1955 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1955 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Elmer Valo KC1 112 283 50 103 17 4 3 37 5 52 18 0.364 0.460 0.484
Ted Williams BOS 98 320 77 114 21 3 28 83 2 91 24 0.356 0.496 0.703
Al Kaline DET 152 588 121 200 24 8 27 102 6 82 57 0.340 0.421 0.546
Richie Ashburn PHI 140 533 91 180 32 9 3 42 12 105 36 0.338 0.449 0.448
Enos Slaughter KC1 108 267 49 86 12 4 5 34 2 40 17 0.322 0.408 0.453
Bill Skowron NYY 108 288 46 92 17 3 12 61 1 21 32 0.319 0.369 0.524
Willie Mays NY1 152 580 123 185 18 13 51 127 24 79 60 0.319 0.400 0.659
Vic Power KC1 147 596 91 190 34 10 19 76 0 35 27 0.319 0.354 0.505
Stan Musial STL 154 562 97 179 30 5 33 108 5 80 39 0.319 0.408 0.566
Roy Campanella BRO 123 446 81 142 20 1 32 107 2 56 41 0.318 0.395 0.583
Hank Aaron ATL 153 602 105 189 37 9 27 106 3 49 61 0.314 0.366 0.540
Ted Kluszewski CIN 153 612 116 192 25 0 47 113 1 66 40 0.314 0.382 0.585
Carl Furillo BRO 140 523 83 164 24 3 26 95 4 43 43 0.314 0.371 0.520
George Kell CHW 128 429 44 134 24 1 8 81 2 51 36 0.312 0.389 0.429
Nellie Fox CHW 154 636 100 198 28 7 6 59 7 38 15 0.311 0.364 0.406
Wally Post CIN 154 601 116 186 33 3 40 109 7 60 102 0.309 0.372 0.574
Duke Snider BRO 148 538 126 166 34 6 42 136 9 104 87 0.309 0.418 0.628
Gus Bell CIN 154 610 88 188 30 6 27 104 4 54 57 0.308 0.361 0.510
Harvey Kuenn DET 145 620 101 190 38 5 8 62 8 40 27 0.306 0.347 0.423
Al Smith CLE 154 607 123 186 27 4 22 77 11 93 77 0.306 0.407 0.473
Smoky Burgess CIN 116 421 67 129 15 3 20 77 1 47 35 0.306 0.373 0.499
Don Mueller NY1 147 605 67 185 21 4 8 83 1 19 12 0.306 0.326 0.393
Mickey Mantle NYY 147 517 121 158 25 11 37 99 8 113 97 0.306 0.431 0.611
Bob Kennedy CHW 83 214 28 65 10 2 9 43 0 16 16 0.304 0.352 0.495
Mickey Vernon WSN 150 538 74 162 23 8 14 85 0 74 50 0.301 0.384 0.452
Harry Simpson KC1 112 396 42 119 16 7 5 52 3 34 61 0.301 0.356 0.414
Carlos Paula WSN 115 351 34 105 20 7 6 45 2 17 43 0.299 0.332 0.447
Dave Philley BAL 83 311 50 93 13 3 6 41 1 34 38 0.299 0.367 0.418
Johnny O'Brien PIT 84 278 22 83 15 2 1 25 1 20 19 0.299 0.346 0.378
Clint Courtney WSN 75 238 26 71 8 4 2 30 0 19 9 0.298 0.349 0.391
Johnny Logan ATL 154 595 95 177 37 5 13 83 3 58 58 0.297 0.360 0.442
Del Ennis PHI 146 564 82 167 24 7 29 120 4 46 46 0.296 0.346 0.518
Ernie Banks CHC 154 596 98 176 29 9 44 117 9 45 72 0.295 0.345 0.596
Wally Moon STL 152 593 86 175 24 8 19 76 11 47 65 0.295 0.349 0.459
Billy Goodman BOS 149 599 100 176 31 2 0 52 5 99 44 0.294 0.394 0.352
Larry Doby CLE 131 491 91 143 17 5 26 75 2 61 100 0.291 0.369 0.505
Dale Long PIT 131 419 59 122 19 13 16 79 0 48 72 0.291 0.362 0.513
Elston Howard NYY 97 279 33 81 8 7 10 43 0 20 36 0.290 0.336 0.477
Hector Lopez KC1 128 483 50 140 15 2 15 68 1 33 58 0.290 0.337 0.422
Gil Hodges BRO 150 546 75 158 24 5 27 102 2 80 91 0.289 0.377 0.500
Frank Baumholtz CHC 105 280 23 81 12 5 1 27 0 16 24 0.289 0.325 0.379
Eddie Mathews ATL 141 499 108 144 23 5 41 101 3 109 98 0.289 0.413 0.601
Minnie Minoso CHW 139 517 79 149 26 7 10 70 19 76 43 0.288 0.387 0.424
Gil McDougald NYY 141 533 79 152 10 8 13 53 6 65 77 0.285 0.361 0.407
Pete Runnels WSN 134 503 66 143 16 4 2 49 3 55 51 0.284 0.353 0.344
Ray Boone DET 135 500 61 142 22 7 20 116 1 50 49 0.284 0.346 0.476
Jerry Lynch PIT 88 282 43 80 18 6 5 28 2 22 33 0.284 0.331 0.443
