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1955 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Brooklyn BRO 98 55 .641 -- Milwkee MLN 85 69 .552 13.5 NewYorkG NYG 80 74 .519 18.5 Phildlpa PHI 77 77 .500 21.5 Cincnnti CIN 75 79 .487 23.5 ChicagoC CHC 72 81 .471 26.0 St.Louis STL 68 86 .442 30.5 Pittsbgh PIT 60 94 .390 38.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL Postseason World Series (4-3):   Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1955 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BRO  5.56   857  154  5193  1406  230  44  201  674   718  .271  .355  .448   79   56 116  5.99  5.14
 CIN  4.94   761  154  5270  1424  216  28  181  556   657  .270  .340  .425   51   36 105  5.52  4.36
 MLN  4.82   743  154  5277  1377  219  55  182  504   735  .261  .325  .427   42   27 110  4.44  5.21
 NYG  4.56   702  154  5288  1377  173  34  169  497   581  .260  .324  .402   38   22  96  4.58  4.53
 PHI  4.38   675  154  5092  1300  214  50  132  652   673  .255  .340  .395   44   32 100  4.82  3.95
 STL  4.25   654  154  5266  1375  228  36  143  458   597  .261  .320  .400   64   59  98  4.65  3.84
 CHC  4.06   626  154  5214  1287  187  55  164  428   806  .247  .304  .398   37   35  91  4.55  3.58
 PIT  3.64   560  154  5173  1262  210  60   91  471   652  .244  .307  .361   22   22  83  3.99  3.30
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.53  5578 1232 41773 10808 1677 362 1263 4240  5419  .259  .328  .407  377  289

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BRO  4.22   650  154  3.68  1378  1296   8.4   483  3.1  168   773   46     9     0  37 111  4.13  4.31
 NYG  4.37   673  154  3.77  1386  1347   8.7   560  3.6  155   721   52     6     0  14 107  4.14  4.61
 MLN  4.34   668  154  3.85  1383  1339   8.7   591  3.8  138   654   61     5     0  12  98  3.83  4.84
 PHI  4.32   666  154  3.93  1356  1291   8.4   477  3.1  161   657   58     8     0  21 101  4.01  4.64
 CIN  4.44   684  154  3.95  1363  1373   8.9   443  2.9  161   576   38    12     0  22 105  4.43  4.45
 CHC  4.63   713  154  4.17  1378  1306   8.5   601  3.9  153   686   47     9     0  23  99  4.18  5.08
 PIT  4.98   767  154  4.39  1362  1480   9.6   536  3.5  142   622   41     5     0  16  94  4.48  5.46
 STL  4.92   757  154  4.56  1376  1376   8.9   549  3.6  185   730   42     8     0  15  89  4.70  5.13
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.53  5578 1232  4.04 10982 10808   8.9  4240  3.5 1263  5419  385          70 160

