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1955 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American Team W L WPct GB Minnesota 100 62 .617 -- Oakland 97 65 .599 3 Detroit 92 70 .568 8 Tampa Bay 86 76 .531 14 Seattle 78 84 .481 22 Cleveland 56 106 .346 44 New York (A) 53 109 .327 47 Boston (A) 53 109 .327 47

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals
AL League Series (4-2)	Minnesota Twins over Oakland Athletics

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MIN	5.5	893	162	5681	1595	322	25	207	484	767	.281	.337	.456	.793
DET	5.5	883	162	5688	1564	342	42	157	697	791	.275	.354	.433	.787
SEM	5.0	802	162	5612	1444	271	18	218	596	803	.257	.329	.429	.757
TAM	4.8	771	162	5523	1476	214	29	139	529	588	.267	.331	.392	.723
OAK	4.6	747	162	5514	1459	212	35	141	550	729	.265	.331	.392	.724
NYA	3.9	624	162	5458	1347	285	29	77	572	680	.247	.318	.352	.670
BOS	3.6	586	162	5396	1205	236	32	144	526	923	.223	.292	.359	.651
CLE	3.5	569	162	5493	1297	234	29	72	506	923	.236	.301	.329	.629
Totals	4.5	5875	1296	44365	11387	2116	239	1155	4460	6204	.257	.325	.393	.718
Average		734	162	5546	1423	264	30	144	558	776

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
OAK	3.9	627	162	3.57	1446.0	1254	7.7	594	3.7	1070	6.6	40
TAM	4.4	707	162	4.08	1440.3	1444	8.9	506	3.1	856	5.3	31
MIN	4.4	719	162	3.98	1448.7	1415	8.7	553	3.4	674	4.2	30
SEM	4.6	741	162	4.17	1469.3	1570	9.7	445	2.7	520	3.2	13
DET	4.8	780	162	4.44	1464.7	1450	9.0	589	3.6	740	4.6	28
CLE	4.9	797	162	4.56	1453.3	1475	9.1	632	3.9	689	4.3	25
NYA	5.6	912	162	5.08	1427.3	1599	9.9	625	3.9	623	3.8	20
BOS	5.7	930	162	5.22	1423.3	1464	9.0	720	4.4	850	5.2	13
Totals	4.8	6213	1296	4.38	11573.0	11671	9.0	4664	3.6	6022	4.6	200
Average		777	162		1447	1459		583		753		25

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
MIN	97	65	3	7	16	5	6	4	29	0.92	0.84	2,364,044		Joe Kuhel
DET	90	72	2	6	12	11	1	1	18	1.01	0.95	2,405,537		Pie Traynor
TAM	87	75	-1	5	17	1	1	0	17	0.92	0.85	2,414,719		Ricky Sanford
SEM	87	75	-9	4	14	0	0	2	33	0.94	0.87	2,340,121		Peter Fletcher
OAK	94	68	3	2	16	0	6	2	17	1.03	1.04	2,077,630		Marwan Najdawi
CLE	57	105	-1	1	9	1	0	0	14	1.00	1.02	976,214		Jason Morton
BOS	49	113	4	0	7	7	0	2	7	1.07	1.10	917,200		Brian Rodgers
NYA	54	108	-1	0	7	0	1	3	6	1.07	1.13	848,210		Jason Spiegel

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
MIN	300	163.95	95.16	40.86	5.27	1.10	6.84	4.44	6.19	17.04
OAK	291	109.47	124.43	57.06	12.09	2.38	9.57	8.99	7.04	17.01
DET	276	146.76	86.99	42.21	8.02	2.70	4.57	2.80	9.34	14.79
TAM	258	121.56	94.67	41.74	7.51	4.07	8.00	5.91	6.22	10.04
SEM	234	113.90	84.12	35.95	10.69	4.45	2.92	3.63	10.28	3.99
CLE	168	47.91	77.64	42.41	8.72	3.01	8.81	7.04	3.80	11.04
NYA	159	66.30	58.10	34.55	3.78	3.96	4.54	3.24	6.94	12.10
BOS	159	62.10	61.99	34.88	5.22	3.26	7.67	3.24	4.56	10.94

