1955 International League season

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The 1955 International League season was the 70th in the league's history, and ended with the Rochester Red Wings winning their first Governors' Cup in three years. The Red Wings would go on to lose the Junior World Series. Rochester was the first Triple-A team to win a league title with a losing record since the 1939 Louisville Colonels of the AA, who beat the Red Wings in the JWS that year.

This was the final season for the first version of the Syracuse Chiefs.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Montreal Royals	95	59	.617	--	Greg Mulleavy	Brooklyn Dodgers
Toronto Maple Leafs	94	59	.614	½	Luke Sewell	None
Havana Sugar Kings	87	66	.569	7½	Reggie Otero	Cincinnati Reds
Rochester Red Wings	76	77	.497	18½	Harry Walker/Lou Kahn/Dixie Walker	St. Louis Cardinals
Syracuse Chiefs	74	79	.484	20½	Skeeter Newsome	Philadelphia Phillies
Buffalo Bisons	65	89	.422	30	Danny Carnevale	Detroit Tigers
Columbus Jets	64	89	.418	30½	Nick Cullop	Kansas City Athletics
Richmond Virginians	58	95	.379	36½	Luke Appling	None

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	1	Montreal Royals	1
	4	Rochester Red Wings	4
						4	Rochester Red Wings	4
						2	Toronto Maple Leafs	0
	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
	3	Havana Sugar Kings	1

First Round

Montreal vs. Rochester Date Away Home September 7 Rochester 6 Montreal 1 September 8 Rochester 7 Montreal 5 September 10 Montreal 2 Rochester 0 September 12 Montreal 1 Rochester 3 September 13 Montreal 5 Rochester 8 Rochester wins series 4-1

Toronto vs. Havana Date Away Home September 7 Havana 5 Toronto 4 September 8 Havana 2 Toronto 11 September 9 Havana 4 Toronto 8 September 11 Toronto 2 Havana 1 September 12 Toronto 4 Havana 2 Toronto wins series 4-1

Governors' Cup Finals

Toronto vs. Rochester Date Away Home September 15 Rochester 14 Toronto 10 September 16 Rochester 12 Toronto 4 September 17 Toronto 2 Rochester 3 September 18 Toronto 10 Rochester 11 11 innings Rochester wins series 4-0 and advances to Junior World Series

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.