1955 American League Stats

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1955 American League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	96-58 (0.623)	-	762	569	97-57 (0.631)	100-54 (0.649)	1,490,138	54.8	29.7	1.8	23.3
2	Cleveland Indians	93-61 (0.604)	3.0	698	601	87-67 (0.568)	94-60 (0.610)	1,221,780	49.1	22.9	0.1	26.0
3	Chicago White Sox	91-63 (0.591)	5.0	725	557	95-59 (0.618)	96-58 (0.623)	1,175,684	50.4	20.1	1.5	28.8
4	Boston Red Sox	84-70 (0.545)	12.0	755	652	87-67 (0.567)	91-63 (0.591)	1,203,200	45.9	19.2	1.7	24.9
5	Detroit Tigers	79-75 (0.513)	17.0	775	658	88-66 (0.574)	86-68 (0.558)	1,181,838	40.7	21.6	1.0	18.1
6	Kansas City Athletics	63-91 (0.409)	33.0	638	911	53-101 (0.343)	47-107 (0.305)	1,393,054	2.1	6.8	6.8	-11.4
7	Baltimore Orioles	57-97 (0.370)	39.0	540	754	54-100 (0.352)	50-104 (0.325)	852,039	5.1	1.3	1.4	2.4
8	Washington Senators	53-101 (0.344)	43.0	598	789	58-96 (0.376)	52-102 (0.338)	425,238	6.6	5.7	1.5	-0.6

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	23	9.9	10.0	147	638	158	25	11	37	113	8	1	129.647	0.431	0.611
2	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	36	8.0	8.0	98	417	114	21	3	28	91	2	0	104.859	0.496	0.703
3	Al Kaline	DET	RF	20	7.9	8.4	152	681	200	24	8	27	82	6	8	125.136	0.421	0.546
4	Al Smith	CLE	RF	27	6.6	5.2	154	725	186	27	4	22	93	11	6	114.642	0.407	0.473
5	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	31	4.7	4.5	131	560	143	17	5	26	61	2	0	84.407	0.369	0.505
6	Roy Sievers	WS1	LF	28	4.4	4.2	144	591	138	20	8	25	73	1	2	85.283	0.364	0.489
7	Mickey Vernon	WS1	1B	37	4.4	1.0	150	627	162	23	8	14	74	0	4	88.277	0.384	0.452
8	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	30	4.3	4.1	147	615	147	20	3	27	60	1	0	81.705	0.349	0.469
9	Vic Power	KC1	1B	27	4.3	5.8	147	639	190	34	10	19	35	0	2	91.560	0.354	0.505
10	Jackie Jensen	BOS	RF	28	4.3	4.1	152	681	158	27	6	26	89	16	7	96.566	0.369	0.479
11	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	31	4.2	4.4	139	615	149	26	7	10	76	19	8	83.251	0.387	0.424
12	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	32	4.1	4.5	139	563	137	20	5	20	56	8	4	75.854	0.360	0.461
13	Elmer Valo	KC1	LF	34	3.9	4.0	112	338	103	17	4	3	52	5	3	61.789	0.460	0.484
14	George Kell	CHA	3B	32	3.5	1.9	128	504	134	24	1	8	51	2	2	68.054	0.389	0.429
15	Ray Boone	DET	3B	31	3.4	3.6	135	560	142	22	7	20	50	1	1	73.750	0.346	0.476
16	Gil McDougald	NYA	2B	27	3.4	5.9	141	615	152	10	8	13	65	6	4	72.889	0.361	0.407