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Duke Snider	MIN	.299, 51 HR, 121 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Bob Miller	MIN	28-8, 2.19, 312.3 IP, 109 K
Bronze Rookie:	Ralph Beard	SEM	11-9, 3.36, 206.3 IP, 65 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ed Head	OAK	1.000, 13 PO, 59 A, 0 E
C	Bruce Edwards	OAK	.996, 855 PO, 33 A, 4 E 40.5% (15-37) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Ted Kluszewski	SEM	.994, 1858 PO, 136 A, 13 E
2B	Bill Serena	SEM	.983, 308 PO, 615 A, 16 E
3B	Billy Johnson	TAM	.949, 93 PO, 371 A, 25 E
SS	Johnny Logan	MIN	.957, 193 PO, 565 A, 34 E
LF	Danny Schell	CLE	.985, 249 PO, 6 A, 4 E
CF	Andy Pafko	DET	.986, 341 PO, 10 A, 5 E
RF	Bob Skinner	TAM	.993, 299 PO, 6 A, 2 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Lockman   .326 Wertz   .324 Olmo MIN .318 Fain DET .316 Pramesa TAM .314	On-Base Pct Williams DET .469 Snider MIN .427 Fain DET .420 Wertz   .402 Garagiola DET .386	Slugging Pct Wertz   .674 Snider MIN .665 Kluszewski SEM .609 Doby OAK .584 Musial   .583	OPS Snider MIN 1.093 Wertz   1.077 Williams DET .998 Kluszewski SEM .963 Doby OAK .952
XR Snider MIN 139.3 Kluszewski SEM 118.7 Wertz   118.1 Doby OAK 111.7 Serena SEM 108.7	Games Gilliam OAK 158 Cox DET 157 Serena SEM 157 Kluszewski SEM 156 Snider MIN 156	At-Bats Cox DET 646 Brideweser OAK 637 Johnson TAM 623 Noren DET 617 Kluszewski SEM 606	Runs Snider MIN 137 Fain DET 111 Wertz   110 Kluszewski SEM 109 Serena SEM 106
Hits Brideweser OAK 192 Cox DET 190 Lockman   183 Noren DET 183 Lynch MIN 179	Total Bases Kluszewski SEM 369 Snider MIN 358 Wertz   335 Doby OAK 313 Hodges MIN 310	Singles Brideweser OAK 157 Lockman   142 Cox DET 135 Lynch MIN 133 Thomson MIN 124	Doubles Fain DET 53 Cox DET 47 Kluszewski SEM 41 Rosen DET 39 Serena SEM 37
Triples Gilliam OAK 9 Musial   7 Noren DET 7 Williams DET 7 Brideweser OAK 6	Homeruns Snider MIN 51 Wertz   50 Kluszewski SEM 47 Doby OAK 45 Hodges MIN 40	RBIs Kluszewski SEM 134 Hodges MIN 127 Musial   125 Snider MIN 121 Wertz   117	Stolen Bases Dillinger OAK 47 Brideweser OAK 35 Irvin TAM 28 Valo NYA 22 Gilliam OAK 15
Caught Stealing Valo NYA 19 Brideweser OAK 11 Gilliam OAK 10 Dillinger OAK 9 Hartsfield MIN 9	Walks Snider MIN 121 Williams DET 119 Niarhos CLE 104 Fain DET 102 Avila TAM 89	Strikeouts Bilko   154 Killebrew BOS 137 Snider MIN 135 Seerey OAK 127 Doby OAK 121

