DET 154 Miranda-BAL 153 Jensen-BOS 152 Kaline-DET 152	At Bats Fox-CHW 636 Kuenn-DET 620 Smith-CLE 607 Tuttle-DET 603 Goodman-BOS 599	Plate Appearances (approx.) Smith-CLE 725 Goodman-BOS 715 Fox-CHW 709 Tuttle-DET 698 Jensen-BOS 681 Kaline-DET 681	Runs Smith-CLE 123 Kaline-DET 121 Mantle-NYY 121 Tuttle-DET 102 Kuenn-DET 101
Hits Kaline-DET 200 Fox-CHW 198 Kuenn-DET 190 Power-KCA 190 Smith-CLE 186	Total Bases Kaline-DET 321 Mantle-NYY 316 Power-KCA 301 Smith-CLE 287 Jensen-BOS 275	Doubles Kuenn-DET 38 Power-KCA 34 Goodman-BOS 31 Finigan-KCA 30 White-BOS 30	Triples Carey-NYY 11 Mantle-NYY 11 Power-KCA 10 Kaline-DET 8 McDougald-NYY 8 Sievers-WSH 8 Vernon-WSH 8
Home Runs Mantle-NYY 37 Zernial-KCA 30 Williams-BOS 28 Berra-NYY 27 Kaline-DET 27 Zauchin-BOS 27	RBI Boone-DET 116 Jensen-BOS 116 Berra-NYY 108 Sievers-WSH 106 Kaline-DET 102	Bases on Balls Mantle-NYY 113 Goodman-BOS 99 Yost-WSH 95 Fain-TOT 94 Smith-CLE 93	Strikeouts Zauchin-BOS 105 Doby-CLE 100 Mantle-NYY 97 Zernial-KCA 90 McDougald-NYY 77 Smith-CLE 77
Stolen Bases Rivera-CHW 25 Minoso-CHW 19 Jensen-BOS 16 Busby-TOT 12 Smith-CLE 11	Singles Fox-CHW 157 Goodman-BOS 143 Kaline-DET 141 Kuenn-DET 139 Smith-CLE 133	Adjusted OPS+ Mantle-NYY 180 Kaline-DET 162 Smith-CLE 133 Sievers-WSH 131 Doby-CLE 130	Runs Created Mantle-NYY 148 Kaline-DET 135 Smith-CLE 128 Williams-BOS 118 Power-KCA 103
Adjusted Batting Runs Mantle-NYY 61 Williams-BOS 57 Kaline-DET 52 Smith-CLE 32 Valo-KCA 25	Batting Wins Mantle-NYY 5.9 Williams-BOS 5.5 Kaline-DET 5.1 Smith-CLE 3.2 Valo-KCA 2.5	Extra-Base Hits Mantle-NYY 73 Power-KCA 63 Jensen-BOS 59 Kaline-DET 59 Sievers-WSH 53 Smith-CLE 53	Times on Base Smith-CLE 294 Kaline-DET 287 Goodman-BOS 278 Mantle-NYY 274 Fox-CHW 253
Offensive Win% Mantle-NYY .826 Kaline-DET .764 Smith-CLE .725 Doby-CLE .688 Power-KCA .651	Hit By Pitch Fox-CHW 17 Smith-CLE 15 Yost-WSH 11 Lollar-CHW 10 Minoso-CHW 10	Sac. Hits Avila-CLE 18 Fox-CHW 14 Strickland-CLE 14 Kell-CHW 13 Rizzuto-NYY 13 Tuttle-DET 13	Sac. Flies Jensen-BOS 12 Rosen-CLE 8 Vernon-WSH 8 Zernial-KCA 8 Boone-DET 7 Carey-NYY 7 Hegan-CLE 7 McDougald-NYY 7 Smith-CLE 7 Torgeson-DET 7 Woodling-TOT 7
Intentional Walks Williams-BOS 17 Kaline-DET 12 Lollar-CHW 12 Vernon-WSH 9 Doby-CLE 8 Dropo-CHW 8 Jensen-BOS 8	Grounded into Double Plays Tuttle-DET 25 White-BOS 23 Jensen-BOS 20 Finigan-KCA 18 Minoso-CHW 18	Caught Stealing Rivera-CHW 16 Fox-CHW 9 Runnels-WSH 9 Abrams-BAL 8 Diering-BAL 8 Kaline-DET 8 Minoso-CHW 8	Power/Speed Number Jensen-BOS 19.8 Smith-CLE 14.7 Rivera-CHW 14.3 Mantle-NYY 13.2 Minoso-CHW 13.1
At Bats per Strikeout Fox-CHW 42.4 Berra-NYY 27.1 Kuenn-DET 23.0 Power-KCA 22.1 Smith-BAL 20.2	At Bats per Home Run Zernial-KCA 13.8 Mantle-NYY 14.0 Zauchin-BOS 17.7 Doby-CLE 18.9 Berra-NYY 20.0	Outs Tuttle-DET 481 Fox-CHW 473 Jensen-BOS 458 Goodman-BOS 455 Kuenn-DET 445	ERA Pierce-CHW 1.97 Ford-NYY 2.63 Wynn-CLE 2.82 Score-CLE 2.85 Sullivan-BOS 2.91
