1955 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1955 MLB Season is the 55th Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft

Tony Curry (LF) - Philadelphia Phillies

Lee Elia (SS) - Philadelphia Phillies

Joe Horlen (SP) - Chicago White Sox

Jim Lehew (RP) - Baltimore Orioles

Juan Marichal (SP) - San Francisco Seals

Larry Miller (RP) - Brooklyn Dodgers

Minoru Murayama (SP) - Milwaukee Brewers

Gary Peters (SP) - Chicago White Sox

Juan Pizarro (SP) - Chicago White Sox

Dick Radatz (RP) - Boston Red Sox

Claude Raymond (SP) - Atlanta Braves

Ted Savage (RF) - Philadelphia Phillies

Chris Short (SP) - Philadelphia Phillies

Takashi Suzuki (RP) - New York Giants

Final Standings

AL East: Philadelphia Athletics (101-65), Boston Red Sox (97-69), New York Yankees (96-70), Detroit Tigers (92-74), Cleveland Buckeyes (75-91), Baltimore Orioles (60-106)

AL West: Chicago White Sox (106-60), San Francisco Seals (104-62), Kansas City Moanrchs (81-85), Dallas Rangers (68-98), Los Angeles Angels (59-107), Seattle Rainiers (57-109)

NL East: New York Giants (92-74), Atlanta Braves (91-75), Philadelphia Phillies (88-78), Pittsburgh Pirates (86-80), Brooklyn Dodgers (76-90), Washington Nationals (62-104)

NL West: Cincinnati Reds (97-70), Chicago Cubs (96-71), Minnesota Twins (94-72), St. Louis Cardinals (87-79), Milwaukee Brewers (71-95), Los Angeles Knights (57-109)

ALCS: Philadelphia A's def. Chicago WS 4-1

NLCS: Cincinnati def. NY Giants 4-3

WS: Cincinnati def. Philadelphia A's 4-0

League Leaders

Batting Average - George Kell (Kansas City) .338

Home Runs - Joe Joshua (Pittsburgh) 41

RBI's - Gil McDougald (NY Yankees), Joe Morgan (Boston), Bill Taylor (Chicago WS) 113

Stolen Bases - Don Nicholas (Brooklyn) 26

OBP + Slugging % - Tommy Perez (NY Yankees) .996

ERA - Hy Cohen (San Francisco) 2.01

Wins - Francisco Vasquez (San Francisco) 22

Strikeouts - Dave Cole (Atlanta) 250