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1955 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award

Yogi Berra
NYY 147 G .272/.349/.470

Rookie of the Year Award

Herb Score
CLE 16-10, 2.85, 245 SO
Batting Champion
  (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)		Al Kaline
DET 152 G .340/.421/.546
ERA Pitching Champion
  (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)		Billy Pierce
CHW 15-10 (1 SV), 1.97, 157 SO

TSN Pitcher of the Year

Whitey Ford
NYY 18-7 (2 SV), 2.63, 137 SO

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)
Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. Billy Pierce (CHW)
C. Yogi Berra (NYY)
1B. Mickey Vernon (WSH)
2B. Nellie Fox (CHW)
3B. Jim Finigan (KCA)
SS. Harvey Kuenn (DET)
LF. Ted Williams (BOS)
CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY)
RF. Al Kaline (DET)

 
Bobby Avila* (CLE)
Chico Carrasquel* (CHW)
Larry Doby (CLE)
Dick Donovan (CHW)
Whitey Ford* (NYY)
Billy Hoeft (DET)
Jackie Jensen* (BOS)
Sherm Lollar (CHW)
Vic Power* (KCA)
 
Al Rosen* (CLE)
Herb Score (CLE)
Al Smith* (CLE)
Frank Sullivan* (BOS)
Bob Turley (NYY)
Jim Wilson (BAL)
Early Wynn* (CLE)

AL Other Leaders

Glossary · Hold mouse over statistic name to see description
Wins Above Replacement--all  s c a p y
1.Mantle (NYY)9.2
2.Kaline (DET)8.0
3.Williams (BOS)6.7
Pierce (CHW)6.7
5.Wynn (CLE)5.9
6.Hoeft (DET)5.2
7.Score (CLE)5.1
Bauer (NYY)5.1
9.Fox (CHW)5.0
10.McDougald (NYY)4.9
Oldest  s c a p y
1.Kinder (BOS)born 1914-07-26
2.Suder (KCA)born 1916-04-16
3.Slaughter (KCA)born 1916-04-27
4.Joost (BOS)born 1916-06-05
5.Cavarretta (CHW)born 1916-07-19
6.Majeski (CLE)born 1916-12-13
7.Konstanty (NYY)born 1917-03-02
8.Maglie (CLE)born 1917-04-26
Trucks (CHW)born 1917-04-26
10.Papai (CHW)born 1917-05-07
Youngest  s c a p y
1.George (KCA)born 1938-09-27
2.Pagliaroni (BOS)born 1937-12-08
3.Robinson (BAL)born 1937-05-18
4.Marquis (BAL)born 1937-04-05
5.Kuhn (CLE)born 1937-03-20
6.Small (DET)born 1937-03-08
7.Boyer (KCA)born 1937-02-09
8.Causey (BAL)born 1936-12-26
9.Carroll (NYY)born 1936-09-17
10.Nelson (BAL)born 1936-08-07

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements



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