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1955 MLB AL standings
The New York Yankees won the 1955 American League pennant race at 96-58, 3 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
🏆How the 1955 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1955
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| New York Yankees (NYY) | 96 | 58 | .623 | - | 8-2 | L1 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 93 | 61 | .604 | 3 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 91 | 63 | .591 | 5 | 6-4 | W4 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12 | 2-8 | W1 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 79 | 75 | .513 | 17 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Kansas City Athletics (KCA) | 63 | 91 | .409 | 33 | 3-7 | L6 |
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | 57 | 97 | .370 | 39 | 8-2 | W3 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 53 | 101 | .344 | 43 | 2-8 | L3 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 22 times.
- The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 4 games on May 11, 1955.
- The New York Yankees took first place for good on September 16, 1955.
- The New York Yankees won 8 games in a row from September 13, 1955 to September 21, 1955, the longest run of the race.
- The Cleveland Indians led by 3 games as late as May 11, 1955.
- The New York Yankees led by as many as 6.5 games on July 1, 1955.
- The New York Yankees went 24-7 from May 11, 1955 to June 10, 1955, turning a deficit of 4 games into a lead of 5.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 77 of the 148 days played.
- The New York Yankees spent 93 of the season's 168 charted days in first place.