This article is about the 1955 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
1955 in baseball .
The 1955 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 4, 1955. It featured 16 teams, eight in the National League and eight in the American League, with each team playing a 154-game schedule. In the World Series the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4 games to 3.
Kansas City Athletics first game in Municipal Stadium, 1955 For the third consecutive season, a franchise changed homes as the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and played their home games at Municipal Stadium .
Home field attendance
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Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Milwaukee Braves [ 1] 85
−4.5%
2,005,836
−5.9%
26,050
New York Yankees [ 2] 96
−6.8%
1,490,138
1.0%
19,352
Kansas City Athletics [ 3] 63
23.5%
1,393,054
357.2%
18,330
Cleveland Indians [ 4] 93
−16.2%
1,221,780
−8.5%
15,867
Boston Red Sox [ 5] 84
21.7%
1,203,200
29.2%
15,426
Detroit Tigers [ 6] 79
16.2%
1,181,838
9.4%
15,349
Chicago White Sox [ 7] 91
−3.2%
1,175,684
−4.5%
15,269
Brooklyn Dodgers [ 8] 98
6.5%
1,033,589
1.3%
13,423
Philadelphia Phillies [ 9] 77
2.7%
922,886
24.9%
11,986
Chicago Cubs [ 10] 72
12.5%
875,800
17.1%
11,374
Baltimore Orioles [ 11] 57
5.6%
852,039
−19.7%
10,785
St. Louis Cardinals [ 12] 68
−5.6%
849,130
−18.3%
11,028
New York Giants [ 13] 80
−17.5%
824,112
−28.7%
10,432
Cincinnati Redlegs [ 14] 75
1.4%
693,662
−1.5%
9,009
Pittsburgh Pirates [ 15] 60
13.2%
469,397
−1.3%
6,259
Washington Senators [ 16] 53
−19.7%
425,238
−15.6%
5,523
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