1955 Cleveland Indians season

1955 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Myron H. Wilson
General manager(s) Hank Greenberg
Manager(s) Al López
Local television WXEL
Local radio WERE (1300)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9658.623--
Cleveland Indians9361.6043
Chicago White Sox9163.5915
Boston Red Sox8470.54512
Detroit Tigers7975.51317
Kansas City Athletics6391.40933
Baltimore Orioles5797.37039
Washington Senators53101.34443

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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CJim Hegan11630467.220940
1BVic Wertz7425765.2531455
2BBobby Avila141537146.2721361
SSGeorge Strickland13038881.209234
3BAl Rosen139492120.2442181
LFRalph Kiner11332178.2431854
CFLarry Doby131491143.2912675
RFAl Smith154607186.3062277

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
Dave Pope3510431.298622

Pitching

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

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
Hank Aguirre412.2201.426

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

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

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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

  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. ↑ http://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

References

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