17	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	28	3.2	3.6	122	490	91	17	5	7	95	4	3	65.312	0.407	0.371
18	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	27	3.2	4.9	154	709	198	28	7	6	38	7	9	84.234	0.364	0.406
19	Bill Tuttle	DET	CF	25	3.1	3.7	154	698	168	23	4	14	76	6	3	80.465	0.358	0.400
20	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	31	3.1	2.4	141	643	146	22	4	13	82	1	4	76.749	0.368	0.400
21	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	24	3.0	1.8	108	314	92	17	3	12	21	1	1	49.248	0.369	0.524
22	Harvey Kuenn	DET	SS	24	2.9	0.9	145	666	190	38	5	8	40	8	3	78.284	0.347	0.423
23	Ferris Fain	2 teams	1B	34	2.9	3.6	114	358	67	11	0	2	94	5	1	52.210	0.453	0.326
24	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	30	2.9	4.7	138	510	111	13	1	16	68	2	2	65.255	0.373	0.408
25	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	31	2.8	3.0	139	596	120	13	1	21	92	4	2	72.418	0.362	0.402
26	Jim Piersall	BOS	CF	25	2.8	3.7	149	599	146	25	5	13	67	6	1	75.155	0.364	0.427
27	Earl Torgeson	DET	1B	31	2.7	3.4	89	369	85	10	1	9	61	9	0	50.703	0.397	0.413
28	Dave Philley	2 teams	RF	35	2.6	2.5	126	465	124	17	5	8	46	1	4	58.898	0.366	0.422
29	Billy Goodman	BOS	2B	29	2.6	1.3	149	715	176	31	2	0	99	5	5	85.684	0.394	0.352
30	Walt Dropo	CHA	1B	32	2.6	1.0	141	502	127	15	2	19	42	0	1	62.279	0.343	0.448
31	Ralph Kiner	CLE	LF	32	2.5	2.1	113	390	78	13	0	18	65	0	0	53.171	0.367	0.452
32	Cal Abrams	BAL	CF	31	2.5	2.4	118	407	75	12	3	6	89	2	8	54.509	0.413	0.359
33	Enos Slaughter	2 teams	DH	39	2.2	2.5	118	325	87	12	4	5	41	2	3	47.409	0.400	0.442
34	Bob Nieman	CHA	RF	28	2.1	2.0	99	317	77	11	2	11	36	1	0	43.008	0.366	0.460
35	Gus Zernial	KC1	LF	32	2.1	2.5	120	454	105	9	3	30	30	1	0	56.153	0.304	0.508
36	Jim Rivera	CHA	RF	33	2.0	2.9	147	530	120	24	4	10	62	25	16	60.125	0.352	0.401
37	Gus Triandos	BAL	1B	24	2.0	1.9	140	529	133	17	3	12	40	0	0	55.813	0.333	0.399
38	Elston Howard	NYA	LF	26	1.9	2.2	97	305	81	8	7	10	20	0	0	38.722	0.336	0.477
39	Norm Zauchin	BOS	1B	25	1.8	2.6	130	556	114	10	0	27	69	3	0	64.881	0.335	0.430
40	Eddie Robinson	NYA	1B	34	1.8	0.8	88	215	36	1	0	16	36	0	0	31.150	0.358	0.491
41	Gene Woodling	2 teams	LF	32	1.6	1.7	126	476	104	21	3	8	60	3	5	52.893	0.353	0.384
42	Hector Lopez	KC1	3B	25	1.6	4.1	128	527	140	15	2	15	33	1	4	59.625	0.337	0.422
43	Harry Simpson	2 teams	CF	29	1.6	1.8	115	439	119	16	7	5	36	3	5	52.689	0.358	0.413
44	Clint Courtney	2 teams	C	28	1.6	1.3	94	309	85	11	4	3	26	0	0	37.398	0.362	0.411
