1955 Cleveland Indians season

1955 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Myron H. Wilson
General manager(s)Hank Greenberg
Manager(s)Al López
Local televisionWXEL
(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt)
Local radioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9658 0.623 52–25 44–33
Cleveland Indians 9361 0.604 3 49–28 44–33
Chicago White Sox 9163 0.591 5 49–28 42–35
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 12 47–31 37–39
Detroit Tigers 7975 0.513 17 46–31 33–44
Kansas City Athletics 6391 0.409 33 33–43 30–48
Baltimore Orioles 5797 0.370 39 30–47 27–50
Washington Senators 53101 0.344 43 28–49 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1955 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJim Hegan11630467.220940
1BVic Wertz7425765.2531455
2BBobby Avila141537146.2721361
SSGeorge Strickland13038881.209234
3BAl Rosen139492120.2442181
LFRalph Kiner11332178.2431854
CFLarry Doby131491143.2912675
RFAl Smith154607186.3062277

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gene Woodling7925972.278535
Ferris Fain5611830.25408
Hal Naragon5712741.323114
Hank Foiles6211129.26117
Sam Dente7310527.257010
Dave Pope3510431.298622
Dave Philley4310431.29829
Joe Altobelli427515.20025
Hoot Evers396619.28829
Dale Mitchell615815.259010
Hank Majeski36489.18826
Bobby Young184514.31106
Rudy Regalado10267.26905
Wally Westlake16205.25001
Billy Harrell13198.42101
Stu Locklin16183.16700
Rocky Colavito594.44400
Stan Pawloski281.12500
Kenny Kuhn462.33300
Harry Simpson310.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Early Wynn3223017112.82122
Herb Score33227.116102.85245
Bob Lemon35211.118103.88100
Mike Garcia38210.211134.02120

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Art Houtteman35124.11063.9853
Bob Feller2583443.4725
Sal Maglie1025.2023.8611
Hank Aguirre412.2201.426
Bud Daley27016.432

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ray Narleski6091193.7194
Don Mossi574392.4269
José Santiago172002.4819
Bill Wight170012.639
Hal Newhouser20000.001
Ted Gray200018.001

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Bobby Ávila, Second base, Reserve
  • Larry Doby, Outfield, Reserve
  • Al López, Manager
  • Al Rosen, Third base, Reserve
  • Herb Score, Pitcher, Reserve
  • Al Smith, Outfield, Reserve
  • Early Wynn, Pitcher, Reserve

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Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Kerby Farrell
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League L. D. Meyer and Hank Schenz
A Reading Indians Eastern League Jo-Jo White
B Keokuk Kernels Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Pinky May
B Spartanburg Peaches Tri-State League Spud Chandler
C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Phil Seghi and Paul O'Dea
C Sherbrooke Indians Provincial League Ed Hartness
D Vidalia Indians Georgia State League Ed Levy
D Lafayette Chiefs Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Mark Wylie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Keokuk, Spartanburg[8]

Notes

  1. Owen Friend at Baseball-Reference
  2. Ralph Kiner at Baseball-Reference
  3. Joe Ginsberg at Baseball-Reference
  4. Hal Newhouser at Baseball-Reference
  5. Billy Cox at Baseball-Reference
  6. Dave Philley at Baseball-Reference
  7. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1955as.shtml
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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