The 1955 New York Yankees season was the team's 53rd season. The team finished with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, winning their 21st pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.
Offseason November 17, 1954: Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willy Miranda and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Larsen, Billy Hunter, Bob Turley, and players to be named later. The deal was completed on December 1, when the Yankees sent Bill Miller, Kal Segrist, Don Leppert, and Ted Del Guercio (minors) to the Orioles, and the Orioles sent Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley, and Dick Kryhoski to the Yankees.Don Larsen at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 11, 1955: Enos Slaughter and Johnny Sain were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Sonny Dixon and cash.Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference July 30, 1955: Ed Lopat was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim McDonald.Ed Lopat at Baseball Reference September 14, 1955: Jerry Staley was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Cincinnati Redlegs.Jerry Staley at Baseball Reference
Roster 1955 New York Yankees roster Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader
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 147 542 147 .272 27 108 1B 108 288 92 .319 12 61 2B 141 533 152 .285 13 53 3B 135 510 131 .257 7 47 SS 98 255 58 .227 3 20 LF 132 371 94 .253 8 59 CF 147 517 158 .306 37 99 RF 139 492 137 .278 20 53
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 9727981.2901043 10527865.2341345 8817326.2081642 8114337.25919 439622.22908 558529.341322 207021.30019 11264.15403 14265.19201 1091.11101 1462.33300 250.00000 252.40002 130.00000 1221.00003 720.00000
Pitching
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 39 253.2 18* 7 2.63 137 36 246.2 17 13 3.06 210 27 160.0 16 5 3.15 76 19 97.0 9 2 3.06 44 16 86.2 4 8 3.74 24 1 3.0 0 0 3.00 1 Tied with Bob Lemon 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 29 126.2 8 7 3.41 49 26 92.1 7 5 4.19 63 16 53.0 0 2 3.91 22 10 29.0 1 1 5.28 15
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 45 7 2 11 2.32 19 40 7 3 10 3.25 17 33 1 3 0 3.16 48 3 0 0 0 6.75 5 2 0 0 0 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
1955 World Series
In Game One on September 28, Elston Howard became the sixth player in the history of the World Series to hit a home run in his first World Series at bat.
NL Brooklyn Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 6September 28Yankee Stadium 63,8692 Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 4 September 29Yankee Stadium 64,7073 Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 8 September 30Ebbets Field 34,2094 Yankees – 5, Dodgers – 8 October 1Ebbets Field 36,2425 Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 5 October 2Ebbets Field 36,7966 Dodgers – 1, Yankees – 5 October 3Yankee Stadium 64,0227 Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 0 October 4Yankee Stadium 62,465
Post-season exhibition From October 11 to November 21, the Yankees embarked on a 25-game barnstorming exhibition tour. The team played five games in Hawaii, 16 games in Japan, one game in US-controlled Okinawa, two games in the Philippines, and one game in Guam; they won 24 of the 25 games and tied one game against an all-star team in Sendai.
Awards and honors Yogi Berra, American League MVP All-Star Game
League leaders Whitey Ford, league leader, complete games (Ford was the first player to lead the American League in complete games with fewer than 20)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.106, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Monroe
Norfolk club folded, July 14, 1955Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1955 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1955 World Series 1955 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac