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1955 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
National Team W L WPct GB St. Louis 96 66 .593 -- Pittsburgh 94 68 .580 2 Brooklyn 88 74 .543 8 New York (N) 87 75 .537 9 Boston (N) 87 75 .537 9 San Diego 85 77 .525 11 Cincinnati 85 77 .525 11 Montreal 59 103 .364 37

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals
NL League Series (4-1)	St. Louis Cardinals over Pittsburgh Pirates

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
BRK	5.9	956	162	5610	1528	234	30	244	754	896	.272	.359	.455	.814
BSN	5.4	871	162	5593	1498	249	42	188	619	714	.268	.341	.428	.769
STL	5.3	858	162	5529	1472	265	30	203	747	806	.266	.354	.435	.789
PIT	5.2	848	162	5561	1488	268	32	215	699	851	.268	.349	.443	.793
NYG	4.9	787	162	5504	1419	274	40	181	595	771	.258	.330	.421	.751
CIN	4.6	743	162	5585	1468	197	28	182	543	719	.263	.328	.406	.734
SDP	4.1	658	162	5427	1337	252	32	119	576	834	.246	.319	.370	.689
MON	3.6	577	162	5388	1217	184	28	114	529	1000	.226	.295	.334	.629
Totals	4.9	6298	1296	44197	11427	1923	262	1446	5062	6591	.259	.335	.412	.747
Average		787	162	5525	1428	240	33	181	633	824

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SDP	3.9	625	162	3.52	1444.3	1409	8.7	379	2.3	723	4.5	28
CIN	4.2	684	162	3.90	1458.3	1302	8.0	587	3.6	941	5.8	27
STL	4.3	695	162	3.97	1449.7	1274	7.9	777	4.8	1024	6.3	35
NYG	4.5	726	162	4.20	1445.3	1281	7.9	615	3.8	1033	6.4	36
PIT	4.6	741	162	4.37	1455.0	1462	9.0	515	3.2	645	4.0	27
BSN	4.7	754	162	4.45	1445.0	1324	8.2	698	4.3	950	5.9	30
BRK	5.2	843	162	4.91	1441.3	1566	9.7	590	3.6	639	3.9	19
MON	5.5	892	162	5.11	1442.0	1525	9.4	697	4.3	818	5.0	27
Totals	4.6	5960	1296	4.30	11581.0	11143	8.6	4858	3.7	6773	5.2	229
Average		745	162		1448	1393		607		847		29

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
PIT	91	71	3	6	16	1	0	2	28	0.96	0.94	2,349,259		Jay Zorn
STL	96	66	0	5	16	2	1	3	20	0.99	0.98	2,427,625		Joel Roltgen
BRK	90	72	-2	4	12	8	0	2	24	0.97	0.93	1,473,020		Ty Kubick
NYG	87	75	0	4	15	5	2	1	14	1.08	1.40	1,949,433		Matt Ida
BSN	92	70	-5	3	16	0	0	2	11	1.04	1.17	2,032,848		Ben Thompson
CIN	87	75	-2	2	16	3	10	2	17	0.99	1.08	1,919,397		Freddy Wills
SDP	85	77	0	1	7	1	9	0	12	0.95	0.72	1,410,297		Jamie D'Agostini
MON	50	112	9	0	14	0	1	1	6	1.07	1.08	1,784,325		Hyram the Camel Jockey

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
STL	288	151.31	90.09	46.58	8.20	3.27	6.83	3.59	8.15	16.55
PIT	282	157.16	87.23	37.60	2.96	2.44	6.23	3.56	11.56	10.87
BRK	264	181.07	55.59	27.31	4.90	2.09	3.73	3.13	5.67	7.81
NYG	261	123.22	95.84	41.91	10.08	2.94	6.28	3.01	7.69	11.92
BSN	261	144.09	78.06	38.81	7.64	2.67	6.67	4.71	7.71	9.44
SDP	255	95.01	113.09	46.86	7.74	3.94	6.24	11.38	2.21	15.37
CIN	255	113.52	97.14	44.31	12.76	2.62	6.93	4.81	6.37	10.84
MON	177	70.51	69.29	37.17	7.94	3.67	6.79	3.40	7.61	7.78

