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The following are the baseball events of the year 1955 throughout the world.
Champions
Major League Baseball
Other champions
Awards and honors
MLB Statistical Leaders
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Events
Before the Athletics arrive in town, the Kansas City Monarchs move their base of operations to Grand Rapids, Michigan. They retain the name "Kansas City Monarchs" and continue in the Negro American League as a barnstorming team.
January-March
April-June
- April 12 - After a big civic parade, the Athletics open their first season in Kansas City with a win over the Detroit Tigers 6-2, before a crowd of 32,844
- April 14 - Elston Howard becomes the first black to wear the New York Yankees uniform. He singles in his first-at-bat, against the Boston Red Sox, as the Yanks win 8-4.
- April 23: The Chicago White Sox tallied a franchise record 29 runs at Kansas City. Sherm Lollar was 5-for-6 with a pair of home runs and five RBI, while reserve outfielder Bob Nieman and infielder Walt Dropo drove in seven runs apiece, and Chico Carrasquel hit 5-for-6 with five runs scored, in the 29-6 victory over the Athletics.
- May 12 - At Wrigley Field, Sam Jones of the Chicago Cubs no-hits the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, becoming the first African American to pitch a no-hitter in the Major Leagues.
July-September
October-December
- November 21 - In an obvious power struggle for control, Carl Stotz, principal founding father of the Little League, sues the organization for breach of contract. The suit will be settled out of court.
Births
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Deaths
- January 13 - Bill Dinneen, 78, pitching star of the 1903 World Series who went on to have a 29-year career as an American League umpire
- June 6 - Mike Kelley, 79, first baseman for the 1899 Louisville Colonels, later became a long time minor league baseball owner and manager.
- June 27 - Harry Agganis, 26, Red Sox first baseman from Lynn, Massachusetts who gave up being a football star to play for the BoSox, closer to his home and mother. On June 2, he was hospitalized with pneumonia. He rejoined the Sox 10 days later, fell ill again on June 27 and was flown back to Cambridge, Ma. where he died of a pulmonary embolism.
- August 26 - Sol White, 87, player, manager and executive with various Negro leagues and teams from 1887 to 1926
- November 4 - Cy Young, 88, Hall of Fame pitcher who won a record 511 games over a 22-year career and pitched three no-hitters, including a perfect game
- November 30 - John Stone, 50, outfielder for the Tigers and Senators from 1928-38, who collected seven .300 seasons, with a career-high .341 in 1936
- December 6 - Honus Wagner, 81, legendary Hall of Fame shortstop who won eight National League batting crowns and led the league in RBI, stolen bases, doubles and slugging percentage at least five times each
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