1955 Cleveland Indians season

1955 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932); Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Myron H. Wilson
General manager(s)	Hank Greenberg
Manager(s)	Al López
Local television	WXEL; (Ken Coleman, Jim Britt)
Local radio	WERE; (Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards)
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Offseason

October 14, 1954: Owen Friend was purchased from the Indians by the Boston Red Sox.[1]
November 16, 1954: Ralph Kiner was acquired by the Indians from the Chicago Cubs for $60,000 as part of an earlier deal (the Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Indians for Sam Jones and players to be named later) made on September 30, 1954. The Indians sent Gale Wade to the Cubs on November 30 to complete the trade.[2]
Prior to 1955 season: Joe Ginsberg was sent by the Indians to the San Diego Padres.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1955 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–14	10–12–1	3–19	9–13	10–12–1	3–19	14–8
Boston	14–8	—	9–13	11–11	13–9	14–8	8–14	15–7
Chicago	12–10–1	13–9	—	10–12	14–8	14–8	11–11	17–5
Cleveland	19–3	11–11	12–10	—	12–10	17–5	13–9	9–13
Detroit	13–9	9–13	8–14	10–12	—	12–10	10–12	17–5
Kansas City	12–10–1	8–14	8–14	5–17	10–12	—	7–15	13–9
New York	19–3	14–8	11–11	9–13	12–10	15–7	—	16–6
Washington	8–14	7–15	5–17	13–9	5–17	9–13	6–16	—

Notable transactions

May 16, 1955: Hal Newhouser was released by the Indians.[4]
June 15, 1955: Dave Pope and Wally Westlake were traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Cox and Gene Woodling. Billy Cox refused to report to his new team. The Orioles sent $15,000 to the Indians on June 15 as compensation.[5]
July 2, 1955: Dave Philley was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Baltimore Orioles.[6]

Roster

1955 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

22 Hank Aguirre

28 Bud Daley

19 Bob Feller

25 Mike Garcia

33 Ted Gray

11 Art Houtteman

21 Bob Lemon

26 Sal Maglie

12 Don Mossi

20 Ray Narleski

16 Hal Newhouser

51,34 José Santiago

27 Herb Score

30 Bill Wight

24 Early Wynn

Catchers

15 Hank Foiles

4 Jim Hegan

18 Hal Naragon

Infielders

45,6 Joe Altobelli

1 Bobby Ávila

36 Sam Dente

33 Ferris Fain

37 Billy Harrell

8 Kenny Kuhn

5 Hank Majeski

3 Dale Mitchell

35 Stan Pawloski

8 Rudy Regalado

7 Al Rosen

2 George Strickland

23 Vic Wertz

5 Bobby Young

Outfielders

38 Rocky Colavito

14 Larry Doby

30 Hoot Evers

9 Ralph Kiner

32 Stu Locklin

17 Dave Philley

34 Dave Pope

32,16 Al Smith

31 Wally Westlake

31 Gene Woodling

Other batters

37 Harry Simpson

Manager

10 Al López

Coaches

44 Tony Cuccinello (Third Base)

43 Mel Harder (Pitching)

42 Red Kress (First Base)

40 Bill Lobe (Bullpen)

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
C	Jim Hegan	116	304	67	.220	9	40
1B	Vic Wertz	74	257	65	.253	14	55
2B	Bobby Avila	141	537	146	.272	13	61
SS	George Strickland	130	388	81	.209	2	34
3B	Al Rosen	139	492	120	.244	21	81
LF	Ralph Kiner	113	321	78	.243	18	54
CF	Larry Doby	131	491	143	.291	26	75
RF	Al Smith	154	607	186	.306	22	77

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 Woodling	79	259	72	.278	5	35
Ferris Fain	56	118	30	.254	0	8
Hal Naragon	57	127	41	.323	1	14
Hank Foiles	62	111	29	.261	1	7
Sam Dente	73	105	27	.257	0	10
Dave Pope	35	104	31	.298	6	22
Dave Philley	43	104	31	.298	2	9
Joe Altobelli	42	75	15	.200	2	5
Hoot Evers	39	66	19	.288	2	9
Dale Mitchell	61	58	15	.259	0	10
Hank Majeski	36	48	9	.188	2	6
Bobby Young	18	45	14	.311	0	6
Rudy Regalado	10	26	7	.269	0	5
Wally Westlake	16	20	5	.250	0	1
Billy Harrell	13	19	8	.421	0	1
Stu Locklin	16	18	3	.167	0	0
Rocky Colavito	5	9	4	.444	0	0
Stan Pawloski	2	8	1	.125	0	0
Kenny Kuhn	4	6	2	.333	0	0
Harry Simpson	3	1	0	.000	0	0

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 Wynn	32	230	17	11	2.82	122
Herb Score	33	227.1	16	10	2.85	245
Bob Lemon	35	211.1	18	10	3.88	100
Mike Garcia	38	210.2	11	13	4.02	120

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 Houtteman	35	124.1	10	6	3.98	53
Bob Feller	25	83	4	4	3.47	25
Sal Maglie	10	25.2	0	2	3.86	11
Hank Aguirre	4	12.2	2	0	1.42	6
Bud Daley	2	7	0	1	6.43	2

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 Narleski	60	9	1	19	3.71	94
Don Mossi	57	4	3	9	2.42	69
José Santiago	17	2	0	0	2.48	19
Bill Wight	17	0	0	1	2.63	9
Hal Newhouser	2	0	0	0	0.00	1
Ted Gray	2	0	0	0	18.00	1

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

[7]

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

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

References

1955 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference
1955 Cleveland Indians team at baseball-almanac.com
1955 WS at Baseball-Reference

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[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] ttp://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

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