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.297, 53 HR, 149 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Warren Spahn	CIN	29-6, 2.07, 348.7 IP, 317 K
Bronze Rookie:	Joe Presko	BSN	20-11, 3.71, 283.7 IP, 156 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ken Lehman	SDP	1.000, 16 PO, 63 A, 0 E
C	Charlie Silvera	CIN	.997, 717 PO, 38 A, 2 E 43.8% (14-32) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Joe Adcock	PIT	.994, 1757 PO, 131 A, 11 E
2B	Pee Wee Reese	NYG	.984, 292 PO, 485 A, 13 E
3B	Frank Thomas	BSN	.976, 86 PO, 286 A, 9 E
SS	Jack Lohrke	PIT	.983, 164 PO, 567 A, 13 E
LF	Gene Woodling	BRK	.989, 260 PO, 5 A, 3 E
CF	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.993, 399 PO, 11 A, 3 E
RF	Chuck Diering	BRK	.990, 274 PO, 15 A, 3 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Hofman BRK .333 Ennis NYG .332 Sievers PIT .320 Brown STL .319 Diering BRK .319	On-Base Pct Torgeson STL .442 Mantle BRK .428 Yost PIT .423 Brown STL .417 Hofman BRK .416	Slugging Pct Mantle BRK .647 Mathews BRK .609 Adcock PIT .593 Sawatski BSN .578 Hofman BRK .568	OPS Mantle BRK 1.075 Mathews BRK 1.024 Torgeson STL 1.003 Hofman BRK .984 Adcock PIT .984
XR Mantle BRK 140.0 Mathews BRK 127.4 Sievers PIT 121.2 Adcock PIT 118.3 Torgeson STL 115.0	Games Jackson BRK 158 Nieman BSN 158 Ennis NYG 157 Kiner STL 157 Mantle BRK 157	At-Bats Banks CIN 621 Kuenn NYG 604 Sievers PIT 604 Jackson BRK 602 Diering BRK 593	Runs Mathews BRK 139 Mantle BRK 133 Sievers PIT 121 Woodling BRK 115 Thompson BSN 112
Hits Ennis NYG 197 Sievers PIT 193 Diering BRK 189 Jackson BRK 183 Nieman BSN 179	Total Bases Mantle BRK 347 Adcock PIT 341 Ennis NYG 336 Sievers PIT 335 Jackson BRK 334	Singles Diering BRK 153 Silvera CIN 129 Sievers PIT 120 Reese   119 Hofman BRK 116	Doubles Ennis NYG 56 Aaron NYG 39 Lopata PIT 39 Sievers PIT 36 Kuenn NYG 35
Triples Nieman BSN 9 Aaron NYG 8 McDougald NYG 8 Runnels BSN 8 Carey MON 7	Homeruns Mantle BRK 53 Mathews BRK 46 Adcock PIT 43 Jackson BRK 40 Mays CIN 40	RBIs Mantle BRK 149 Adcock PIT 131 Mathews BRK 131 Jackson BRK 122 Aaron NYG 113	Stolen Bases Mays CIN 36 Ashburn BSN 31 Gionfriddo NYG 25 Maxwell CIN 17 Reese   14
Caught Stealing Ashburn BSN 17 Jackson BRK 9 Reese   8 Torgeson STL 8 Mays CIN 7	Walks Yost PIT 153 Torgeson STL 135 Mantle BRK 125 Mathews BRK 106 Thompson BSN 104	Strikeouts Lopata PIT 146 Mantle BRK 130 Glaviano STL 123 Zernial PIT 107 Rice STL 106