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BRO  133  156  .978   .721  1,033,589  13,423   95-58  56-21 42-34 103 101 29.7 26.2   6   4  23 Alston
 MLN  152  155  .975   .715  2,005,836  26,050   84-70  46-31 39-38  95  93 27.1 27.2   3   5  16 Grimm
 NYG  141  165  .976   .713    824,112  10,432   80-74  44-35 36-39 101 100 28.6 29.8   3   2  15 Durocher
 PHI  110  117  .981   .728    922,886  11,986   78-76  46-31 31-46  98  98 28.9 28.6   2   3  16 Smith
 CIN  139  169  .977   .715    693,662   9,009   84-70  46-31 29-48 104 103 27.8 28.4   0   3  15 Tebbetts
 CHC  147  147  .975   .721    875,800  11,374   67-86  43-33 29-48 100 102 28.5 29.7   1   4   9 Hack
 STL  146  152  .975   .712    849,130  11,028   67-87  41-36 27-50 100 101 28.1 27.2   2   4  18 Stanky and Walker
 PIT  166  175  .972   .688    469,397   6,259   55-99  36-39 24-55  98 102 25.4 26.8   1   1  11 Haney
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella BRO .318/.395/.583 Rookie of the Year Bill Virdon STL .281/.322/.433

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Ashburn-PHI .338 Mays-NYG .319 Musial-STL .319 Campanella-BRO .318 Aaron-MLN .314	On-base % Ashburn-PHI .449 Snider-BRO .418 Mathews-MLN .413 Musial-STL .408 Mays-NYG .400	Slugging % Mays-NYG .659 Snider-BRO .628 Mathews-MLN .601 Banks-CHC .596 Kluszewski-CIN .585	OPS Mays-NYG 1.059 Snider-BRO 1.046 Mathews-MLN 1.014 Campanella-BRO .978 Musial-STL .974
Games Baker-CHC 154 Banks-CHC 154 Bell-CIN 154 Logan-MLN 154 Musial-STL 154 Post-CIN 154	At Bats Bruton-MLN 636 Kluszewski-CIN 612 Bell-CIN 610 Baker-CHC 609 Mueller-NYG 605	Plate Appearances (approx.) Kluszewski-CIN 686 Bruton-MLN 685 Temple-CIN 684 Baker-CHC 681 Logan-MLN 680	Runs Snider-BRO 126 Mays-NYG 123 Kluszewski-CIN 116 Post-CIN 116 Gilliam-BRO 110
Hits Kluszewski-CIN 192 Aaron-MLN 189 Bell-CIN 188 Post-CIN 186 Mays-NYG 185 Mueller-NYG 185	Total Bases Mays-NYG 382 Kluszewski-CIN 358 Banks-CHC 355 Post-CIN 345 Snider-BRO 338	Doubles Aaron-MLN 37 Logan-MLN 37 Snider-BRO 34 Post-CIN 33 Ashburn-PHI 32	Triples Long-PIT 13 Mays-NYG 13 Bruton-MLN 12 Clemente-PIT 11 Aaron-MLN 9 Ashburn-PHI 9 Banks-CHC 9
Home Runs Mays-NYG 51 Kluszewski-CIN 47 Banks-CHC 44 Snider-BRO 42 Mathews-MLN 41	RBI Snider-BRO 136 Mays-NYG 127 Ennis-PHI 120 Banks-CHC 117 Kluszewski-CIN 113	Bases on Balls Mathews-MLN 109 Ashburn-PHI 105 Snider-BRO 104 Thompson-NYG 84 Hodges-BRO 80 Musial-STL 80 Temple-CIN 80	Strikeouts Post-CIN 102 Mathews-MLN 98 Hodges-BRO 91 Fondy-CHC 87 Snider-BRO 87
