1955 Baltimore Orioles

57-97 • .370 Win% • 7th in AL

The 1955 Baltimore Orioles went 57-97 (.370) finishing 7th in the AL. The club scored 540 runs, allowed 754, and played home games at Memorial Stadium. Team leaders included Gus Triandos (12 HR, 65 RBI) and Jim Wilson (12-18, 3.44 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

57 Wins
97 Losses
.370 Win %
7th Rank
540 R 754 RA
Diff -214

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540 Runs Scored
754 Runs Allowed
-214 Run Diff
859K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 AL Average

Batting Avg .240 7% below the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .314 7% below the 1955 league average (.336)
SLG .319 16% below the 1955 league average (.381)
Team ERA 4.21 6% worse than the 1955 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 540 21% below the 1955 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 859,200
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Avg per Game 10,875

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1955

Batting Avg

1 Bob Hale 0.357 2 Les Moss 0.339 3 Dave Philley 0.299 4 Jim Dyck 0.279 5 Gus Triandos 0.277

Home Runs

1 Gus Triandos 12 2 Cal Abrams 6 3 Hoot Evers 6 4 Dave Philley 6 5 Hal Smith 4

RBI

1 Gus Triandos 65 2 Hal Smith 52 3 Dave Philley 41 4 Willy Miranda 38 5 Cal Abrams 32
1955 Baltimore Orioles — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willy Miranda 153 487 42 124 12 6 1 38 42 58 4 0.255
Gus Triandos 140 481 47 133 17 3 12 65 40 55 0 0.277
Hal Smith 135 424 41 115 23 4 4 52 30 21 1 0.271
Chuck Diering 137 371 38 95 16 2 3 31 57 45 5 0.256
Dave Philley 83 311 50 93 13 3 6 41 34 38 1 0.299
Cal Abrams 118 309 56 75 12 3 6 32 89 69 2 0.243
Fred Marsh 89 303 30 66 7 1 2 19 35 33 1 0.218
Dave Pope 86 222 21 55 8 4 1 30 16 34 5 0.248
Jim Dyck 61 197 32 55 13 1 2 22 28 21 1 0.279
Billy Cox 53 194 25 41 7 2 3 14 17 16 1 0.211
Bobby Young 59 186 5 37 3 0 1 8 11 23 1 0.199
Hoot Evers 60 185 21 44 10 1 6 30 19 28 2 0.238
Bob Hale 67 182 13 65 7 1 0 29 5 19 0 0.357
Wayne Causey 68 175 14 34 2 1 1 9 17 25 0 0.194
Gene Woodling 47 145 22 32 6 2 3 18 24 18 1 0.221
Gil Coan 61 130 18 31 7 1 1 11 13 15 4 0.238
Jim Pyburn 39 98 5 20 2 2 0 7 8 24 1 0.204
Jim Wilson 34 89 4 15 2 0 0 4 1 18 0 0.169
Eddie Waitkus 38 85 2 22 1 1 0 9 11 10 2 0.259
Bob Kennedy 26 70 10 10 1 0 0 5 10 10 0 0.143
Don Leppert 40 70 6 8 0 1 0 2 9 10 1 0.114
Les Moss 29 56 5 19 1 0 2 6 7 4 0 0.339
Erv Palica 33 55 3 13 1 0 0 3 4 18 0 0.236
Ray Moore 46 44 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 18 0 0.136
Hank Majeski 16 41 2 7 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.171
Bill Wight 19 36 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 16 0 0.083
Tex Nelson 25 31 4 6 0 0 0 1 7 13 0 0.194
Tom Gastall 20 27 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.148
Wally Westlake 8 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 5 0 0.125
George Zuverink 28 23 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.217
Brooks Robinson 6 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.091
Saul Rogovin 15 22 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.091
Harry Byrd 14 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 0.158
Art Schallock 30 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.105
Eddie Lopat 10 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.176
Hal Brown 25 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.000
Angelo Dagres 8 15 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.267
Lou Kretlow 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.091
Jim McDonald 21 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.182
Fritz Dorish 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Don Johnson 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Kal Segrist 7 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.333
Duane Pillette 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.167
Vern Stephens 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Charlie Maxwell 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Coleman 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.667
Ted Gray 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Ferrarese 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Kuzava 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Marquis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Miller 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bob Alexander 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Locke 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1955

