Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951
98-56, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (98-56)
Scored 914 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-58
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 2,081,380 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96
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Won World Series (4-0) over Philadelphia Phillies |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Yogi Berra* | 25 | 151 | 656 | 597 | 116 | 192 | 30 | 6 | 28 | 124 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 12 | .322 | .383 | .533 | .915 | 135 | 318 | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Joe Collins* | 27 | 108 | 239 | 205 | 47 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 34 | .234 | .335 | .420 | .754 | 95 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Jerry Coleman | 25 | 153 | 602 | 522 | 69 | 150 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 38 | .287 | .372 | .381 | .753 | 95 | 199 | 10 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | SS | Phil Rizzuto | 33 | 155 | 735 | 617 | 125 | 200 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 12 | 8 | 92 | 39 | .324 | .418 | .439 | .857 | 122 | 271 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 3B | Billy Johnson | 31 | 108 | 372 | 327 | 44 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 30 | .260 | .346 | .376 | .722 | 87 | 123 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 1B | Joe DiMaggio | 35 | 139 | 606 | 525 | 114 | 158 | 33 | 10 | 32 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 33 | .301 | .394 | .585 | .979 | 151 | 307 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Gene Woodling* | 27 | 122 | 523 | 449 | 81 | 127 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 31 | .283 | .381 | .412 | .793 | 105 | 185 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Hank Bauer | 27 | 113 | 458 | 415 | 72 | 133 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 41 | .320 | .380 | .463 | .843 | 118 | 192 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Cliff Mapes* | 28 | 108 | 414 | 356 | 60 | 88 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 61 | .247 | .338 | .421 | .760 | 96 | 150 | 14 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 3B | Bobby Brown* | 25 | 95 | 320 | 277 | 33 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 18 | .267 | .360 | .339 | .699 | 82 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 1B | Johnny Mize* | 37 | 90 | 305 | 274 | 43 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 24 | .277 | .351 | .595 | .946 | 142 | 163 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 1B | Tommy Henrich* | 37 | 73 | 178 | 151 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 6 | .272 | .382 | .536 | .918 | 136 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Jackie Jensen | 23 | 45 | 78 | 70 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .171 | .247 | .300 | .547 | 41 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 2B | Billy Martin | 22 | 34 | 39 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .308 | .361 | .669 | 73 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 1B | Johnny Hopp* | 33 | 19 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .333 | .486 | .593 | 1.078 | 178 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | C | Charlie Silvera | 25 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Johnny Lindell | 33 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .190 | .320 | .190 | .510 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Jim Delsing* | 24 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | C | Ralph Houk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | -15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 1B | Hank Workman* | 24 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Dick Wakefield* | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | 2B | Snuffy Stirnweiss | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Gus Niarhos | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | P | Ed Lopat* | 32 | 36 | 104 | 82 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | .232 | .364 | .329 | .693 | 81 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 25 | P | Vic Raschi | 31 | 33 | 103 | 86 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .198 | .258 | .256 | .514 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 26 | P | Allie Reynolds | 33 | 36 | 98 | 81 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .185 | .258 | .247 | .505 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 27 | P | Tommy Byrne* | 30 | 34 | 87 | 81 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .272 | .322 | .407 | .729 | 88 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 | P | Whitey Ford* | 21 | 20 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .194 | .275 | .194 | .469 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 29 | P | Fred Sanford# | 30 | 26 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .229 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30 | P | Tom Ferrick | 35 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 31 | P | Joe Ostrowski* | 33 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | P | Joe Page* | 32 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .400 | .375 | .775 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | P | Bob Porterfield | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 34 | P | Don Johnson | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | P | Ernie Nevel | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 36 | P | Dave Madison | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 37 | P | Duane Pillette | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 38 | P | Lew Burdette | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.4 | 155 | 6164 | 5361 | 914 | 1511 | 234 | 70 | 159 | 860 | 41 | 28 | 687 | 458 | .282 | .367 | .441 | .807 | 108 | 2362 | 122 | 31 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Vic Raschi | 31 | 21 | 8 | .724 | 4.00 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 256.2 | 232 | 120 | 114 | 19 | 116 | 155 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1085 | 108 | 1.356 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 1.34 | |
| 2 | SP | Allie Reynolds | 33 | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.74 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 240.2 | 215 | 108 | 100 | 12 | 138 | 160 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1045 | 115 | 1.467 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 1.16 | |
