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1955 New York Yankees season

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Start date
  
1955

Manager
  
Casey Stengel

Owners
  
Dan Topping, Del Webb

General manager
  
George Weiss

Local television
  
WPIX

Local radio
  
WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)

Similar
  
1922 New York Yankees, 1949 New York Yankees, 1953 New York Yankees, 1926 New York Yankees, 1960 New York Yankees

The 1955 New York Yankees season was the team's 53rd season in New York, and its 55th season overall. The team finished with a record of 96–58, 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.

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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.

    • 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.
  • July 30, 1955: Ed Lopat was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim McDonald.
  • September 14, 1955: Jerry Staley was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    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)

    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)

    • Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Monroe

    Norfolk club folded, July 14, 1955

    References

    1955 New York Yankees season Wikipedia
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