45	Vic Wertz	CLE	1B	30	1.5	1.4	74	295	65	11	2	14	32	1	1	37.175	0.332	0.475
46	Carlos Paula	WS1	RF	27	1.5	1.2	115	374	105	20	7	6	17	2	3	43.844	0.332	0.447
47	Billy Klaus	BOS	SS	26	1.5	1.2	135	610	153	26	2	7	60	6	0	65.449	0.351	0.377
48	Joe Collins	NYA	1B	32	1.5	1.3	105	330	65	9	1	13	44	0	2	37.481	0.339	0.414
49	Bob Cerv	NYA	LF	30	1.3	1.2	55	96	29	4	2	3	7	4	0	17.068	0.410	0.541
50	Jim Dyck	BAL	LF	33	1.3	1.8	61	228	55	13	1	2	28	1	0	27.305	0.372	0.386

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Billy Pierce	CHA	28	9.4	8.8	33	26	205.67	15	10	16	1	50	64	157	85.41	1.97	1.10	6.87
2	Frank Sullivan	BOS	25	7.7	6.3	35	35	260.00	18	13	16	0	103	100	129	69.40	2.91	1.29	4.47
3	Whitey Ford	NYA	26	7.3	6.7	39	33	253.67	18	7	18	2	83	113	137	66.28	2.63	1.19	4.86
4	Early Wynn	CLE	35	6.6	6.0	32	31	230.00	17	11	16	0	86	80	122	59.94	2.82	1.25	4.77
5	Billy Hoeft	DET	23	6.4	6.1	32	29	220.00	16	7	17	0	75	75	133	58.47	2.99	1.19	5.44
6	Herb Score	CLE	22	6.2	4.9	33	32	227.33	16	10	11	0	85	154	245	56.18	2.85	1.37	9.70
7	Bob Turley	NYA	24	5.4	4.6	36	34	246.67	17	13	13	1	92	177	210	49.05	3.06	1.40	7.66
8	Frank Lary	DET	25	5.3	4.6	36	31	235.00	14	15	16	1	100	89	98	47.97	3.10	1.37	3.75
9	Bill Wight	2 teams	33	4.8	4.3	36	14	141.33	6	8	8	3	51	48	63	36.93	2.48	1.29	4.01
10	George Susce	BOS	24	4.5	3.8	29	15	144.33	9	7	6	1	54	49	60	40.77	3.06	1.19	3.74
11	Jim Wilson	BAL	33	4.4	3.4	34	31	235.33	12	18	14	0	104	87	96	32.58	3.44	1.22	3.67
12	Dick Donovan	CHA	27	4.4	4.3	29	24	187.00	15	9	11	0	77	48	88	39.75	3.32	1.25	4.24
13	Jack Harshman	CHA	27	3.6	3.5	32	23	179.33	11	7	9	0	74	97	116	32.62	3.36	1.34	5.82
14	Sandy Consuegra	CHA	34	3.3	2.9	44	7	126.33	6	5	3	7	42	18	35	30.22	2.64	1.09	2.49
15	Willard Nixon	BOS	27	2.9	3.0	31	31	208.00	12	10	7	0	102	85	95	26.58	4.07	1.40	4.11
16	Ike Delock	BOS	25	2.8	2.2	29	18	143.67	9	7	6	3	67	61	88	25.15	3.76	1.37	5.51
17	Mike Garcia	CLE	31	2.7	2.3	38	31	210.67	11	13	6	3	101	56	120	24.74	4.02	1.36	5.13
18	Tommy Byrne	NYA	35	2.7	2.5	27	22	160.00	16	5	9	2	69	87	76	24.68	3.15	1.40	4.28
19	Bob Lemon	CLE	34	2.6	2.7	35	31	211.33	18	10	5	2	103	74	100	23.99	3.88	1.38	4.26
20	Ned Garver	DET	29	2.6	2.4	33	32	230.67	12	16	16	0	115	67	83	23.31	3.98	1.38	3.24
21	Virgil Trucks	CHA	38	2.6	1.5	32	26	175.00	13	8	7	0	78	61	91	23.23	3.96	1.35	4.68
22	Don Mossi	CLE	26	2.4	2.3	57	1	81.67	4	3	0	9	28	18	69	22.00	2.42	1.21	7.60
23	Leo Kiely	BOS	25	2.4	2.1	33	4	90.00	3	3	0	6	31	37	36	21.33	2.80	1.42	3.60