Jim Piersall BOS 149 515 68 146 25 5 13 62 6 67 52 0.283 0.364 0.427
Earl Torgeson DET 89 300 58 85 10 1 9 50 9 61 29 0.283 0.397 0.413
Bob Nieman CHW 99 272 36 77 11 2 11 53 1 36 37 0.283 0.366 0.460
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Billy Pierce CHW 15 10 33 26 16 6 1 205.6 162 45 64 157 1.97 1.10
Hersh Freeman CIN 7 4 52 0 0 0 11 91.6 94 22 30 37 2.16 1.35
George Zuverink BAL 4 3 28 5 0 0 4 86.3 80 21 17 31 2.19 1.12
Jim Konstanty NYY 7 2 45 0 0 0 11 73.6 68 19 24 19 2.32 1.25
Bob Miller PHI 8 4 40 0 0 0 1 89.6 80 24 28 28 2.41 1.20
Don Mossi CLE 4 3 57 1 0 0 9 81.6 81 22 18 69 2.42 1.21
Bill Wight BAL 6 8 19 14 8 2 2 117.3 111 32 39 54 2.45 1.28
Whitey Ford NYY 18 7 39 33 18 5 2 253.6 188 74 113 137 2.63 1.19
Sandy Consuegra CHW 6 5 44 7 3 0 7 126.3 120 37 18 35 2.64 1.09
Don Bessent BRO 8 1 24 2 1 0 3 63.3 51 19 21 29 2.70 1.14
Paul LaPalme STL 4 3 56 0 0 0 3 91.6 76 28 34 39 2.75 1.20
Willard Schmidt STL 7 6 20 15 8 1 0 129.6 89 40 57 86 2.78 1.13
Roger Craig BRO 5 3 21 10 3 0 2 90.6 81 28 43 48 2.78 1.37
Leo Kiely BOS 3 3 33 4 0 0 6 90.0 91 28 37 36 2.80 1.42
Early Wynn CLE 17 11 32 31 16 6 0 230.0 207 72 80 122 2.82 1.25
Bob Friend PIT 14 9 44 20 9 2 2 200.3 178 63 52 98 2.83 1.15
Ellis Kinder BOS 5 5 43 0 0 0 18 66.6 57 21 15 31 2.83 1.08
Herb Score CLE 16 10 33 32 11 2 0 227.3 158 72 154 245 2.85 1.37
Frank Sullivan BOS 18 13 35 35 16 3 0 260.0 235 84 100 129 2.91 1.29
Marv Grissom NY1 5 4 55 0 0 0 8 89.3 76 29 41 49 2.92 1.31
Dixie Howell CHW 8 3 35 0 0 0 9 73.6 70 24 25 25 2.93 1.29
Hal Jeffcoat CHC 8 6 50 1 0 0 6 100.6 107 33 53 32 2.95 1.59
Nelson King PIT 1 3 17 4 0 0 0 54.3 60 18 14 21 2.98 1.36
Billy Hoeft DET 16 7 32 29 17 7 0 220.0 187 73 75 133 2.99 1.19
Tom Hurd BOS 8 6 43 0 0 0 5 80.6 72 27 38 48 3.01 1.36
George Susce BOS 9 7 29 15 6 1 1 144.3 123 49 49 60 3.06 1.19
Don Larsen NYY 9 2 19 13 5 1 2 97.0 81 33 51 44 3.06 1.36
Bob Turley NYY 17 13 36 34 13 6 1 246.6 168 84 177 210 3.06 1.40
Saul Rogovin PHI 5 3 12 11 5 2 0 73.0 60 25 17 27 3.08 1.05
Frank Lary DET 14 15 36 31 16 2 1 235.0 232 81 89 98 3.10 1.37
Tommy Byrne NYY 16 5 27 22 9 3 2 160.0 137 56 87 76 3.15 1.40
Fritz Dorish BAL 3 3 35 1 0 0 6 65.6 58 23 28 22 3.15 1.31
Tom Sturdivant NYY 1 3 33 1 0 0 0 68.3 48 24 42 48 3.16 1.32
Don Newcombe BRO 20 5 34 31 17 1 0 233.6 222 83 38 143 3.20 1.11
Bob Buhl ATL 13 11 38 27 11 1 1 201.6 168 72 109 117 3.21 1.37
Clem Labine BRO 13 5 60 8 1 0 11 144.3 121 52 55 67 3.24 1.22
Tom Morgan NYY 7 3 40 1 0 0 10 72.0 72 26 24 17 3.25 1.33
Warren Spahn ATL 17 14 39 32 16 1 1 245.6 249 89 65 110 3.26 1.28
Robin Roberts PHI 23 14 41 38 26 1 3 305.0 292 111 53 160 3.28 1.13
Bill Henry BOS 2 4 17 7 0 0 0 59.6 56 22 21 23 3.32 1.29
Dick Donovan CHW 15 9 29 24 11 5 0 187.0 186 69 48 88 3.32 1.25
Johnny Antonelli NY1 14 16 38 34 14 2 1 235.3 206 87 82 143 3.33 1.22
Jack Harshman CHW 11 7 32 23 9 0 0 179.3 144 67 97 116 3.36 1.34
Al Aber DET 6 3 39 1 0 0 3 80.0 86 30 28 37 3.38 1.43
Paul Giel NY1 4 4 34 2 0 0 0 82.3 70 31 50 47 3.39 1.46
Johnny Klippstein CIN 9 10 39 14 3 2 0 138.0 120 52 60 68 3.39 1.30
Johnny Kucks NYY 8 7 29 13 3 1 0 126.6 122 48 44 49 3.41 1.31
Ernie Johnson ATL 5 7 40 2 0 0 4 92.0 81 35 55 43 3.42 1.48
Jack Meyer PHI 6 11 50 5 0 0 16 110.3 75 42 66 97 3.43 1.28
Jim Wilson BAL 12 18 34 31 14 4 0 235.3 200 90 87 96 3.44 1.22
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