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1955 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1955
league	American League
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Myron H. Wilson
general_managers	Hank Greenberg
managers	Al López
television	WXEL
(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt)
radio	WERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards)

(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt) (Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards) |}} The 1955 Cleveland Indians season was the 55th season in franchise history. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, three games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

October 14, 1954: Owen Friend was purchased from the Indians by the Boston Red Sox.
November 16, 1954: Ralph Kiner was acquired by the Indians from the Chicago Cubs for $60,000 as part of an earlier deal (the Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Indians for Sam Jones and players to be named later) made on September 30, 1954. The Indians sent Gale Wade to the Cubs on November 30 to complete the trade.
Prior to 1955 season: Joe Ginsberg was sent by the Indians to the San Diego Padres.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 16, 1955: Hal Newhouser was released by the Indians.
June 15, 1955: Dave Pope and Wally Westlake were traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Cox and Gene Woodling. Billy Cox refused to report to his new team. The Orioles sent $15,000 to the Indians on June 15 as compensation.
July 2, 1955: Dave Philley was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster

1955 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	116	304	67	.220	9	40
1B	74	257	65	.253	14	55
2B	141	537	146	.272	13	61
SS	130	388	81	.209	2	34
3B	139	492	120	.244	21	81
LF	113	321	78	.243	18	54
CF	131	491	143	.291	26	75
RF	154	607	186	.306	22	77

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
79	259	72	.278	5	35
57	127	41	.323	1	14
56	118	30	.254	0	8
62	111	29	.261	1	7
73	105	27	.257	0	10
35	104	31	.298	6	22
43	104	31	.298	2	9
42	75	15	.200	2	5
39	66	19	.288	2	9
61	58	15	.259	0	10
36	48	9	.188	2	6
18	45	14	.311	0	6
10	26	7	.269	0	5
16	20	5	.250	0	1
13	19	8	.421	0	1
16	18	3	.167	0	0
5	9	4	.444	0	0
2	8	1	.125	0	0
4	6	2	.333	0	0
3	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	230.0	17	11	2.82	122
33	227.1	16	10	2.85	245
35	211.1	18*	10	3.88	100
38	210.2	11	13	4.02	120

Tied with Whitey Ford and Frank Sullivan

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	124.1	10	6	3.98	53
25	83.0	4	4	3.47	25
10	25.2	0	2	3.86	11
4	12.2	2	0	1.42	6
2	7.0	0	1	6.43	2

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
60	9	1	19	3.71	94
57	4	3	9	2.42	69
17	2	0	0	2.48	19
17	0	0	1	2.63	9
2	0	0	0	0.00	1
2	0	0	0	18.00	1

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

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Keokuk, Spartanburg

Notes

References

1955 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference
1955 Cleveland Indians team at baseball-almanac.com
1955 WS at Baseball-Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frienow01.shtml Owen Friend] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinerra01.shtml Ralph Kiner] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml Joe Ginsberg] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newhoha01.shtml Hal Newhouser] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxbi02.shtml Billy Cox] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley] at ''Baseball-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

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