24	Steve Gromek	DET	35	2.3	2.3	28	25	181.00	13	10	8	0	89	37	73	20.89	3.98	1.22	3.63
25	Ellis Kinder	BOS	40	2.3	2.3	43	0	66.67	5	5	0	18	22	15	31	20.78	2.83	1.08	4.18
26	Johnny Schmitz	WS1	34	2.3	1.8	32	21	165.00	7	10	6	1	76	54	49	20.72	3.71	1.46	2.67
27	Tom Gorman	KC1	30	2.2	1.8	57	0	109.00	7	6	0	18	48	36	46	18.01	3.55	1.23	3.80
28	Tom Brewer	BOS	23	2.1	1.2	31	28	192.67	11	10	9	0	101	87	91	19.46	4.20	1.48	4.25
29	Alex Kellner	KC1	30	2.0	1.8	30	24	162.67	11	8	6	0	81	60	75	16.68	4.20	1.38	4.15
30	Fritz Dorish	2 teams	33	2.0	1.8	48	1	82.67	5	3	0	7	29	37	28	16.01	2.83	1.34	3.05
31	Tom Hurd	BOS	31	2.0	1.7	43	0	80.67	8	6	0	5	32	38	48	17.98	3.01	1.36	5.36
32	Connie Johnson	CHA	32	2.0	1.5	17	16	99.00	7	4	5	0	40	52	72	17.76	3.45	1.48	6.55
33	Don Larsen	NYA	25	1.9	1.8	19	13	97.00	9	2	5	2	38	51	44	17.64	3.06	1.36	4.08
34	Ray Narleski	CLE	26	1.9	1.9	60	1	111.67	9	1	1	19	47	52	94	17.26	3.71	1.28	7.58
35	George Zuverink	2 teams	30	1.8	1.6	42	6	114.67	4	8	0	4	55	31	44	11.87	3.38	1.30	3.45
36	Jim Konstanty	NYA	38	1.8	1.8	45	0	73.67	7	2	0	11	28	24	19	16.54	2.32	1.25	2.32
37	Dixie Howell	CHA	35	1.8	1.9	35	0	73.67	8	3	0	9	27	25	25	16.16	2.93	1.29	3.05
38	Mickey McDermott	WS1	26	1.7	1.7	31	20	156.00	10	10	8	1	75	100	78	15.51	3.75	1.54	4.50
39	Johnny Kucks	NYA	22	1.6	0.8	29	13	126.67	8	7	3	0	54	44	49	14.81	3.41	1.31	3.48
40	Al Aber	DET	27	1.4	1.1	39	1	80.00	6	3	0	3	32	28	37	13.04	3.38	1.43	4.16
41	Pedro Ramos	WS1	20	1.3	0.5	45	9	130.00	5	11	3	5	62	39	34	11.55	3.88	1.23	2.35
42	Tom Morgan	NYA	25	1.2	1.1	40	1	72.00	7	3	0	10	29	24	17	10.84	3.25	1.33	2.12
43	Tom Sturdivant	NYA	25	1.2	0.9	33	1	68.33	1	3	0	0	24	42	48	10.69	3.16	1.32	6.32
44	Mike Fornieles	CHA	23	1.1	0.6	26	9	86.33	6	3	2	2	37	29	23	9.78	3.86	1.31	2.40
45	Eddie Lopat	2 teams	37	1.1	0.5	26	19	135.67	7	12	4	0	69	25	34	9.13	3.91	1.35	2.26
46	Art Houtteman	CLE	27	1.0	0.6	35	12	124.33	10	6	3	0	63	44	53	9.26	3.98	1.37	3.84
47	Bill Henry	BOS	27	1.0	0.7	17	7	59.67	2	4	0	0	28	21	23	9.13	3.32	1.29	3.47
48	Ray Moore	BAL	29	1.0	0.4	46	14	151.67	10	10	3	6	75	80	80	7.24	3.92	1.37	4.75
49	José Santiago	CLE	26	0.8	0.9	17	0	32.67	2	0	0	0	11	14	19	7.35	2.48	1.38	5.23
50	Bob Feller	CLE	36	0.8	0.4	25	11	83.00	4	4	2	0	43	31	25	7.23	3.47	1.23	2.71

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Hank Foiles	CLE	26	1.9	41.0	261.0	222.0	23.0	3.0	7.0	14.031
	2	Sherm Lollar	CHA	30	1.9	136.0	1100.0	664.0	62.0	4.0	12.0	13.768
