The Year in Baseball: 1955

Off the Field:

A Magical Kingdom opens in Anaheim, California

Off the Field: Legislation was passed to make a change to U.S. paper money. Can you spot the change? OLD NEW

Off the Field: Television: 39 million sets in the U.S. 2 of 3 households had a TV What were some of your favorite mid-50’s TV shows?

Off the Field: Popular TV shows:

Off the Field: The top two TV shows of

1955 – Off the Field Two longest- running songs on the hit parade

On the Field: Spring Baseball University of Texas Longhorns Baseball: overall, in SWC February Playmate of Month UT Head Coach was a White Sox outfielder Catcher played in the Majors for the Phillies

On the Field: These future Hall-of-Famers made their rookie debut:

On the Field:

On the Field: Final Regular Season Standings 1955 National League Team Standings TeamWinsLossesGB Brooklyn98550 Milwaukee856913½ New York807418½ Philadelphia77 21½ Cincinnati757923½ Chicago St. Louis688630½ Pittsburgh609438½ 1955 American League Team Standings TeamWinsLossesGB New York96580 Cleveland93613 Chicago91635 Boston Detroit Kansas City Baltimore Washington

On the Field: League Most Valuable Players:

On the Field: League Leaders in Pitching Wins:

1955 – On the Field: League Leaders in HR

1955 World Series

Jim Gilliam LF Pee Wee Reese SS Duke Snider CF Roy Campanella C Carl Furillo RF Gil Hodges 1B Don Hoak 3B Don Zimmer 2B Johnny Podres P Dodgers Game 7 Starting Line-up

1955 World Series Phil Rizzuto SS Billy Martin 2B Gil McDougald 3B Yogi Berra C Hank Bauer RF Moose Skowron 1B Bob Cerv CF Elston Howard LF Tommy Byrne P Yankees Game 7 Starting Line-up

1955 World Series Game 7 was played Tuesday, October 4 at Yankee Stadium