| 1955 MLB season | |
| League: | Major League Baseball |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | April 11 – October 4, 1955 |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Tv: | NBC, CBS |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL Yogi Berra (NYY) |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Cleveland Indians |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Milwaukee Braves |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1955 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| World Series Mvp: | Johnny Podres (BKN) |
| World Series Mvp Link: | World Series Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1954 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1954 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1956 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1956 |
The 1955 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 4, 1955. It featured 16 teams, eight in the National League and eight in the American League, with each team playing a 154-game schedule. In the World Series the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4 games to 3.
For the third consecutive season, a franchise changed homes as the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and played their home games at Municipal Stadium.
Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers
Bill Virdon, St. Louis Cardinals
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| Team | Manager | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Richards | |||
| Pinky Higgins | |||
| Marty Marion | Finished 3rd | ||
| Al López | Finished 2nd | ||
| Fred Hutchinson | |||
| Lou Boudreau | |||
| Casey Stengel | Won Pennant | ||
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
| Team | Manager | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Walter Alston | Won only World Series in Brooklyn | |
| Chicago Cubs | Stan Hack | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | Birdie Tebbetts | ||
| Milwaukee Braves | Charlie Grimm | Finished 2nd | |
| New York Giants | Leo Durocher | Finished 3rd | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Mayo Smith | ||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Haney | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Stanky and Harry Walker |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Braves[1] | 85 | -4.5% | 2,005,836 | -5.9% | 26,050 | |
| New York Yankees[2] | 96 | -6.8% | 1,490,138 | 1.0% | 19,352 | |
| Kansas City Athletics[3] | 63 | 23.5% | 1,393,054 | 357.2% | 18,330 | |
| Cleveland Indians[4] | 93 | -16.2% | 1,221,780 | -8.5% | 15,867 | |
| Boston Red Sox[5] | 84 | 21.7% | 1,203,200 | 29.2% | 15,426 | |
| Detroit Tigers[6] | 79 | 16.2% | 1,181,838 | 9.4% | 15,349 | |
| Chicago White Sox[7] | 91 | -3.2% | 1,175,684 | -4.5% | 15,269 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[8] | 98 | 6.5% | 1,033,589 | 1.3% | 13,423 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[9] | 77 | 2.7% | 922,886 | 24.9% | 11,986 | |
| Chicago Cubs[10] | 72 | 12.5% | 875,800 | 17.1% | 11,374 | |
| Baltimore Orioles[11] | 57 | 5.6% | 852,039 | -19.7% | 10,785 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[12] | 68 | -5.6% | 849,130 | -18.3% | 11,028 | |
| New York Giants[13] | 80 | -17.5% | 824,112 | -28.7% | 10,432 | |
| Cincinnati Redlegs[14] | 75 | 1.4% | 693,662 | -1.5% | 9,009 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[15] | 60 | 13.2% | 469,397 | -1.3% | 6,259 | |
| Washington Senators[16] | 53 | -19.7% | 425,238 | -15.6% | 5,523 |
The Game of the Week moved from ABC to CBS[17] (the rights were actually set up through the Falstaff Brewing Corporation[18] [19] [20]).
The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.
