The 1955 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 17 games behind the New York Yankees.
Al Kaline became the youngest major league player to win the American League (AL) batting title at 20 years old which still stands to this day. He hit .340 for the season, 21 points better than runner-up Vic Power. Kaline finished runner-up to Yogi Berra in the 1955 MVP voting.
Offseason December 6, 1954: Walt Dropo, Ted Gray and Bob Nieman were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain, and Jack Phillips.Walt Dropo at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1955 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Frank House 102 328 85 .259 15 53 1B Earl Torgeson 89 300 85 .283 9 50 2B Fred Hatfield 122 413 96 .232 8 33 SS Harvey Kuenn 145 620 190 .306 8 62 3B Ray Boone 135 500 142 .284 20 116 LF Jim Delsing 114 356 85 .239 10 60 CF Bill Tuttle 154 603 168 .279 14 78 RF 152 588 200 .340 27 102
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Red Wilson 78 241 53 .220 2 17 Harry Malmberg 67 208 45 .216 0 19 Bubba Phillips 95 184 43 .234 3 23 58 140 37 .264 2 23 55 117 37 .316 1 20 Charlie Maxwell 55 109 29 .266 7 18 Reno Bertoia 38 68 14 .206 1 10 Jay Porter 24 55 13 .236 0 3 Chick King 7 21 5 .238 0 0 Walt Streuli 2 4 1 .250 0 1 12 4 0 .000 0 0 Wayne Belardi 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Bud Souchock 1 1 1 1.000 0 1 Ron Samford 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 36 235.0 14 15 3.10 98 Ned Garver 33 230.2 12 16 3.98 83 Billy Hoeft 32 220.0 16 7 2.99 133 Steve Gromek 28 181.0 13 10 3.98 73 Duke Maas 18 86.2 5 6 4.88 42
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 15 51.0 3 5 6.35 37 Bob Miller 7 25.1 2 1 2.49 11 Dick Marlowe 4 15.0 1 0 1.80 9 3 14.0 1 1 1.29 7
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 39 6 3 3 3.38 37 36 4 3 3 4.15 28 Paul Foytack 22 0 1 0 5.26 38 20 0 1 0 3.19 9 17 2 1 3 3.20 5 George Zuverink 14 0 5 0 6.99 13 9 0 0 0 3.00 4 Ben Flowers 4 0 0 0 6.00 2 Bill Froats 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Bob Schultz 1 0 0 0 20.25 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Panama City
References
Further reading
External links 1955 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference