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1955 - MLB Year In Review
The American League pennant race quickly became a two-team race as summer rolled around as the Chicago White Sox, the defending AL champs, fought with the Cleveland Indians with neither team no farther back than two games all season long. Chicago held a two-game lead on Labor Day but Cleveland caught up and held a slim one-game lead with a week and a half to go. Towards the junior circuit's last 5 games, the White Sox started falling back and the Indians clinched their first title since 1929 with only two games remaining in the season. Cleveland was led at the plate by Mickey Mantle (.315-37-103) and Ed Bailey (.287-38-103) and on the mound by Frank Lary, who was awarded the AL's Outstanding Pitcher award after winning 17 games and finishing second with a 3.01 ERA. The White Sox ended in 2nd place, 3 games behind, thanks to the hitting of Wally Moon (.301-18-110) and Stan Musial (.293-35-112) with the pitching of Warren Spahn (14 wins, 2.61 ERA). The Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers both finished 14 games behind and tied for 3rd place. Gail Harris (.298-44-126) was the hitting star for the Orioles and Willie Mays (.301-44-125) was the hitting star for the Tigers.
In the NL, they did the junior circuit one better as it was a three-team race between the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs held the lead in the early going before the Pirates tied them by Labor Day with the Braves only 1.5 games back. The Cubs began faultering and with 10 games to go, Milwaukee was now on top with Pittsburgh 2.5 games back and Chicago 5 games out. Chicago continued its collapse and the Braves were able to clinch the NL title with 4 games remaining. Milwaukee was led at the plate by Hank Aaron (.319-25-106), the NL's MVP, and Hank Bauer (.278-20-73) while Don Newcombe (17 wins, 2.72 ERA) led the mound crew. Pittsburgh finished in 2nd place, 5 games back, thanks to the hitting of Joe Adcock (.287-27-84) and Jackie Jensen (.256-19-76) and the pitching of the senior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher award winner, Mike Garcia (17 wins, 2.48 ERA). Thanks to the hitting of Smokey Burgess (.304-20-96) and the pitching of Dick Donovan (16 wins, 3.51 ERA, 132 K), the Brooklyn Dodgers edged the Cubs for 3rd place, 6 games behind.
Thanks to the power display by Ed Bailey (4 HRs) and the pitching of both Bob Friend and Larry Jansen, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Milwaukee Braves, 4 games to 1, to win their first world's championship in 26 years.
Code:
American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 90 64 .584 -- Milwaukee 90 64 .584 --
Chicago 87 67 .565 3 Pittsburgh 85 69 .552 5
Baltimore 76 78 .494 14 Brooklyn 84 70 .545 6
Detroit 76 78 .494 14 Chicago 83 71 .539 7
Boston 74 80 .481 16 Cincinnati 70 84 .455 20
Kansas City 74 80 .481 16 New York 68 86 .442 22
Washington 74 80 .481 16 Philadelphia 68 86 .442 22
New York 65 89 .422 25 St.Louis 68 86 .442 22
Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
E.Mathews,BOS .345 H.Aaron,MIL .319
A.Kaline,WAS .333 J.Brandt,CHI .314
M.Mantle,CLE .315 J.Cunningham,CIN .313
Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
E.Mathews,BOS 50 E.Banks,NY 37
D.Snider,KC 45 T.Kluszewski,STL 32
G.Harris,BAL 44 Y.Berra,NY 31
Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