Wins Ford-NYY 18 Lemon-CLE 18 Sullivan-BOS 18 Turley-NYY 17 Wynn-CLE 17	Won-Loss % Byrne-NYY .762 Ford-NYY .720 Hoeft-DET .696 Lemon-CLE .643 Donovan-CHW .625 Houtteman-CLE .625	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Pierce-CHW 1.099 Ford-NYY 1.187 Hoeft-DET 1.191 Gromek-DET 1.215 Wilson-BAL 1.220	Hits Allowed/9IP Turley-NYY 6.13 Score-CLE 6.26 Ford-NYY 6.67 Pierce-CHW 7.09 Harshman-CHW 7.23
Bases on Balls/9IP Gromek-DET 1.84 Donovan-CHW 2.31 Garcia-CLE 2.39 Garver-DET 2.61 Porterfield-WSH 2.73	Strikeouts/9IP Score-CLE 9.70 Turley-NYY 7.66 Pierce-CHW 6.87 Harshman-CHW 5.82 Hoeft-DET 5.44	Games Narleski-CLE 60 Gorman-KCA 57 Mossi-CLE 57 Dorish-TOT 48 Moore-BAL 46	Saves Narleski-CLE 19 Gorman-KCA 18 Kinder-BOS 18 Konstanty-NYY 11 Morgan-NYY 10
Innings Sullivan-BOS 260.0 Ford-NYY 253.7 Turley-NYY 246.7 Wilson-BAL 235.3 Lary-DET 235.0	Strikeouts Score-CLE 245 Turley-NYY 210 Pierce-CHW 157 Ford-NYY 137 Hoeft-DET 133	Games Started Sullivan-BOS 35 Turley-NYY 34 Ford-NYY 33 Garver-DET 32 Score-CLE 32	Comp. Games Ford-NYY 18 Hoeft-DET 17 Garver-DET 16 Lary-DET 16 Pierce-CHW 16 Sullivan-BOS 16 Wynn-CLE 16
Shutouts Hoeft-DET 7 Pierce-CHW 6 Turley-NYY 6 Wynn-CLE 6 Donovan-CHW 5 Ford-NYY 5	Home Runs Allow. Gromek-DET 26 Ditmar-KCA 23 Sullivan-BOS 23 Boyer-KCA 21 Brewer-BOS 21 Garver-DET 21	Bases On Balls Allow. Turley-NYY 177 Score-CLE 154 Stone-WSH 114 Ford-NYY 113 McDermott-WSH 100 Sullivan-BOS 100	Hits Allowed Garver-DET 251 Sullivan-BOS 235 Lary-DET 232 Garcia-CLE 230 Lemon-CLE 218
SO to Walk Pierce-CHW 2.45 Garcia-CLE 2.14 Gromek-DET 1.97 Donovan-CHW 1.83 Hoeft-DET 1.77	Losses Wilson-BAL 18 Porterfield-WSH 17 Garver-DET 16 Lary-DET 15 Stobbs-WSH 14	Earned Runs Allow. Garver-DET 102 Ditmar-KCA 98 Garcia-CLE 94 Nixon-BOS 94 Lemon-CLE 91	Wild Pitches Score-CLE 12 Stone-WSH 9 Lemon-CLE 8 Brewer-BOS 7 Ditmar-KCA 7 Ford-NYY 7 Lary-DET 7 Turley-NYY 7 Wilson-BAL 7
Hit Batsmen Ramos-WSH 11 Byrd-TOT 9 Gromek-DET 9 McDermott-WSH 9 Brewer-BOS 8 Susce-BOS 8	Batters Faced Sullivan-BOS 1100 Turley-NYY 1075 Ford-NYY 1027 Lary-DET 997 Garver-DET 992	Games Finished Kinder-BOS 38 Narleski-CLE 36 Gorman-KCA 35 Konstanty-NYY 30 Mossi-CLE 27	Adjusted ERA+ Pierce-CHW 201 Sullivan-BOS 147 Ford-NYY 143 Wynn-CLE 142 Score-CLE 140
Oldest Player Kinder-BOS 1914-07-26 (40) Suder-KCA 1916-04-16 (39) Slaughter-KCA 1916-04-27 (39) Joost-BOS 1916-06-05 (39) Cavarretta-CHW 1916-07-19 (38)	Youngest Player George-KCA 1938-09-27 (16) Pagliaroni-BOS 1937-12-08 (17) Robinson-BAL 1937-05-18 (18) Marquis-BAL 1937-04-05 (18) Kuhn-CLE 1937-03-20 (18)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Billy Pierce (CHW) C. Yogi Berra (NYY) 1B. Mickey Vernon (WSH) 2B. Nellie Fox (CHW) 3B. Jim Finigan (KCA) SS. Harvey Kuenn (DET) LF. Ted Williams (BOS) CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY) RF. Al Kaline (DET)		Bobby Avila* (CLE) Chico Carrasquel* (CHW) Larry Doby (CLE) Dick Donovan (CHW) Whitey Ford* (NYY) Billy Hoeft (DET) Jackie Jensen* (BOS) Sherm Lollar (CHW) Vic Power* (KCA)		Al Rosen* (CLE) Herb Score (CLE) Al Smith* (CLE) Frank Sullivan* (BOS) Bob Turley (NYY) Jim Wilson (BAL) Early Wynn* (CLE)

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