	3	Joe Astroth	KC1	32	1.1	100.0	818.0	420.0	50.0	5.0	9.0	9.389
	4	Sammy White	BOS	27	0.7	143.0	1255.7	671.0	71.0	12.0	8.0	4.949
	5	Hal Smith	BAL	24	0.6	125.0	980.3	497.0	58.0	8.0	9.0	5.309
	6	Bruce Edwards	WS1	31	0.4	22.0	145.3	88.0	11.0	2.0	2.0	3.542
	7	Steve Korcheck	WS1	22	0.4	12.0	80.7	46.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	3.118
	8	Billy Shantz	KC1	27	0.3	78.0	544.0	261.0	27.0	3.0	8.0	2.068
1B	1	Vic Power	KC1	27	1.5	144.0	1248.0	1281.0	130.0	10.0	140.0	12.650
	2	Norm Zauchin	BOS	25	0.8	126.0	1120.3	1137.0	84.0	6.0	106.0	5.809
	3	Ferris Fain	2 teams	34	0.7	95.0	713.7	695.0	60.0	8.0	72.0	5.014
	4	Earl Torgeson	DET	31	0.7	83.0	717.7	695.0	53.0	6.0	79.0	4.994
	5	Billy Goodman	BOS	29	0.1	5.0	43.0	47.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	0.654
	6	Harry Simpson	KC1	29	0.1	3.0	10.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.510
	7	Harry Agganis	BOS	26	0.1	20.0	181.0	208.0	14.0	3.0	15.0	0.387
	8	Jack Littrell	KC1	26	0.0	6.0	30.0	24.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	0.381
2B	1	Gil McDougald	NYA	27	2.9	126.0	1067.3	352.0	348.0	11.0	119.0	21.626
	2	Nellie Fox	CHA	27	1.7	154.0	1364.3	399.0	483.0	24.0	110.0	12.738
	3	Bobby Young	2 teams	30	0.8	69.0	548.0	145.0	179.0	5.0	56.0	6.075
	4	Fred Hatfield	DET	30	0.6	92.0	782.0	216.0	251.0	12.0	74.0	4.772
	5	Jerry Snyder	WS1	25	0.6	22.0	183.7	66.0	63.0	3.0	24.0	5.120
	6	Hector Lopez	KC1	25	0.4	36.0	299.3	93.0	98.0	6.0	32.0	3.383
	7	Billy Martin	NYA	27	0.3	17.0	147.0	42.0	44.0	2.0	19.0	2.314
	8	Pete Runnels	WS1	27	0.3	132.0	1137.7	349.0	338.0	17.0	107.0	2.328
3B	1	Hector Lopez	KC1	25	2.1	93.0	804.7	104.0	233.0	23.0	26.0	17.354
	2	Andy Carey	NYA	23	2.1	135.0	1180.3	154.0	301.0	22.0	37.0	15.595
	3	Jim Finigan	KC1	26	0.8	59.0	514.3	55.0	135.0	8.0	13.0	6.754
	4	Grady Hatton	BOS	32	0.6	111.0	954.3	97.0	225.0	8.0	22.0	4.348
	5	Ted Lepcio	BOS	25	0.6	45.0	320.0	48.0	84.0	8.0	6.0	4.106
	6	Harmon Killebrew	WS1	19	0.5	23.0	166.0	23.0	49.0	5.0	3.0	3.903
	7	Eddie Yost	WS1	28	0.4	107.0	899.0	100.0	217.0	19.0	22.0	3.195
	8	Vern Stephens	2 teams	34	0.4	20.0	149.0	13.0	39.0	0.0	4.0	2.582
SS	1	Willy Miranda	BAL	29	2.0	153.0	1275.7	300.0	481.0	34.0	101.0	17.907
	2	Jose Valdivielso	WS1	21	1.9	94.0	794.7	160.0	317.0	22.0	69.0	15.539
	3	George Strickland	CLE	29	1.1	128.0	1050.3	221.0	360.0	14.0	84.0	8.377
	4	Bobby Kline	WS1	26	0.8	69.0	391.7	97.0	153.0	15.0	35.0	6.825
	5	Eddie Joost	BOS	39	0.7	20.0	164.0	37.0	72.0	8.0	19.0	5.251
