1955 American League

The 1955 season of the American League was the fifty-fifth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	96	58	0	.623	-.-	762 (4.95)	569 (3.69)	0.260	0.338	0.418	3.23	0.978
2	Cleveland Indians	154	93	61	0	.604	3.0	698 (4.53)	601 (3.90)	0.257	0.349	0.394	3.39	0.981
3	Chicago White Sox	155	91	63	1	.587	5.0	725 (4.68)	557 (3.59)	0.268	0.340	0.388	3.37	0.981
4	Boston Red Sox	154	84	70	0	.545	12.0	755 (4.90)	652 (4.23)	0.264	0.351	0.402	3.72	0.977
5	Detroit Tigers	154	79	75	0	.513	17.0	775 (5.03)	658 (4.27)	0.266	0.346	0.394	3.79	0.976
6	Kansas City Athletics	155	63	91	1	.406	33.0	638 (4.12)	911 (5.88)	0.261	0.320	0.382	5.35	0.976
7	Baltimore Orioles	156	57	97	2	.365	39.0	540 (3.46)	754 (4.83)	0.240	0.313	0.320	4.21	0.973
8	Washington Senators	154	53	101	0	.344	43.0	598 (3.88)	789 (5.12)	0.248	0.320	0.351	4.62	0.974

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Nellie Fox Al Smith Bill Tuttle	Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers	154
At Bats	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	636
Runs Scored	Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	123
Hits	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	200
Doubles	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	38
Triples	Andy Carey Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees New York Yankees	11
Home Runs	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	37
Total Bases	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	321
Runs Batted In	Ray Boone Jackie Jensen	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox	116
Stolen Bases	Jim Rivera	Chicago White Sox	25
Caught Stealing	Jim Rivera	Chicago White Sox	16
Walks	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	113
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	17
Hit by Pitch	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	17
Strikeouts	Norm Zauchin	Boston Red Sox	105
Sacrifice Hits	Bobby Avila	Cleveland Indians	18
Sacrifice Flies	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	12
Grounded into Double Plays	Bill Tuttle	Detroit Tigers	25
Batting Average	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	0.340
On-Base Percentage	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	0.431
Slugging Percentage	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	0.611
On-Base plus Slugging	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	1.042
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	181

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Whitey Ford Bob Lemon Frank Sullivan	New York Yankees Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox	18
Losses	Jim Wilson	Baltimore Orioles	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Tommy Byrne	New York Yankees	0.762
Appearances	Ray Narleski	Cleveland Indians	60
Games Started	Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	35
Complete Games	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	18
Shutouts	Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	7
Games Finished	Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	38
Saves	Ray Narleski	Cleveland Indians	19
Innings Pitched	Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	260.0
Batters Faced	Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	1100
Hits Allowed	Ned Garver	Detroit Tigers	251
Home Runs Allowed	Steve Gromek	Detroit Tigers	26
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	177
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Bobby Shantz	Kansas City Athletics	11
Hit Batsmen	Pedro Ramos	Washington Senators	11
Strikeouts	Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	245
Wild Pitches	Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	12
Balks	19 players tied		1
Runs Allowed	Ned Garver	Detroit Tigers	115
Earned Runs Allowed	Ned Garver	Detroit Tigers	102
Earned Run Average	Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	1.97
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	1.099

The American League lost the twenty-second midsummer classic at County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI on Tuesday, July 12, 1955 by a score of 6 to 5 in 12 innings. The league's manager was Al Lopez.

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 3.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Yogi Berra, a catcher with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 218 out of a possible 336 points and 7 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Herb Score, a pitcher with the Cleveland Indians. In the award's voting, he had 18 out of a possible 24 points and 18 first place votes.

The fourteenth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 25 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Braves of the National League by a score of 4 to 2.

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