Stolen Bases Bruton-MLN 25 Mays-NYG 24 Boyer-STL 22 Temple-CIN 19 Gilliam-BRO 15	Singles Mueller-NYG 152 Temple-CIN 142 Ashburn-PHI 136 Bell-CIN 125 Bruton-MLN 124 Moon-STL 124	Adjusted OPS+ Mays-NYG 174 Mathews-MLN 172 Snider-BRO 170 Musial-STL 156 Campanella-BRO 153	Runs Created Mays-NYG 157 Snider-BRO 145 Kluszewski-CIN 136 Mathews-MLN 131 Musial-STL 131
Adjusted Batting Runs Mays-NYG 61 Snider-BRO 58 Mathews-MLN 55 Musial-STL 48 Kluszewski-CIN 42	Batting Wins Mays-NYG 5.8 Snider-BRO 5.6 Mathews-MLN 5.3 Musial-STL 4.6 Kluszewski-CIN 4.1	Extra-Base Hits Banks-CHC 82 Mays-NYG 82 Snider-BRO 82 Post-CIN 76 Aaron-MLN 73	Times on Base Ashburn-PHI 288 Snider-BRO 271 Mays-NYG 268 Musial-STL 267 Kluszewski-CIN 262
Offensive Win% Mays-NYG .802 Snider-BRO .793 Mathews-MLN .783 Musial-STL .755 Ashburn-PHI .748	Hit By Pitch Musial-STL 8 Furillo-BRO 7 McMillan-CIN 7 Amoros-BRO 6 Campanella-BRO 6 Gilliam-BRO 6 Seminick-TOT 6	Sac. Hits Baker-CHC 18 Freese-PIT 16 Logan-MLN 16 Reese-BRO 13 Gilliam-BRO 11 Groat-PIT 11	Sac. Flies Hodges-BRO 10 Campanella-BRO 9 Ennis-PHI 9 Jones-PHI 9 Virdon-STL 9
Intentional Walks Kluszewski-CIN 25 Mathews-MLN 20 Musial-STL 19 Snider-BRO 19 Mays-NYG 13	Grounded into Double Plays Reese-BRO 22 Aaron-MLN 20 Groat-PIT 20 Repulski-STL 17 Banks-CHC 16 Hodges-BRO 16	Caught Stealing Boyer-STL 17 Gilliam-BRO 15 Bruton-MLN 11 Moon-STL 11 Ashburn-PHI 10	Power/Speed Number Mays-NYG 32.6 Boyer-STL 19.8 Banks-CHC 14.9 Snider-BRO 14.8 Moon-STL 13.9
At Bats per Strikeout Mueller-NYG 50.4 Groat-PIT 20.0 Schoendienst-STL 19.8 Temple-CIN 18.4 Lockman-NYG 16.9	At Bats per Home Run Mays-NYG 11.4 Mathews-MLN 12.2 Snider-BRO 12.8 Kluszewski-CIN 13.0 Banks-CHC 13.5	Outs Baker-CHC 488 Bruton-MLN 476 Logan-MLN 456 Temple-CIN 448 Fondy-CHC 447 Mueller-NYG 447	ERA Friend-PIT 2.83 Newcombe-BRO 3.20 Buhl-MLN 3.21 Spahn-MLN 3.26 Roberts-PHI 3.28
Wins Roberts-PHI 23 Newcombe-BRO 20 Nuxhall-CIN 17 Spahn-MLN 17 Antonelli-NYG 14 Friend-PIT 14 Hearn-NYG 14 Jones-CHC 14	Won-Loss % Newcombe-BRO .800 Labine-BRO .722 Liddle-NYG .714 Loes-BRO .714 Maglie-NYG .643	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Newcombe-BRO 1.113 Roberts-PHI 1.131 Friend-PIT 1.148 Hacker-CHC 1.150 Rush-CHC 1.184	Hits Allowed/9IP Jones-CHC 6.52 Buhl-MLN 7.50 Rush-CHC 7.85 Antonelli-NYG 7.88 Dickson-PHI 7.92
Bases on Balls/9IP Newcombe-BRO 1.46 Roberts-PHI 1.56 Hacker-CHC 1.82 Friend-PIT 2.34 Spahn-MLN 2.38	Strikeouts/9IP Jones-CHC 7.37 Haddix-STL 6.49 Podres-BRO 6.44 Conley-MLN 6.09 Newcombe-BRO 5.51	Games Labine-BRO 60 Wilhelm-NYG 59 LaPalme-STL 56 Grissom-NYG 55 Freeman-CIN 52	Saves Meyer-PHI 16 Roebuck-BRO 12 Freeman-CIN 11 Labine-BRO 11 Grissom-NYG 8
