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This article is about the 1955 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1955 in baseball.

For the third consecutive season, a franchise changed homes as the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City, MO and played their home games at Municipal Stadium.

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Al Kaline DET	.340	Richie Ashburn PHI	.338
HR	Mickey Mantle NYY	37	Willie Mays NYG	51
RBI	Ray Boone DET Jackie Jensen BOS	116	Duke Snider BRO	136
Wins	Whitey Ford NYY Bob Lemon CLE Frank Sullivan BOS	18	Robin Roberts PHI	23
ERA	Billy Pierce CHW	1.97	Bob Friend PIT	2.83
SO	Herb Score CLE	245	Sam Jones CHC	198
SV	Ray Narleski CLE	19	Jack Meyer PHI	16
SB	Jim Rivera CHW	25	Bill Bruton MLN	25

External links

1955 season at Baseball-reference.com

v · d · e1955 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington

National League	Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1955 All-Star Game • 1955 World Series

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