1955 New York Yankees

The New York Yankees' 1955 season was the 53rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 96-58, winning their 21st pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

[edit] Player stats

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
Hank Bauer	139	492	137	.278	20	53
Yogi Berra	147	542	147	.272	27	108
Andy Carey	135	510	131	.257	7	47
Billy Hunter	98	255	58	.227	3	20
Mickey Mantle	147	517	158	.306	37	99
Gil McDougald	141	533	152	.285	13	53
Irv Noren	132	371	94	.253	8	59
Bill Skowron	108	288	92	.319	12	61

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lou Berberet	2	5	2	.400	0	2
Johnny Blanchard	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Tom Carroll	14	6	2	.333	0	0
Bob Cerv	55	85	29	.341	3	22
Jerry Coleman	43	96	22	.229	0	8
Joe Collins	105	278	65	.234	13	45
Elston Howard	97	279	81	.290	10	43
Frank Leja	7	2	0	.000	0	0
Billy Martin	20	70	21	.300	1	9
Bobby Richardson	11	26	4	.154	0	3
Phil Rizzuto	81	143	37	.259	1	9
Eddie Robinson	88	173	26	.208	16	42
Charlie Silvera	14	26	5	.192	0	1
Enos Slaughter	10	9	1	.111	0	1
Dick Tettelbach	2	5	0	.000	0	0
Marv Throneberry	1	2	1	1.000	0	3

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tommy Byrne	27	160	16	5	3.15	76
Whitey Ford	39	253.7	18	7	2.63	137
Don Larsen	19	97	9	2	3.06	44
Ed Lopat	16	86.7	4	8	3.74	24
Bob Turley	36	246.7	17	13	3.06	210

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rip Coleman	10	29	1	1	5.28	15
Ted Gray	1	3	0	0	3.00	1
Johnny Sain	3	5.3	0	0	6.75	5
Art Schallock	2	3	0	0	6.00	2
Gerry Staley	2	2	0	0	13.50	0
Bob Wiesler	16	53	0	2	3.91	22

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob Grim	26	7	5	4	4.19	63
Jim Konstanty	45	7	2	11	2.32	19
Johnny Kucks	29	8	7	0	3.41	49
Tom Morgan	40	7	3	10	3.25	17
Tom Sturdivant	33	1	3	0	3.16	48

Main article: 1955 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 6	September 28	Yankee Stadium	63,869
2	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 4	September 29	Yankee Stadium	64,707
3	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 8	September 30	Ebbets Field	34,209
4	Yankees – 5, Dodgers – 8	October 1	Ebbets Field	36,242
5	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 5	October 2	Ebbets Field	36,796
6	Dodgers – 1, Yankees – 5	October 3	Yankee Stadium	64,022
7	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 0	October 4	Yankee Stadium	62,465