1955 Major League Baseball season
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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.
This article is about the 1955 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1955 in baseball.
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1955 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 11 – October 4, 1955 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Yogi Berra (NYY) NL: Roy Campanella (BKN) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Cleveland Indians |
NL champions | Brooklyn Dodgers |
NL runners-up | Milwaukee Braves |
World Series | |
Champions | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Runners-up | New York Yankees |
World Series MVP | Johnny Podres (BKN) |
MLB seasons | |
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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.