1955 Cleveland Indians season

Offseason

October 14, 1954: Owen Friend was purchased from the Indians by the Boston Red Sox.
November 16, 1954: Ralph Kiner was acquired by the Indians from the Chicago Cubs for $60,000 as part of an earlier deal made on September 30, 1954. The Indians sent Gale Wade to the Cubs on November 30 to complete the trade.
Prior to 1955 season: Joe Ginsberg was sent by the Indians to the San Diego Padres.
Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 16, 1955: Hal Newhouser was released by the Indians.
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.
July 2, 1955: Dave Philley was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Baltimore Orioles.
Roster

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
	56	118	30	.254	0	8
	57	127	41	.323	1	14
	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

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	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

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	4	4	3.47	25
	10	25.2	0	2	3.86	11
	4	12.2	2	0	1.42	6
	2	7	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, Spartanburg

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