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1955 Milwaukee Braves season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Braves
season	1955
league	National League
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record	85–69 (.552)
league_place	2nd
owners	Louis R. Perini
general_managers	John J. Quinn
managers	Charlie Grimm
radio	WEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)

WTMJ (Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh) |}} The 1955 Milwaukee Braves season was the third in Milwaukee and the 85th overall season of the franchise.

Offseason

March 4, 1955: Catfish Metkovich was released by the Braves.
Prior to 1955 season: (exact date unknown)
- Marshall Bridges was acquired by the Braves from the New York Giants.
- Chi-Chi Olivo was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 3, 1955: Pete Whisenant was traded by the Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Del Rice.

Roster

1955 Milwaukee Braves
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	133	440	104	.236	26	62
1B	104	303	85	.281	15	55
2B	124	453	102	.225	6	40
SS	154	595	177	.297	13	83
3B	141	499	144	.289	41	101
LF	101	343	88	.257	12	56
CF	149	636	175	.275	9	47
RF	153	602	189	.314	27	106

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
84	288	76	.264	15	45
86	252	67	.266	5	34
97	243	60	.247	6	27
38	72	9	.125	1	4
27	71	14	.197	2	7
12	30	7	.233	0	4
12	10	1	.100	0	0
8	10	0	.000	0	0
6	9	2	.222	0	0

Pitching

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
39	245.2	17	14	3.26	110
42	230.0	13	8	4.03	70
38	201.2	13	11	3.21	117
22	158.0	11	7	4.16	107

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
34	144.0	9	8	4.00	44
33	140.1	10	9	3.46	76
13	38.0	3	1	3.08	19

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
40	5	7	4	3.42	43
36	2	3	2	5.71	23
25	0	0	2	8.76	13
15	2	0	0	2.49	26
12	0	0	0	4.74	3
5	0	0	0	11.12	3
2	0	0	0	54.00	0
1	0	1	0	inf	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Del Crandall, catcher, starter
Eddie Mathews, third base, starter
Hank Aaron, reserve
Gene Conley, reserve
Johnny Logan, reserve

Farm system

and Clyde King LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Corpus Christi, Quebec, Lawton

Notes

References

1955 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bridgma01.shtml Marshall Bridges] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olivoch01.shtml Chi-Chi Olivo] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml Del Rice] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1955 All-Star Game".

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