1955 American League Shortstop

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Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Yogi Berra

AL Rookie of the Year: Herb Score

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Team Fielding - SS

Team Fielding - SS Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp
Baltimore Orioles	5	4.83	156	156	126	1388.2	886	323	526	37	109	.958	1	1	1	0
Boston Red Sox	4	4.23	154	154	146	1384.1	809	265	504	40	79	.951	-12	-10	-9	-3
Chicago White Sox	3	3.59	155	155	134	1378.0	769	259	487	23	97	.970	9	8	11	-2
Cleveland Indians	5	3.90	154	154	110	1386.1	754	264	471	19	101	.975	-4	-4	-6	2
Detroit Tigers	4	4.27	154	154	150	1380.2	738	276	429	33	87	.955	-11	-9	-9	-2
Kansas City Athletics	5	5.88	155	155	128	1382.0	773	277	464	32	101	.959	-12	-10	-12	0
New York Yankees	7	3.69	154	154	94	1372.1	729	253	445	31	109	.957	2	2	0	2
Washington Nationals	5	5.12	154	154	106	1354.2	844	284	517	43	114	.949	-10	-9	-11	1
League Average	5	4.44	154	154	124	1378	788	275	480	32	100	.959	-5	-0	-4	-0
	38	4.44	1236	1236	994	11027.0	6302	2201	3843	258	797	.959	-37	-4	-35	-2

Team Advanced Fielding - SS*

Team Advanced Fielding - SS* Table
								Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
Baltimore Orioles	6097	65%	78%	25%	717	89%	3	320	175	116	29	536	389	116	3	9	37	1	28	8	23	109	42	7	28	8	6	97	51	43	8	2	4
Boston Red Sox	5987	66%	76%	27%	672	87%	8	269	138	114	17	503	369	116	0	1	40	0	36	4	33	79	26	4	25	10	5	72	30	41	6	5	1
Chicago White Sox	5819	62%	77%	27%	658	88%	2	257	127	111	19	499	356	127	1	10	23	0	23	0	22	97	44	5	30	4	1	89	49	36	7	1	5
Cleveland Indians	5904	63%	73%	24%	603	90%	3	263	135	110	18	468	353	99	1	6	19	0	12	7	9	101	49	5	25	8	4	94	54	38	3	2	0
Detroit Tigers	5944	61%	78%	27%	617	90%	1	278	158	104	16	427	331	84	0	5	33	0	22	11	29	87	38	5	18	7	4	78	43	30	7	3	4
Kansas City Athletics	6229	64%	76%	25%	627	90%	4	278	149	101	28	460	330	114	3	7	32	1	25	6	19	100	37	4	32	3	4	84	41	40	12	4	7
New York Yankees	5834	68%	73%	25%	580	89%	3	251	130	104	17	445	323	105	1	9	31	1	26	4	20	110	48	2	32	8	6	100	50	47	5	2	3
Washington Nationals	6057	70%	77%	25%	713	86%	5	288	157	106	25	519	361	136	1	10	43	0	37	6	37	115	58	4	30	5	6	108	62	43	6	4	1
League Average	5984	65%	76%	26%	648	89%	4	276	146	108	21	482	352	112	1	7	32	0	26	6	24	100	43	4	28	7	4	90	48	40	7	3	3
	47871	65%	76%	26%	5187	89%	29	2204	1169	866	169	3857	2812	897	10	57	258	3	209	46	192	798	342	36	220	53	36	722	380	318	54	23	25

