1955 Major League Baseball season
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.The Dodgers won the 1955 World Series in seven games over the Yankees, who had defeated them in the 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953 World Series. This was the first World Series to feature a series MVP, with Johnny Podres winning with two wins and a 1.00 ERA, including a shutout in the deciding game 7.Awards and honors
American League
National League
