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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Awards and honors  




5 Farm system  




6 Notes  




7 References  













1955 Cleveland Indians season






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1955 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersMyron H. Wilson
General managersHank Greenberg
ManagersAl López
TelevisionWXEL
(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt)
RadioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards)
← 1954 Seasons 1956 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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  • t
  • e
    • American League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    New York Yankees 96 58 .623 — 52‍–‍25 44‍–‍33
    Cleveland Indians 93 61 .604 3 49‍–‍28 44‍–‍33
    Chicago White Sox 91 63 .591 5 49‍–‍28 42‍–‍35
    Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 12 47‍–‍31 37‍–‍39
    Detroit Tigers 79 75 .513 17 46‍–‍31 33‍–‍44
    Kansas City Athletics 63 91 .409 33 33‍–‍43 30‍–‍48
    Baltimore Orioles 57 97 .370 39 30‍–‍47 27‍–‍50
    Washington Senators 53 101 .344 43 28‍–‍49 25‍–‍52

    Record vs. opponents

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    1955 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
    Baltimore — 8–14 10–12–1 3–19 9–13 10–12–1 3–19 14–8
    Boston 14–8 — 9–13 11–11 13–9 14–8 8–14 15–7
    Chicago 12–10–1 13–9 — 10–12 14–8 14–8 11–11 17–5
    Cleveland 19–3 11–11 12–10 — 12–10 17–5 13–9 9–13
    Detroit 13–9 9–13 8–14 10–12 — 12–10 10–12 17–5
    Kansas City 12–10–1 8–14 8–14 5–17 10–12 — 7–15 13–9
    New York 19–3 14–8 11–11 9–13 12–10 15–7 — 16–6
    Washington 8–14 7–15 5–17 13–9 5–17 9–13 6–16 —


    Notable transactions

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    Roster

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    1955 Cleveland Indians
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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
    C Jim Hegan 116 304 67 .220 9 40
    1B Vic Wertz 74 257 65 .253 14 55
    2B Bobby Avila 141 537 146 .272 13 61
    SS George Strickland 130 388 81 .209 2 34
    3B Al Rosen 139 492 120 .244 21 81
    LF Ralph Kiner 113 321 78 .243 18 54
    CF Larry Doby 131 491 143 .291 26 75
    RF Al Smith 154 607 186 .306 22 77

    Other batters

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    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
    Gene Woodling 79 259 72 .278 5 35
    Hal Naragon 57 127 41 .323 1 14
    Ferris Fain 56 118 30 .254 0 8
    Hank Foiles 62 111 29 .261 1 7
    Sam Dente 73 105 27 .257 0 10
    Dave Pope 35 104 31 .298 6 22
    Dave Philley 43 104 31 .298 2 9
    Joe Altobelli 42 75 15 .200 2 5
    Hoot Evers 39 66 19 .288 2 9
    Dale Mitchell 61 58 15 .259 0 10
    Hank Majeski 36 48 9 .188 2 6
    Bobby Young 18 45 14 .311 0 6
    Rudy Regalado 10 26 7 .269 0 5
    Wally Westlake 16 20 5 .250 0 1
    Billy Harrell 13 19 8 .421 0 1
    Stu Locklin 16 18 3 .167 0 0
    Rocky Colavito 5 9 4 .444 0 0
    Stan Pawloski 2 8 1 .125 0 0
    Kenny Kuhn 4 6 2 .333 0 0
    Harry Simpson 3 1 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Early Wynn 32 230.0 17 11 2.82 122
    Herb Score 33 227.1 16 10 2.85 245
    Bob Lemon 35 211.1 18 10 3.88 100
    Mike Garcia 38 210.2 11 13 4.02 120

    Other pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Art Houtteman 35 124.1 10 6 3.98 53
    Bob Feller 25 83.0 4 4 3.47 25
    Sal Maglie 10 25.2 0 2 3.86 11
    Hank Aguirre 4 12.2 2 0 1.42 6
    Bud Daley 2 7.0 0 1 6.43 2

    Relief pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Ray Narleski 60 9 1 19 3.71 94
    Don Mossi 57 4 3 9 2.42 69
    José Santiago 17 2 0 0 2.48 19
    Bill Wight 17 0 0 1 2.63 9
    Hal Newhouser 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
    Ted Gray 2 0 0 0 18.00 1

    Awards and honors

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    All-Star Game

    [7]

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    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

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    1. ^ Owen FriendatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Ralph KineratBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Joe GinsbergatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Hal NewhouseratBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Billy CoxatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Dave PhilleyatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ "1955 All-Star Game".
  • ^ 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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