	6	Chico Carrasquel	CHA	29	0.6	144.0	1201.3	222.0	424.0	18.0	81.0	4.182
	7	Billy Hunter	NYA	27	0.4	98.0	712.0	115.0	249.0	16.0	60.0	2.715
	8	Joe DeMaestri	KC1	26	0.3	122.0	1030.7	206.0	358.0	21.0	78.0	2.551
LF	1	Bubba Phillips	DET	27	0.6	60.0	354.0	111.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.280
	2	Irv Noren	NYA	30	0.5	117.0	820.0	215.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	4.070
	3	Gus Zernial	KC1	32	0.4	103.0	860.3	234.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	3.312
	4	Elmer Valo	KC1	34	0.3	46.0	377.3	102.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.359
	5	Jim Dyck	BAL	33	0.2	45.0	328.0	88.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.998
	6	Dave Pope	2 teams	34	0.2	28.0	132.7	43.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.693
	7	Gene Woodling	2 teams	32	0.2	88.0	616.7	148.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	1.400
	8	Bill Wilson	KC1	26	0.2	21.0	84.3	28.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.379
CF	1	Jim Piersall	BOS	25	0.9	147.0	1294.3	422.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	6.657
	2	Tom Umphlett	WS1	24	0.6	61.0	441.7	161.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	4.848
	3	Bill Tuttle	DET	25	0.5	154.0	1366.7	439.0	12.0	7.0	2.0	3.867
	4	Chuck Diering	BAL	32	0.5	105.0	669.3	236.0	4.0	6.0	2.0	4.514
	5	Jim Busby	2 teams	28	0.4	146.0	1214.7	375.0	7.0	5.0	3.0	2.877
	6	Jim Rivera	CHA	33	0.4	51.0	341.0	117.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	2.713
	7	Johnny Groth	2 teams	28	0.2	66.0	518.7	164.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.756
	8	Dave Pope	2 teams	34	0.1	51.0	347.0	111.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.304
RF	1	Jim Rivera	CHA	33	0.5	116.0	746.0	176.0	16.0	4.0	6.0	3.878
	2	Al Kaline	DET	20	0.4	152.0	1325.7	306.0	14.0	7.0	4.0	3.149
	3	Hank Bauer	NYA	32	0.4	130.0	1056.3	238.0	12.0	5.0	3.0	2.877
	4	Elston Howard	NYA	26	0.3	16.0	103.0	32.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	2.179
	5	Bill Renna	KC1	30	0.3	72.0	517.7	120.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	2.181
	6	Enos Slaughter	KC1	39	0.2	77.0	537.7	126.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.882
	7	Hoot Evers	2 teams	34	0.2	34.0	238.3	62.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.091
	8	Charlie Maxwell	DET	28	0.2	4.0	30.0	13.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.136