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1955 National League

1955 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 616 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
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Other Years: 1954 / 1956
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1954 / 1956

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1954 / 1956

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Brooklyn Dodgers	98	55	.641	--
Milwaukee Braves	85	69	.552	13.5
New York Giants	80	74	.519	18.5
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	.500	21.5
Cincinnati Redlegs	75	79	.487	23.5
Chicago Cubs	72	81	.471	26
St. Louis Cardinals	68	86	.442	30.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	94	.390	38.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Brooklyn Dodgers	BRO	29.7	5.56	154	6037	5193	857	1406	230	44	201	800	79	56	674	718	.271	.356	.448	.804	2327	132	41	75	54	62
Cincinnati Redlegs	CIN	27.8	4.94	154	5978	5270	761	1424	216	28	181	726	51	36	556	657	.270	.341	.425	.766	2239	104	33	76	43	50
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	27.1	4.82	154	5920	5277	743	1377	219	55	182	699	42	27	504	735	.261	.326	.427	.753	2252	113	28	72	39	67
New York Giants	NYG	28.6	4.56	154	5940	5288	702	1377	173	34	169	643	38	22	497	581	.260	.325	.402	.727	2125	108	36	69	50	44
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	28.9	4.38	154	5864	5092	675	1300	214	50	132	631	44	32	652	673	.255	.340	.395	.735	2010	139	24	53	43	39
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	28.1	4.25	154	5855	5266	654	1375	228	36	143	608	64	59	458	597	.261	.321	.400	.721	2104	122	31	56	44	53
Chicago Cubs	CHC	28.5	4.06	154	5766	5214	626	1287	187	55	164	597	37	35	428	806	.247	.305	.398	.703	2076	107	22	69	33	45
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	25.4	3.64	154	5790	5173	560	1262	210	60	91	532	22	22	471	652	.244	.308	.361	.668	1865	132	21	93	32	64
League Totals		28.0	4.53	1232	47150	41773	5578	10808	1677	362	1263	5236	377	289	4240	5419	.259	.328	.407	.735	16998	957	236	563	338	424

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Brooklyn Dodgers	BRO	26.2	4.22	98	55	.641	3.68	154	154	108	46	11	37	1378.0	1296	650	564	168	483	34	773	19	2	35	5799	1.291	8.5	1.1	3.2	5.0	1.60
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	28.6	4.32	77	77	.500	3.93	154	154	96	58	11	21	1356.2	1291	666	592	161	477	43	657	25	0	28	5750	1.303	8.6	1.1	3.2	4.4	1.38
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	27.2	4.34	85	69	.552	3.85	154	154	93	61	5	12	1383.0	1339	668	591	138	591	64	654	19	3	30	5965	1.396	8.7	0.9	3.8	4.3	1.11
New York Giants	NYG	29.7	4.37	80	74	.519	3.77	154	154	102	52	6	14	1386.2	1347	673	581	155	560	55	721	47	1	19	5972	1.375	8.7	1.0	3.6	4.7	1.29
Cincinnati Redlegs	CIN	28.4	4.44	75	79	.487	3.95	154	154	116	38	12	22	1363.0	1373	684	598	161	443	42	576	24	3	28	5781	1.332	9.1	1.1	2.9	3.8	1.30
Chicago Cubs	CHC	29.7	4.63	72	81	.471	4.17	154	154	107	47	10	23	1378.1	1306	713	639	153	601	57	686	29	1	31	5944	1.384	8.5	1.0	3.9	4.5	1.14
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	27.2	4.92	68	86	.442	4.56	154	154	112	42	10	15	1376.2	1376	757	698	185	549	79	730	47	3	31	5972	1.398	9.0	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.33
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	26.8	4.98	60	94	.390	4.39	154	154	113	41	5	16	1362.0	1480	767	665	142	536	50	622	26	4	30	5967	1.480	9.8	0.9	3.5	4.1	1.16
League Totals		28.0	4.53	615	615	.500	4.04	1232	1232	847	385	70	160	10984.1	10808	5578	4928	1263	4240	424	5419	236	17	232	47150	1.370	8.9	1.0	3.5	4.4	1.28

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	154	4070	1475	110	117	.981	18	43	29	40%	Mayo Smith
Brooklyn Dodgers	BRO	154	4134	1674	133	156	.978	5	36	24	40%	Walter Alston
Cincinnati Redlegs	CIN	154	4088	1689	139	169	.977	10	37	28	43%	Birdie Tebbetts
New York Giants	NYG	154	4160	1732	142	165	.976	23	42	37	47%	Leo Durocher
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	154	4149	1780	152	155	.975	10	38	45	54%	Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs	CHC	154	4135	1706	147	147	.975	21	73	42	37%	Stan Hack
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	154	4131	1650	146	152	.975	14	42	35	45%	Harry Walker and Eddie Stanky
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	154	4087	1744	166	175	.972	19	66	49	43%	Fred Haney
League Totals		1232	32954	13450	1135	1236	.976	120	377	289	43%

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