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Stobbs SDP 1.78 Spahn CIN 2.07 Duren STL 3.21 Peterson NYG 3.26 Friend PIT 3.39	Wins Spahn CIN 29 Friend PIT 27 Stobbs SDP 25 Herbert PIT 21 Presko BSN 20	Losses Hanyzewski MON 24 Jay CIN 24 Antonelli NYG 21 Keriazakos MON 21 Fannin SDP 17	Winning Pct Spahn CIN .829 Johnson STL .792 Freeman   .765 Stobbs SDP .758 Overmire BSN .714
Saves Wilhelm PIT 25 Nixon CIN 21 Aber SDP 13 Simmons STL 11 Grim BSN 9	Games Pitched Simmons STL 92 Portocarrero BRK 77 Aber SDP 69 Aguirre MON 68 Miller NYG 68	Games Started Antonelli NYG 44 Duren STL 44 Friend PIT 44 Peterson NYG 44 Herbert PIT 43	Complete Games Spahn CIN 27 Friend PIT 20 Fannin SDP 19 Stobbs SDP 19 Garcia   17
Shutouts Spahn CIN 7 Stobbs SDP 6 Friend PIT 4 Overmire BSN 3 Fannin SDP 2	Innings Pitched Friend PIT 361.3 Spahn CIN 348.7 Stobbs SDP 333.0 Garcia   332.3 Herbert PIT 324.7	Hits Allowed Friend PIT 361 Roberts SDP 329 Sullivan   317 Herbert PIT 313 Garcia   308	Homeruns Allowed Antonelli NYG 48 Spooner BSN 45 Jay CIN 43 Sullivan   42 Hanyzewski MON 39
Strikeouts Peterson NYG 325 Spahn CIN 317 Duren STL 297 Spooner BSN 292 Pollet STL 260	Walks Allowed Duren STL 198 Pollet STL 180 Hanyzewski MON 178 Hughes BSN 167 Jay CIN 151	Walks per 9IP Stobbs SDP 0.9 Spahn CIN 1.7 Roberts SDP 2.0 Fannin SDP 2.1 Mossi MON 2.3	Hits per 9IP Duren STL 5.5 Peterson NYG 5.9 Spahn CIN 6.5 Koufax MON 6.9 Hughes BSN 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren STL 9.2 Peterson NYG 9.0 Spooner BSN 9.0 Koufax MON 8.6 Spahn CIN 8.2	WHiP Spahn CIN 0.90 Stobbs SDP 0.91 Peterson NYG 1.09 Overmire BSN 1.20 Herbert PIT 1.22	OAVG Duren STL .177 Peterson NYG .185 Spahn CIN .201 Koufax MON .210 Hughes BSN .214	OOBP Spahn CIN .242 Stobbs SDP .243 Peterson NYG .278 Overmire BSN .297 Roberts SDP .300
OSLG Spahn CIN .277 Stobbs SDP .284 Duren STL .306 Peterson NYG .310 Overmire BSN .343	OOPS Spahn CIN .519 Stobbs SDP .527 Peterson NYG .588 Duren STL .621 Overmire BSN .640

League All-Stars
Hank Aaron	Buddy Blattner	Ryne Duren
Del Ennis	Bob Friend	Ray Herbert
Bobby Hofman	Randy Jackson	Connie Johnson
Willie Jones	Harvey Kuenn	Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews	Bill Miller	Bob Nieman
Willard Nixon	Stubby Overmire	Del Rice
Roy Sievers	Warren Spahn	Chuck Stobbs
Hank Thompson	Earl Torgeson	Hoyt Wilhelm
Gus Zernial

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Warren Spahn	CIN	$ 28,000,000
2.	Kent Peterson	NYG	$ 18,000,000
3.	Earl Torgeson	STL	$ 15,090,300
4.	Gene Woodling	BRK	$ 14,865,890
5.	Eddie Yost	PIT	$ 14,000,000
6.	Pete Reiser	MON	$ 11,000,000
7.	Buddy Blattner	STL	$ 7,950,000
8.	Mickey Mantle	BRK	$ 7,378,571
9.	Billy Pierce	NYG	$ 7,100,000
10.	Ralph Kiner	STL	$ 7,000,000
	Cliff Fannin	SDP	$ 7,000,000
12.	Chuck Stobbs	SDP	$ 6,990,000
13.	Pee Wee Reese	NYG	$ 6,650,000
14.	Robin Roberts	SDP	$ 6,535,714
15.	Tommy Hughes	BSN	$ 6,500,000
16.	Vern Stephens	SDP	$ 6,380,000
17.	Richie Ashburn	BSN	$ 6,000,000
18.	Del Ennis	NYG	$ 5,670,000
19.	Johnny Antonelli	NYG	$ 5,500,000
	Stubby Overmire	BSN	$ 5,500,000
21.	Roy Sievers	PIT	$ 5,410,000
22.	Gus Zernial	PIT	$ 5,300,000
23.	Russ Meyer	PIT	$ 5,280,000
24.	Willie Mays	CIN	$ 5,250,000
25.	Joe Adcock	PIT	$ 5,007,143

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