1955 New York Yankees season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = New York Yankees
season = 1955
misc = 1955 AL Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = Yankee Stadium
y4 = 1923
city = New York City, New York
y5 = 1903
owners = Dan Topping and Del Webb
managers = Casey Stengel
television = WPIX
radio = WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)|

The New York Yankees' 1955 season was the 53rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 96-58, winning their 21st pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

Offseason

In the fall of 1954, the Baltimore Orioles further distanced themselves from their St. Louis Browns past by making a 17-player trade with the New York Yankees that included most former Browns of note still on the Baltimore roster. Indeed, to this day the Orioles make almost no mention of their past as the Browns. Though the deal did little to improve the short-term competitiveness of the club, it helped establish a fresh identity for the Oriole franchise.The details of the trade were as follows:

* November 17, 1954: Don Larsen was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with players to be named later, Billy Hunter, and Bob Turley to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Willy Miranda. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

May 11, 1955: Enos Slaughter was traded by the New York Yankees with Johnny Sain to the Kansas City Athletics for Sonny Dixon and cash. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slaugen01.shtml Enos Slaughter Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts"

World Series

* September 28, 1955 - Elston Howard became the sixth player in the history of the World Series to hit a Home Run in his first World Series At-Bat.

NL Brooklyn Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

Awards and Honors

* Yogi Berra, American League MVPAll-Star Game

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1955.shtml 1955 New York Yankees]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1955_WS.shtml 1955 World Series]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1955&t=NYA 1955 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

succession box
title = American League Champions
years = 1955
before = Cleveland Indians
1954
after = New York Yankees
1956