Innings Roberts-PHI 305.0 Nuxhall-CIN 257.0 Spahn-MLN 245.7 Jones-CHC 241.7 Antonelli-NYG 235.3	Strikeouts Jones-CHC 198 Roberts-PHI 160 Haddix-STL 150 Antonelli-NYG 143 Newcombe-BRO 143	Games Started Roberts-PHI 38 Antonelli-NYG 34 Jones-CHC 34 Burdette-MLN 33 Hearn-NYG 33 Nuxhall-CIN 33 Rush-CHC 33	Comp. Games Roberts-PHI 26 Newcombe-BRO 17 Spahn-MLN 16 Antonelli-NYG 14 Nuxhall-CIN 14 Rush-CHC 14
Shutouts Nuxhall-CIN 5 Dickson-PHI 4 Jones-CHC 4 Fowler-CIN 3 Gomez-NYG 3 Rush-CHC 3	Home Runs Allow. Roberts-PHI 41 Hacker-CHC 38 Newcombe-BRO 35 Erskine-BRO 29 Dickson-PHI 27 Haddix-STL 27 Hearn-NYG 27	Bases On Balls Allow. Jones-CHC 185 Buhl-MLN 109 Antonelli-NYG 82 Dickson-PHI 82 Nuxhall-CIN 78 Surkont-PIT 78	Hits Allowed Roberts-PHI 292 Burdette-MLN 253 Spahn-MLN 249 Nuxhall-CIN 240 Hearn-NYG 225
SO to Walk Newcombe-BRO 3.76 Roberts-PHI 3.02 Haddix-STL 2.42 Conley-MLN 2.06 Podres-BRO 2.00	Losses Jones-CHC 20 Antonelli-NYG 16 Haddix-STL 16 Hearn-NYG 16 Hacker-CHC 15	Earned Runs Allow. Roberts-PHI 111 Jones-CHC 110 Burdette-MLN 103 Haddix-STL 103 Surkont-PIT 103	Wild Pitches Davis-CHC 7 Arroyo-STL 6 Fowler-CIN 6 Klippstein-CIN 6 Meyer-PHI 6 Surkont-PIT 6 Wilhelm-NYG 6
Hit Batsmen Jones-CHC 14 Antonelli-NYG 11 Jackson-STL 9 Gomez-NYG 7 Lawrence-STL 7	Batters Faced Roberts-PHI 1256 Jones-CHC 1070 Nuxhall-CIN 1061 Spahn-MLN 1025 Burdette-MLN 1001	Games Finished Meyer-PHI 36 Grissom-NYG 32 Labine-BRO 32 Freeman-CIN 27 Roebuck-BRO 27	Adjusted ERA+ Friend-PIT 146 Newcombe-BRO 128 Antonelli-NYG 121 Roberts-PHI 121 Nuxhall-CIN 120
Oldest Player Cooper-CHC 1915-01-08 (40) Dickson-PHI 1916-08-21 (38) Baker-PHI 1916-10-10 (38) Walker-STL 1916-10-22 (38) McCullough-CHC 1917-03-04 (38)	Youngest Player Van Dusen- 1937-07-31 (17) Swanson-PIT 1936-10-15 (18) Koufax-BRO 1935-12-30 (19) McDaniel-STL 1935-12-13 (19) Silvera-CIN 1935-08-26 (19)

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Starters P. Robin Roberts (PHI) C. Del Crandall (MLN) 1B. Ted Kluszewski (CIN) 2B. Red Schoendienst (STL) 3B. Eddie Mathews (MLN) SS. Ernie Banks (CHC) LF. Del Ennis (PHI) CF. Duke Snider (BRO) RF. Don Mueller (NYG)		Hank Aaron* (MLN) Luis Arroyo (STL) Gene Baker* (CHC) Smoky Burgess* (CIN) Roy Campanella (BRO) Gene Conley* (MLN) Harvey Haddix* (STL) Gil Hodges* (BRO) Randy Jackson* (CHC)		Sam Jones* (CHC) Johnny Logan* (MLN) Stan Lopata* (PHI) Willie Mays* (NYG) Stan Musial* (STL) Don Newcombe* (BRO) Joe Nuxhall* (CIN) Frank Thomas* (PIT)

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