1955 New York Yankees season

The 1955 New York Yankees season was the team's 53rd season in New York, and its 55th season overall. The team finished with a record of 96–58, winning their 21st pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

1955 New York Yankees
1955 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)George Weiss
Manager(s)Casey Stengel
Local televisionWPIX
Local radioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)
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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 14–8—9–1311–1113–914–88–1415–7
Chicago 12–10–113–9—10–1214–814–811–1117–5
Cleveland 19–311–1112–10—12–1017–513–99–13
Detroit 13–99–138–1410–12—12–1010–1217–5
Kansas City 12–10–18–148–145–1710–12—7–1513–9
New York 19–314–811–119–1312–1015–7—16–6
Washington 8–147–155–1713–95–179–136–16—

Notable transactions

Roster
1955 New York Yankees roster
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
CYogi Berra147542147.27227108
1BBill Skowron10828892.3191261
2BGil McDougald141533152.2851353
3BAndy Carey135510131.257747
SSBilly Hunter9825558.227320
LFIrv Noren13237194.253859
CFMickey Mantle147517158.3063799
RFHank Bauer139492137.2782053

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
Elston Howard9727981.2901043
Joe Collins10527865.2341345
Eddie Robinson8817326.2081642
Phil Rizzuto8114337.25919
Jerry Coleman439622.22908
Bob Cerv558529.341322
Billy Martin207021.30019
Bobby Richardson11264.15403
Charlie Silvera14265.19201
Enos Slaughter1091.11101
Tom Carroll1462.33300
Dick Tettelbach250.00000
Lou Berberet252.40002
Johnny Blanchard130.00000
Marv Throneberry1221.00003
Frank Leja720.00000

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
Whitey Ford39253.21872.63137
Bob Turley36246.217133.06210
Tommy Byrne271601653.1576
Don Larsen1997923.0644
Ed Lopat1686.2483.7424
Ted Gray13003.001

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
Johnny Kucks29126.2873.4149
Bob Grim2692.1754.1963
Bob Wiesler1653023.9122
Rip Coleman1029115.2815

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
Jim Konstanty4572112.3219
Tom Morgan4073103.2517
Tom Sturdivant331303.1648
Johnny Sain30006.755
Art Schallock20006.002
Gerry Staley200013.500

1955 World Series
Main article: 1955 World Series

In game one on September 28, Elston Howard became the sixth player in the history of the World Series to hit a home run in his first World Series at bat.

NL Brooklyn Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 6September 28Yankee Stadium63,869
2Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 4September 29Yankee Stadium64,707
3Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 8September 30Ebbets Field34,209
4Yankees – 5, Dodgers – 8October 1Ebbets Field36,242
5Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 5October 2Ebbets Field36,796
6Dodgers – 1, Yankees – 5October 3Yankee Stadium64,022
7Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 0October 4Yankee Stadium62,465

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

League leaders
  • Whitey Ford, league leader, complete games (Ford was the first player to lead the American League in complete games with fewer than 20)[5]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Ralph Houk
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Phil Page
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Snuffy Stirnweiss
B Winston-Salem Twins Carolina League Ken Silvestri and Aaron Robinson
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Vern Hoscheit
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Al Evans, Alton Brown and Bill Herring
C Modesto Reds California League Jerry Crosby
C Monroe Sports Cotton States League Ed Head
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Dave Madison
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Walter Lance and Ken Silvestri
D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Marvin Crater

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Monroe

Norfolk club folded, July 14, 1955[6]

Notes
  1. Don Larsen at Baseball-Reference
  2. Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference
  3. Ed Lopat at Baseball Reference
  4. Jerry Staley at Baseball Reference
  5. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.106, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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