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1955 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Yogi Berra

AL Rookie of the Year: Herb Score

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	96	58	.623	--		4.9	3.7	1.3	-0.2	1.1	97-57	-1	52-25	44-33	7-6	26-21	66-40	30-18	46-42	50-16
2	Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	3.0	3.0	4.5	3.9	0.6	-0.1	0.6	87-67	6	49-28	44-33	8-4	22-15	53-22	40-39	48-40	45-21
3	Chicago White Sox	91	63	.591	5.0	7.0	4.7	3.6	1.1	-0.1	0.9	95-59	-4	49-28	42-35	5-4	25-27	60-45	31-18	48-40	43-23
4	Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	12.0	28.0	4.9	4.2	0.7	-0.1	0.6	87-67	-3	47-31	37-39	5-7	22-23	63-55	21-15	41-47	43-23
5	Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	17.0	48.0	5.0	4.3	0.8	-0.1	0.7	88-66	-9	46-31	33-44	7-9	15-28	59-58	20-17	37-51	42-24
6	Kansas City Athletics	63	91	.409	33.0	128.0	4.1	5.9	-1.8	0.2	-1.5	53-101	10	33-43	30-48	8-6	30-15	50-64	13-27	38-72	25-19
7	Baltimore Orioles	57	97	.370	39.0	164.0	3.5	4.8	-1.4	0.2	-1.2	54-100	3	30-47	27-50	7-6	22-25	34-57	23-40	33-77	24-20
8	Washington Nationals	53	101	.344	43.0	192.0	3.9	5.1	-1.2	0.2	-1.1	58-96	-5	28-49	25-52	2-7	16-24	38-70	15-31	36-74	17-27
	Average	77	77	.500			4.4	4.4				77-76		41-35	35-41	6-6	22-22	52-51	24-25	40-55	36-21

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	54	29.3	3.46	156	5937	5257	540	1263	177	39	54	503	34	46	562	740	.240	.314	.320	.634	78	1680	127	19	70	27	31	1164
Boston Red Sox	40	27.6	4.90	154	6134	5273	755	1392	241	39	137	709	43	17	707	730	.264	.351	.402	.753	96	2122	125	29	69	53	44	1258
Chicago White Sox	44	30.2	4.68	155	6002	5220	725	1401	204	36	116	677	69	45	568	595	.268	.344	.388	.732	96	2025	117	58	111	43	40	1182
Cleveland Indians	43	30.4	4.53	154	6051	5146	698	1325	195	31	148	657	28	24	723	715	.257	.349	.394	.743	97	2026	112	35	87	59	36	1233
Detroit Tigers	41	26.7	5.03	154	6073	5283	775	1407	211	38	130	724	41	22	638	581	.266	.344	.394	.739	101	2084	130	21	71	57	42	1166
Kansas City Athletics	52	28.7	4.12	155	5918	5335	638	1395	189	46	121	592	22	36	462	718	.261	.321	.382	.704	89	2039	146	26	58	34	34	1086
New York Yankees	40	28.0	4.94	154	5944	5161	761	1342	179	55	175	717	55	25	607	655	.260	.340	.418	.758	105	2156	99	46	79	49	48	1114
Washington Nationals	40	27.3	3.88	154	5833	5142	598	1277	178	54	80	566	25	32	537	651	.248	.322	.351	.672	85	1803	127	36	79	38	23	1106
League Average	40	28.5	4.44	154	5986	5227	686	1350	197	42	120	643	40	31	600	673	.258	.336	.381	.717	93	1992	123	34	78	45	37	1164
	323	28.5	4.44	1236	47892	41817	5490	10802	1574	338	961	5145	317	247	4804	5385	.258	.336	.381	.717	93	15935	983	270	624	360	298	9309

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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