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Miller MIN 2.19 Conley OAK 2.26 Miller TAM 3.07 Beard SEM 3.36 Scheib OAK 3.51	Wins Miller MIN 28 Conley OAK 25 Lary SEM 23 Newcombe TAM 21 Harshman DET 20	Losses Pascual CLE 27 Schanz CLE 25 Nuxhall BOS 20 Buhl BOS 19 Scheib OAK 17	Winning Pct Conley OAK .781 Miller MIN .778 Head OAK .773 Miller TAM .682 Foytack MIN .630
Saves Byrd OAK 29 Kennedy MIN 18 Ferriss TAM 14 Kuzava DET 13 Turley   12	Games Pitched Kuzava DET 103 Ferriss TAM 101 Kennedy MIN 92 Worthington BOS 77 Branca NYA 72	Games Started Lary SEM 44 Miller MIN 44 Newcombe TAM 44 Pascual CLE 44 Schanz CLE 44	Complete Games Scheib OAK 24 Donovan SEM 17 Schanz CLE 15 Lary SEM 13 Larsen BOS 11
Shutouts Scheib OAK 6 Miller MIN 5 Conley OAK 2 Donovan SEM 2 Foytack MIN 2	Innings Pitched Lary SEM 347.7 Scheib OAK 330.3 Schanz CLE 327.0 Newcombe TAM 322.3 Conley OAK 314.0	Hits Allowed Lary SEM 348 Masterson DET 316 Donovan SEM 309 Newcombe TAM 305 Pascual CLE 305	Homeruns Allowed Masterson DET 50 Schanz CLE 45 Newcombe TAM 44 Pascual CLE 37 Gray OAK 36
Strikeouts Gray OAK 290 Newcombe TAM 255 Conley OAK 251 Scheib OAK 224 Harshman DET 201	Walks Allowed Gray OAK 173 Harshman DET 148 Schanz CLE 143 Pascual CLE 142 Nuxhall BOS 131	Walks per 9IP Miller MIN 1.3 Donovan SEM 1.7 Hacker SEM 2.0 Kiely TAM 2.0 Conley OAK 2.1	Hits per 9IP Gray OAK 6.9 Conley OAK 7.0 Scheib OAK 7.8 Miller MIN 7.9 Harshman DET 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray OAK 8.7 Conley OAK 7.2 Newcombe TAM 7.1 Scheib OAK 6.1 Harshman DET 6.0	WHiP Conley OAK 1.01 Miller MIN 1.02 Donovan SEM 1.21 Kiely TAM 1.22 Miller TAM 1.24	OAVG Gray OAK .211 Conley OAK .214 Miller MIN .230 Scheib OAK .233 Harshman DET .235	OOBP Miller MIN .258 Conley OAK .262 Kiely TAM .297 Donovan SEM .304 Scheib OAK .306
OSLG Conley OAK .297 Miller MIN .304 Beard SEM .322 Kramer DET .349 Miller TAM .352	OOPS Conley OAK .559 Miller MIN .562 Kramer DET .656 Miller TAM .659 Beard SEM .659

League All-Stars
Jim Brideweser	Gene Conley	Billy Cox
Dick Donovan	Dave Ferriss	Solly Hemus
Dave Hillman	Gil Hodges	Jackie Jensen
Earl Johnson	Bill Kennedy	Ted Kluszewski
Jack Kramer	Frank Lary	Whitey Lockman
Jerry Lynch	Bob Miller	Stan Musial
Don Newcombe	Irv Noren	Johnny Pramesa
Al Rosen	Bill Serena	Duke Snider
Bobby Thomson

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Ted Williams	DET	$ 15,340,000
2.	Larry Doby	OAK	$ 15,100,000
3.	Stan Musial	DET	$ 13,500,000
4.	Ted Kluszewski	SEM	$ 12,000,000
5.	Monte Irvin	TAM	$ 11,000,000
6.	Duke Snider	MIN	$ 10,180,000
7.	Earl Johnson	MIN	$ 9,500,000
8.	Bob Rush	MIN	$ 8,860,000
9.	Gil Hodges	MIN	$ 8,340,000
10.	Vic Wertz	MIN	$ 8,000,000
11.	Yogi Berra	BOS	$ 7,750,000
12.	Pat Seerey	OAK	$ 7,500,000
13.	Johnny Sain	NYA	$ 7,000,000
14.	Ted Gray	OAK	$ 6,650,000
15.	Dale Mitchell	NYA	$ 6,500,000
	Eddie Lukon	OAK	$ 6,500,000
17.	Gene Conley	OAK	$ 6,414,286
18.	Al Rosen	DET	$ 6,150,000
19.	Ferris Fain	DET	$ 5,900,000
	Carl Scheib	OAK	$ 5,900,000
21.	Bob Miller	MIN	$ 5,700,000
22.	Bill Serena	SEM	$ 5,500,000
23.	Cliff Mapes	CLE	$ 5,000,000
	Charley Schanz	CLE	$ 5,000,000
25.	Whitey Lockman	TAM	$ 4,940,000

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