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[edit]

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 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[edit]

  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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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