1955 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1887);
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby (minority)
General manager(s)	Branch Rickey
Manager(s)	Fred Haney
Local television	none
Local radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Dick Bingham
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The 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 74th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 69th in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 60–94.

Offseason

Prior to 1955 season: Ellis Burton was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers	98	55	--	.641
Milwaukee Braves	85	69	13.5	.552
New York Giants	80	74	18.5	.519
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	21.5	.500
Cincinnati Redlegs	75	79	23.5	.487
Chicago Cubs	72	81	26	.471
St. Louis Cardinals	68	86	30.5	.442
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	94	38.5	.390

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

August 27, 1955: Red Swanson was signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by the Pirates.^[2]

Roster

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2 Fred Haney

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	Shepard, JackJack Shepard	94	264	63	.239	2	23
LF	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	142	510	125	.245	25	72
CF	O'Brien, EddieEddie O'Brien	75	236	55	.233	0	8

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
Cole, DickDick Cole	77	239	54	.226	0	21
Peterson, HardyHardy Peterson	32	81	20	.247	1	10
Smith, EarlEarl Smith	5	16	1	.063	0	0
Smith, DickDick Smith	4	0	0	----	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

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
Friend, BobBob Friend	44	200.1	14	9	2.83	98
Face, RoyRoy Face	42	125.2	5	7	3.58	84
Donoso, LinoLino Donoso	25	95	4	6	5.31	38
Bowman, RogerRoger Bowman	7	16.2	0	3	8.64	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	ERA	SO
Grunwald, AlAl Grunwald	3	4.70	2
Swanson, RedRed Swanson	1	18.00	0
Bell, BillBill Bell	1	0.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Frank Thomas, reserve^[3]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Brunswick

Notes

References

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

[1] Ellis Burton page at Baseball-Reference

[2] Red Swanson page at Baseball-Reference

[3] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1955as.shtml

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