| 3 | SP | Ed Lopat* | 32 | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.47 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 236.1 | 244 | 110 | 91 | 19 | 65 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 999 | 124 | 1.307 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.11 | |
| 4 | SP | Tommy Byrne* | 30 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.74 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 203.1 | 188 | 115 | 107 | 23 | 160 | 118 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 951 | 91 | 1.711 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 0.74 | |
| 5 | SP | Whitey Ford* | 21 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.81 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 112.0 | 87 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 465 | 153 | 1.241 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 1.13 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Joe Page* | 32 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.04 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 55.1 | 66 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 259 | 85 | 1.753 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 1.06 | |
| 7 | RP | Fred Sanford | 30 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.55 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112.2 | 103 | 60 | 57 | 9 | 79 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 503 | 94 | 1.615 | 8.2 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 0.68 | |
| 8 | RP | Tom Ferrick | 35 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.65 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 56.2 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 118 | 1.253 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.91 | |
| 9 | RP | Joe Ostrowski* | 33 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.15 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43.2 | 50 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 83 | 1.489 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.00 | |
| 10 | RP | Bob Porterfield | 26 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.69 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.2 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 49 | 1.831 | 12.8 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 1.13 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Don Johnson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.00 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 43 | 2.611 | 17.5 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 0.75 | ||
| 12 | Duane Pillette | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 335 | 1.714 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 1.33 | |||
| 13 | Ernie Nevel | 31 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.95 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 43 | 2.526 | 14.2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 0.50 | ||
| 14 | Dave Madison | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 72 | 1.333 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | |||
| 15 | Lew Burdette | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 2.250 | 20.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 30.5 | 98 | 56 | .636 | 4.15 | 155 | 155 | 89 | 66 | 11 | 31 | 1372.2 | 1322 | 691 | 633 | 118 | 708 | 712 | 35 | 14 | 20 | 6002 | 104 | 1.479 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 1.01 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4559 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yogi Berra | 25 | 148 | 854 | 777 | 64 | 13 | 16 | .985 | 5.68 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Brown | 25 | 82 | 212 | 63 | 140 | 9 | 13 | .958 | 2.48 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Lew Burdette | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Byrne | 30 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.03 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Coleman | 25 | 158 | 797 | 388 | 390 | 19 | 138 | .976 | 4.92 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Collins | 27 | 99 | 523 | 480 | 36 | 7 | 62 | .987 | 5.21 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe DiMaggio | 35 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Ferrick | 35 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 0.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Ford | 21 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.20 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Henrich | 37 | 34 | 234 | 224 | 7 | 3 | 23 | .987 | 6.79 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Hopp | 33 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.33 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Houk | 30 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.44 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 31 | 105 | 277 | 96 | 169 | 12 | 21 | .957 | 2.52 | 3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Lopat | 32 | 35 | 59 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 4 | .966 | 1.63 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Madison | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Martin | 22 | 23 | 41 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 1.74 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Mize | 37 | 72 | 523 | 490 | 31 | 2 | 73 | .996 | 7.24 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Nevel | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Ostrowski | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.48 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Page | 32 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.19 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Duane Pillette | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Porterfield | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Vic Raschi | 31 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.18 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Allie Reynolds | 33 | 35 | 47 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 1.26 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Rizzuto | 33 | 155 | 767 | 301 | 452 | 14 | 123 | .982 | 4.86 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Sanford | 30 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Silvera | 25 | 15 | 49 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 3.13 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Workman | 24 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29.3 | 155 | 5800 | 4108 | 1573 | 119 | 506 | .979 | 3.31 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |