1955 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1955 American League Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio Myron H. Wilson Hank Greenberg Al López WXEL(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt) WERE(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.Owen Friend at Baseball-Reference 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.Ralph Kiner at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1955 season: Joe Ginsberg was sent by the Indians to the San Diego Padres.Joe Ginsberg at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions May 16, 1955: Hal Newhouser was released by the Indians.Hal Newhouser at Baseball-Reference 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.Billy Cox at Baseball-Reference July 2, 1955: Dave Philley was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Baltimore Orioles.Dave Philley at Baseball-Reference Roster 1955 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 22 Hank Aguirre 28 Bud Daley 19 Bob Feller 25 Mike Garcia 33 Ted Gray 11 Art Houtteman 21 Bob Lemon 26 Sal Maglie 12 Don Mossi 20 Ray Narleski 16 Hal Newhouser 51,34 José Santiago 27 Herb Score 30 Bill Wight 24 Early Wynn Catchers 15 Hank Foiles  4 Jim Hegan 18 Hal Naragon Infielders 45,6 Joe Altobelli  1 Bobby Ávila 36 Sam Dente 33 Ferris Fain 37 Billy Harrell  8 Kenny Kuhn  5 Hank Majeski  3 Dale Mitchell 35 Stan Pawloski  8 Rudy Regalado  7 Al Rosen  2 George Strickland 23 Vic Wertz  5 Bobby Young Outfielders 38 Rocky Colavito 14 Larry Doby 30 Hoot Evers  9 Ralph Kiner 32 Stu Locklin 17 Dave Philley 34 Dave Pope 32,16 Al Smith 31 Wally Westlake 31 Gene Woodling Other batters 37 Harry Simpson Manager 10 Al López Coaches 44 Tony Cuccinello (Third Base) 43 Mel Harder (Pitching) 42 Red Kress (First Base) 40 Bill Lobe (Bullpen) 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 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 George Strickland (baseball) 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 Al Smith (outfielder) 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 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 Dale Mitchell (baseball) 61 58 15 .259 0 10 Hank Majeski 36 48 9 .188 2 6 Bobby Young 18 45 14 .311 0 6 Rudy Regalado baseball 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 = Indicates league leader 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 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 Mike Garcia (baseball, born 1923) 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 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 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 José Santiago (1950s pitcher) 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 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 https://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1955as.shtml 1955 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball 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, SpartanburgJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 1955 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference 1955 Cleveland Indians team at baseball-almanac.com 1955 WS at Baseball-Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Indians