G.Harris,BAL 126 J.Brandt,CHI 116
W.Mays,DET 125 Y.Berra,NY 113
E.Mathews,BOS 121 H.Aaron,MIL 106
Runs Scored RS Runs Scored RS
D.Snider,KC 117 J.Robinson,MIL 108
W.Mays,DET 114 J.Gilliam,CHI 103
E.Mathews,BOS 113 H.Aaron,MIL 102
Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
W.Mays,DET 22 J.Robinson,MIL 26
M.Minoso,BAL 18 J.Jensen,PIT 24
C.Neal,BAL 17 J.Gilliam,CHI 22
Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
W.Spahn,CHI 2.61 M.Garcia,PIT 2.48
F.Lary,CLE 3.01 D.Newcombe,MIL 2.72
M.Fornieles,BAL 3.03 K.Spooner,CHI 3.03
Wins W Wins W
F.Lary,CLE 17 B.Rush,CIN 19
B.Pierce,WAS 17 M.Garcia,PIT 17
W.Ford,NY 16 D.Newcombe,MIL 17
Saves SV Saves SV
R.Brickner,WAS 20 R.Herbert,PIT 16
B.Donovan,NY 18 D.Mattewson,CIN 15
D.Mossi,CHI 18 R.Adams,STL 14
Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
B.Pierce,WAS 263 K.Spooner,CHI 195
H.Score,WAS 203 D.Drysdale,MIL 182
B.Hoeft,DET 195 D.Newcombe,MIL 174
1955 World Series
Game #1
Milwaukee 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 - 7 9 0
Cleveland 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 - 10 11 1
D.Hall, J.Coleman (5) and G.Triandos
C.Simmons, L.Jansen (7) and E.Bailey
WP - L.Jansen (1-0)
LP - J.Coleman (0-1)
HR - MIL: L.Walls (1) CLE: E.Bailey 2 (2), H.Thompson (1)
Game #2
Milwaukee 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
Cleveland 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 x - 4 8 0
W.McCall, J.Coleman (6) and G.Triandos
B.Friend, C.Buker (9) and E.Bailey
WP - B.Friend (1-0)
LP - W.McCall (0-1)
SV - C.Buker (1)
HR - MIL: J.Robinson (1) CLE: J.Collins (1)
Game #3
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 - 4 8 3
Milwaukee 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 x - 7 9 0
D.Gross, L.Jansen (7) and E.Bailey
D.Newcombe, P.Paine (9) and G.Triandos
WP - D.Newcombe (1-0)
LP - D.Gross (0-1)
SV - P.Paine (1)
HR - CLE: E.Bailey (3), J.Collins (2), G.Freese (1)
MIL: H.Aaron (1), J.Robinson (2), S.Amoros (1)
Game #4
Cleveland 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 7 11 1
Milwaukee 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0
F.Lary, L.Jansen (6) and E.Bailey
H.Haddix, J.Coleman (7) and G.Triandos
WP - L.Jansen (2-0)
LP - H.Haddix (0-1)
HR - CLE: H.Thompson (2), F.Thomas (1), M.Mantle (1)
Game #5
Cleveland 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 - 9 10 0
Milwaukee 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 6 10 1
B.Friend, P.Minner (9) and E.Bailey
D.Hall, J.Coleman (7), A.Schallock (9) and G.Triandos, C.White (7)
WP - B.Friend (2-0)
LP - J.Coleman (0-2)
HR - CLE: E.Bailey (4), H.Thompson (3) MIL: E.Bressoud (1), S.Amoros (2)
Philadelphia Phillies
Code:
Philadelphia Phillies Leaders
Year: 1955
Batting Average
.281 V.Power
.237 R.Kiner
Home Runs
20 R.Kiner
12 E.Bouchee
12 J.Greengrass
10 H.Chiti
10 V.Power
Runs Batted In
88 V.Power
67 J.Greengrass
66 R.Kiner
51 E.Bouchee
43 D.Groat
Runs Scored
65 V.Power
64 E.Yost
63 R.Kiner
51 J.Greengrass
46 D.Groat
Stolen Bases
5 C.Michaels
2 R.Repulski
1 D.Ennis
1 P.Runnels
1 E.Yost
Earned Run Average
3.44 S.Consuegra
3.64 J.Schmitz
4.38 P.Foytack
5.49 B.Lemon
Wins
16 J.Schmitz
12 S.Consuegra
11 P.Foytack
8 B.Lemon
7 V.Raschi
Saves
10 N.King
5 M.Parnell
4 H.Dorish
4 B.Lemon
4 H.Moford
Strikeouts
158 P.Foytack
100 B.Lemon
57 M.Parnell
56 S.Consuegra
55 J.Schmitz
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