ERA

1 George Zuverink 2.19 2 Bill Wight 2.45 3 Fritz Dorish 3.15 4 Jim Wilson 3.44 5 Ray Moore 3.92

Wins

1 Jim Wilson 12 2 Ray Moore 10 3 Bill Wight 6 4 Erv Palica 5 5 George Zuverink 4

Strikeouts

1 Jim Wilson 96 2 Ray Moore 80 3 Erv Palica 68 4 Bill Wight 54 5 Saul Rogovin 35
1955 Baltimore Orioles — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Wilson 12 18 3.44 34 31 0 235.1 200 90 87 96
Erv Palica 5 11 4.14 33 25 0 169.2 165 78 83 68
Ray Moore 10 10 3.92 46 14 6 151.2 128 66 80 80
Bill Wight 6 8 2.45 19 14 2 117.1 111 32 39 54
George Zuverink 4 3 2.19 28 5 4 86.1 80 21 17 31
Art Schallock 3 5 4.15 30 6 0 80.1 92 37 42 33
Saul Rogovin 1 8 4.56 14 12 0 71.0 79 36 27 35
Don Johnson 2 4 5.82 31 5 1 68.0 89 44 35 27
Fritz Dorish 3 3 3.15 35 1 6 65.2 58 23 28 22
Harry Byrd 3 2 4.55 14 8 1 65.1 64 33 28 25
Hal Brown 0 4 4.11 15 5 0 57.0 51 26 26 26
Jim McDonald 3 5 7.14 21 8 0 51.2 76 41 30 20
Eddie Lopat 3 4 4.22 10 7 0 49.0 57 23 9 10
Lou Kretlow 0 4 8.22 15 5 0 38.1 50 35 27 26
Duane Pillette 0 3 6.53 7 5 0 20.2 31 15 14 13
Ted Gray 1 2 8.22 9 1 0 15.1 21 14 11 8
Bob Kuzava 0 1 3.65 6 1 0 12.1 10 5 4 5
Joe Coleman 0 1 10.80 6 2 0 11.2 19 14 10 4
Don Ferrarese 0 0 3.00 6 0 0 9.0 8 3 11 5
Bob Alexander 1 0 13.50 4 0 0 4.0 8 6 2 1
Bill Miller 0 1 13.50 5 1 0 4.0 3 6 10 4
Chuck Locke 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 1 1
Bob Harrison 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 2 4 0

👥 Roster (54)

Cal Abrams Bob Alexander Hal Brown Harry Byrd Wayne Causey Gil Coan Joe Coleman Billy Cox Angelo Dagres Chuck Diering Fritz Dorish Jim Dyck +42 more

54 players

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The 1955 Baltimore Orioles in brief

The record for the 1955 Baltimore Orioles reads 57 wins and 97 losses, good for 7th in the AL. Runs came in at 540 scored against 754 allowed (-214). The team batting average of .240 was 7% below the 1955 league mark of .258. The staff ERA of 4.21 was 6% worse than the league average of 3.96. The 540 runs scored compare with a league average of 686 per club, 21% fewer.

The home park, Memorial Stadium, recorded 859,200 in attendance, about 10,875 a game. Gus Triandos topped the Baltimore Orioles with 12 home runs. On the mound, Jim Wilson won 12 games to lead the staff. The 1955 roster runs to 54 players. For the seasons either side, see the 1954 season and the 1956 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1955 Baltimore Orioles

What was the 1955 Baltimore Orioles record?
The 1955 Baltimore Orioles finished 57-97 (.370 win pct).
Who led the 1955 Baltimore Orioles in home runs?
Gus Triandos led the 1955 Baltimore Orioles with 12 home runs.
What was the 1955 Baltimore Orioles team ERA?
The 1955 Baltimore Orioles posted a team ERA of 4.21.
Did the 1955 Baltimore Orioles win the World Series?
No. The 1955 Baltimore Orioles did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1955 Baltimore Orioles play?
The 1955 Baltimore Orioles played home games at Memorial Stadium.
Who led the 1955 Baltimore Orioles in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Gus Triandos (12 HR, 65 RBI) and Jim Wilson (12-18, 3.44 ERA).
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