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

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Third Base) (Pitching) (First Base) (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 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 Player 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 Player 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 Player 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 Player 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, SpartanburgJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

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