1956 New York Yankees

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1956 New York Yankees

Major league affiliations

1956 Uniform

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1956 Information

Owner(s)

Dan Topping and Del Webb

Manager(s)

Casey Stengel

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The New York Yankees' 1956 season was the 54th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 97-57, winning their 22nd pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. The Series featured the first and only no-hitter in Series play, a perfect game, delivered by the Yankees' Don Larsen in Game 5.

[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	147	539	130	.241	26	84
Yogi Berra	140	521	155	.298	30	105
Andy Carey	132	422	100	.238	7	50
Elston Howard	98	290	76	.262	5	34
Billy Martin	121	458	121	.264	9	49
Mickey Mantle	150	533	188	.353	52	130
Gil McDougald	120	438	136	.311	13	56
Bill Skowron	134	464	143	.308	23	90

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tom Carroll	36	17	6	.353	0	0
Bob Cerv	54	115	35	.304	3	25
Jerry Coleman	80	183	47	.257	0	18
Joe Collins	100	262	59	.225	7	43
Billy Hunter	39	75	21	.280	0	11
Jerry Lumpe	20	62	16	.258	0	4
Irv Noren	29	37	8	.216	0	6
Bobby Richardson	5	7	1	.143	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	31	52	12	.231	0	6
Eddie Robinson	26	54	12	.222	5	11
Norm Siebern	54	162	33	.204	4	21
Charlie Silvera	7	9	2	.222	0	2
Lou Skizas	6	6	1	.167	0	1
Enos Slaughter	24	83	24	.289	0	4
George Wilson	11	12	2	.167	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Whitey Ford	31	225.7	19	6	2.47	141
Johnny Kucks	34	224.3	18	9	3.85	67
Don Larsen	38	179.7	11	5	3.26	107
Tom Sturdivant	32	158.3	16	8	3.30	110
Bob Turley	27	132	8	4	5.05	91

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Coates	2	2	0	0	13.50	0
Sonny Dixon	3	4.3	0	1	2.08	1
Jim Konstanty	8	11	0	0	4.91	6
Gerry Staley	1	0.3	0	0	108.00	1
Ralph Terry	3	13.3	1	2	9.45	8

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tommy Byrne	37	7	3	6	3.36	52
Rip Coleman	29	3	5	2	3.67	42
Bob Grim	26	6	1	5	2.77	48
Mickey McDermott	23	2	6	0	4.24	38
Tom Morgan	41	6	7	11	4.16	20

Main article: 1956 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6	October 3	Ebbets Field	34,479
2	Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13	October 5	Ebbets Field	36,217
3	Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5	October 6	Yankee Stadium	73,977
4	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6	October 7	Yankee Stadium	69,705
5	Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2	October 8	Yankee Stadium	64,519
6	Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings)	October 9	Ebbets Field	33,224
7	Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0	October 10	Ebbets Field	33,782