Player Fielding - SS

Player Fielding - SS Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
1	Reno Bertoia	20	DET	5	3	2	27.0	10	4	6	0	0	1.000	0	18	0	0	3.33	2.00
2	Milt Bolling	24	BOS	2	1	1	11.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	-1	-109	-1	0	3.27	2.00
3	Clete Boyer	18	KCA	12	5	3	58.1	27	13	13	1	4	.963	-2	-37	-2	0	4.01	2.17
4	Jim Brideweser	28	CHW	26	15	7	132.2	79	27	48	4	12	.949	0	2	0	0	5.09	2.88
5	Chico Carrasquel	29	CHW	144	135	123	1201.1	664	222	424	18	81	.973	9	9	11	-2	4.84	4.49
6	Tom Carroll	18	NYY	4	1	1	15.0	8	2	5	1	0	.875	-1	-48	-1	0	4.20	1.75
7	Wayne Causey	18	BAL	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0	120	0	0	3.00	1.00
8	Jerry Coleman	30	NYY	29	16	10	158.0	87	33	51	3	17	.966	-3	-20	-3	0	4.78	2.90
9	Billy Cox	35	BAL	6	2	1	17.0	12	2	9	1	1	.917	0	21	0	0	5.82	1.83
10	Joe DeMaestri	26	KCA	122	118	105	1029.2	585	206	358	21	78	.964	-4	-5	-3	-1	4.93	4.62
11	Sam Dente	33	CLE	53	22	18	266.0	123	33	87	3	15	.976	-2	-9	-2	0	4.06	2.26
12	Chuck Diering	32	BAL	12	2	2	43.0	25	9	16	0	2	1.000	1	25	1	0	5.23	2.08
13	Owen Friend	28	BOS	14	14	10	109.2	61	20	38	3	5	.951	0	-1	1	-1	4.76	4.14
14	Alex George	16	KCA	5	2	1	18.0	12	6	5	1	1	.917	-2	-100	-2	0	5.50	2.20
15	Billy Harrell	26	CLE	11	5	3	46.0	27	7	18	2	1	.926	-1	-21	-1	0	4.89	2.27
16	Fred Hatfield	30	DET	14	12	11	113.0	66	19	43	4	4	.939	-2	-17	-1	-1	4.94	4.43
17	Billy Hunter	27	NYY	98	91	54	712.0	380	115	249	16	60	.958	10	17	8	2	4.60	3.71
18	Eddie Joost	39	BOS	20	18	17	164.0	117	37	72	8	19	.932	-2	-11	-3	1	5.98	5.45
19	Billy Klaus	26	BOS	126	121	118	1099.2	626	207	391	28	55	.955	-9	-10	-6	-3	4.89	4.75
20	Bobby Kline	26	WSH	69	44	26	391.2	265	97	153	15	35	.943	-1	-2	-2	1	5.74	3.62
21	Harvey Kuenn	24	DET	141	139	137	1236.2	660	253	378	29	83	.956	-9	-9	-8	-1	4.59	4.48
22	Kenny Kuhn	18	CLE	4	1	1	17.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-42	-1	0	2.12	1.00
23	Jack Littrell	26	KCA	22	12	8	127.0	76	30	42	4	8	.947	-2	-14	-2	0	5.10	3.27
24	Mickey Mantle	23	NYY	2	0	0	2.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	0	0	18.00	2.00
25	Fred Marsh	31	BAL	16	1	0	50.0	33	12	19	2	4	.939	0	5	0	0	5.58	1.94
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
26	Billy Martin	27	NYY	3	3	3	27.0	11	4	6	1	1	.909	-2	-67	-2	0	3.33	3.33
27	Willy Miranda	29	BAL	153	151	123	1275.2	815	300	481	34	101	.958	0	0	0	0	5.51	5.10
28	Buddy Peterson	30	CHW	6	5	4	44.0	26	10	15	1	4	.962	-1	-14	-1	0	5.11	4.17
29	Bobby Richardson	19	NYY	4	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	0	-34	0	0	5.14	1.00
30	Phil Rizzuto	37	NYY	79	43	26	451.1	235	93	132	10	30	.957	-3	-9	-3	0	4.49	2.85
31	Tony Roig	26	WSH	21	11	4	101.2	59	15	40	4	10	.932	0	0	0	0	4.87	2.62
32	Pete Runnels	27	WSH	2	0	0	2.0	3	0	2	1	0	.667	0	60	0	0	9.00	1.00
33	Ron Samford	25	DET	1	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	-60	0	0	4.50	2.00
34	Jerry Schypinski	23	KCA	21	18	11	149.0	73	22	46	5	10	.932	-3	-23	-4	1	4.11	3.24
35	Al Smith	27	CLE	5	0	0	7.0	5	2	3	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	6.43	1.00
36	Jerry Snyder	25	WSH	20	5	1	64.2	18	12	5	1	0	.944	-3	-61	-3	0	2.37	0.85
37	George Strickland	29	CLE	128	126	88	1050.1	595	221	360	14	84	.976	-1	-1	-3	2	4.98	4.54
38	José Valdivielso	21	WSH	94	94	75	794.2	499	160	317	22	69	.956	-6	-9	-6	0	5.40	5.07

Player Advanced Fielding - ss

Player Advanced Fielding - ss Table
											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1	Reno Bertoia	20	DET	105	58%	81%	34%	11	100%	0	5	5	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Milt Bolling	24	BOS	46	57%	78%	22%	6	67%	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Clete Boyer	18	KCA	267	60%	75%	26%	20	75%	0	14	5	7	2	12	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
4	Jim Brideweser	28	CHW	554	60%	78%	27%	70	87%	0	29	14	13	2	50	35	13	0	0	4	0	4	0	4	12	3	2	2	0	0	11	5	3	1	1	0
5	Chico Carrasquel	29	CHW	5097	62%	77%	27%	572	88%	2	218	110	93	15	435	310	111	1	10	18	0	18	0	17	81	40	3	25	4	1	74	43	30	6	0	5
6	Tom Carroll	18	NYY	76	75%	70%	18%	10	70%	0	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
7	Wayne Causey	18	BAL	13	54%	85%	23%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Jerry Coleman	30	NYY	684	68%	74%	26%	67	90%	0	33	22	11	0	51	38	10	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	17	4	0	7	2	0	14	4	9	3	2	1
9	Billy Cox	35	BAL	79	67%	80%	27%	10	90%	0	2	1	1	0	8	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	Joe DeMaestri	26	KCA	4613	64%	76%	25%	474	91%	3	207	112	75	20	354	247	94	3	6	21	0	18	3	11	77	31	3	20	3	3	63	34	27	10	4	5
11	Sam Dente	33	CLE	1137	64%	73%	24%	110	92%	0	34	19	12	3	88	66	19	0	2	3	0	2	1	3	15	11	0	2	1	0	14	11	3	1	0	0
12	Chuck Diering	32	BAL	179	68%	82%	36%	24	83%	0	9	4	5	0	17	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
13	Owen Friend	28	BOS	469	69%	72%	26%	49	88%	0	20	12	6	2	37	27	7	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	5	1	4	0	0	0
14	Alex George	16	KCA	78	79%	79%	31%	9	89%	0	6	4	1	1	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Billy Harrell	26	CLE	200	76%	76%	30%	21	86%	0	7	2	5	0	18	15	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	Fred Hatfield	30	DET	490	64%	78%	30%	56	89%	1	22	14	8	0	41	33	6	0	0	4	0	4	0	4	4	1	0	2	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
17	Billy Hunter	27	NYY	2973	70%	74%	26%	304	91%	1	116	53	52	11	252	185	58	1	6	16	1	13	2	9	60	32	1	17	2	3	56	33	22	0	0	0
18	Eddie Joost	39	BOS	713	67%	78%	29%	92	87%	1	35	18	14	3	74	50	21	0	0	8	0	8	0	7	19	8	0	5	2	2	17	8	9	2	1	1
19	Billy Klaus	26	BOS	4759	66%	77%	27%	525	87%	7	213	107	94	12	389	290	87	0	1	28	0	24	4	22	55	17	4	19	6	3	50	21	28	4	4	0
20	Bobby Kline	26	WSH	1745	71%	77%	26%	215	87%	0	95	50	34	11	153	105	43	0	1	15	0	11	4	14	36	17	2	9	0	2	33	19	11	3	3	0
21	Harvey Kuenn	24	DET	5332	61%	78%	26%	549	90%	0	250	138	96	16	380	295	75	0	5	29	0	18	11	25	83	37	5	16	6	4	74	42	27	7	3	4
22	Kenny Kuhn	18	CLE	76	78%	71%	30%	3	100%	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jack Littrell	26	KCA	582	65%	73%	23%	60	93%	0	28	17	9	2	43	33	9	0	1	4	1	3	0	3	8	2	1	3	0	1	7	3	4	1	0	1
24	Mickey Mantle	23	NYY	11	55%	73%	27%	2	100%	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Fred Marsh	31	BAL	224	65%	78%	23%	24	92%	0	10	6	2	2	20	15	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
26	Billy Martin	27	NYY	124	60%	73%	27%	13	54%	1	4	2	2	0	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	Willy Miranda	29	BAL	5602	65%	78%	25%	657	89%	3	299	164	108	27	489	351	109	3	9	34	1	25	8	23	101	39	6	28	7	4	90	47	40	8	2	4
28	Buddy Peterson	30	CHW	168	68%	76%	28%	16	88%	0	10	3	5	2	14	11	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
29	Bobby Richardson	19	NYY	28	46%	57%	18%	2	100%	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	Phil Rizzuto	37	NYY	1938	66%	73%	24%	182	89%	1	91	49	36	6	128	92	32	0	3	10	0	8	2	7	30	11	1	6	4	3	27	12	14	2	0	2
31	Tony Roig	26	WSH	452	78%	72%	24%	50	88%	1	17	6	7	4	43	28	13	0	0	4	0	4	0	4	10	5	0	3	1	0	9	5	4	1	0	1
32	Pete Runnels	27	WSH	10	50%	70%	40%	3	67%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Ron Samford	25	DET	17	59%	94%	24%	1	100%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jerry Schypinski	23	KCA	689	66%	78%	25%	64	80%	1	23	11	9	3	46	38	7	0	0	5	0	3	2	3	10	3	0	6	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	1
35	Al Smith	27	CLE	26	58%	77%	31%	3	67%	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
36	Jerry Snyder	25	WSH	278	71%	71%	20%	17	59%	0	12	6	5	1	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	George Strickland	29	CLE	4465	62%	73%	24%	466	90%	3	220	114	92	14	356	267	77	1	3	14	0	9	5	5	84	37	5	23	6	4	78	42	34	2	2	0
38	José Valdivielso	21	WSH	3572	69%	78%	25%	428	87%	4	164	95	60	9	317	223	79	1	9	22	0	20	2	18	69	36	2	18	4	4	66	38	28	2	1	0
	LgAvg			665	65%	76%	26%	72	89%	0	31	16	12	2	54	39	12	0	1	4	0	3	1	3	11	5	0	3	1	0	10	5	4	1	0	0