Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954
99-52, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (99-52)
Scored 801 runs, Allowed 547 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-50
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,537,811 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 88
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Won World Series (4-2) over Brooklyn Dodgers |

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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* | 28 | 137 | 557 | 503 | 80 | 149 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 32 | .296 | .363 | .523 | .886 | 140 | 263 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Joe Collins* | 30 | 127 | 450 | 387 | 72 | 104 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 36 | .269 | .365 | .439 | .805 | 119 | 170 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Billy Martin | 25 | 149 | 645 | 587 | 72 | 151 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 75 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 56 | .257 | .314 | .395 | .710 | 93 | 232 | 19 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | SS | Phil Rizzuto | 36 | 134 | 506 | 413 | 54 | 112 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 39 | .271 | .383 | .351 | .734 | 102 | 145 | 6 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3B | Gil McDougald | 25 | 141 | 614 | 541 | 82 | 154 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 83 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 65 | .285 | .361 | .416 | .777 | 112 | 225 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | SS | Mickey Mantle# | 21 | 127 | 540 | 461 | 105 | 136 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 90 | .295 | .398 | .497 | .895 | 143 | 229 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Hank Bauer | 30 | 133 | 503 | 437 | 77 | 133 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 45 | .304 | .394 | .446 | .841 | 129 | 195 | 8 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Gene Woodling* | 30 | 125 | 482 | 395 | 64 | 121 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 7 | 82 | 29 | .306 | .429 | .468 | .898 | 145 | 185 | 14 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Irv Noren* | 28 | 109 | 391 | 345 | 55 | 92 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 39 | .267 | .350 | .388 | .738 | 102 | 134 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 1B | Don Bollweg* | 32 | 70 | 178 | 155 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 31 | .297 | .384 | .503 | .887 | 141 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Bill Renna | 28 | 61 | 137 | 121 | 19 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 31 | .314 | .385 | .463 | .848 | 131 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 12 | 1B | Johnny Mize* | 40 | 81 | 118 | 104 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .250 | .339 | .394 | .733 | 100 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 13 | C | Charlie Silvera | 28 | 42 | 94 | 82 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .280 | .352 | .341 | .693 | 90 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 3B | Andy Carey | 21 | 51 | 91 | 81 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | .321 | .389 | .531 | .920 | 149 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | SS | Willy Miranda# | 27 | 48 | 63 | 58 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .224 | .286 | .276 | .562 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | UT | Gus Triandos | 22 | 18 | 55 | 51 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .157 | .204 | .255 | .459 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 3B | Loren Babe* | 25 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .722 | 1.056 | 182 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MI | Jerry Coleman | 28 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19 | C | Ralph Houk | 33 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Bob Cerv | 27 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | -58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | SS | Jim Brideweser | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2.667 | 619 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Art Schult | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | SS | Frank Verdi | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 24 | P | Whitey Ford* | 24 | 33 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .267 | .345 | .293 | .639 | 76 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 25 | P | Johnny Sain | 35 | 41 | 77 | 68 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .250 | .301 | .324 | .625 | 71 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 26 | P | Ed Lopat* | 35 | 26 | 73 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .190 | .250 | .238 | .488 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 27 | P | Vic Raschi | 34 | 28 | 71 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .143 | .182 | .159 | .341 | -6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 28 | P | Allie Reynolds | 36 | 42 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .122 | .265 | .171 | .436 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | P | Jim McDonald | 26 | 29 | 46 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .098 | .140 | .098 | .237 | -34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 30 | P | Bob Kuzava# | 30 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .048 | .200 | .048 | .248 | -29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 31 | P | Tom Gorman | 28 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | P | Ray Scarborough | 35 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .333 | .417 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 33 | P | Bill Miller* | 25 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 34 | P | Steve Kraly* | 24 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | P | Art Schallock* | 29 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | P | Ewell Blackwell | 30 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | P | Johnny Schmitz | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 28.3 | 151 | 5960 | 5194 | 801 | 1420 | 226 | 52 | 139 | 762 | 34 | 44 | 655 | 643 | .273 | .358 | .417 | .776 | 112 | 2167 | 105 | 34 | 77 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Whitey Ford* | 24 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.00 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 207.0 | 187 | 77 | 69 | 13 | 110 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 882 | 124 | 1.435 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1.00 | |
| 2 | SP | Vic Raschi | 34 | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.33 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 181.0 | 150 | 74 | 67 | 11 | 55 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 738 | 112 | 1.133 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.38 | |
| 3 | SP | Ed Lopat* | 35 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 2.42 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 178.1 | 169 | 58 | 48 | 13 | 32 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 720 | 153 | 1.127 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.56 | |
| 4 | SP | Jim McDonald | 26 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.82 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 129.2 | 128 | 64 | 55 | 4 | 39 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 539 | 97 | 1.288 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.10 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | CL | Allie Reynolds | 36 | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.41 | 41 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 145.0 | 140 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 61 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 627 | 109 | 1.386 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 1.41 | |
| 6 | RP | Johnny Sain | 35 | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.00 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 189.0 | 189 | 68 | 63 | 16 | 45 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 780 | 124 | 1.238 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 1.87 | |
| 7 | RP | Bob Kuzava* | 30 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.31 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 92.1 | 92 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 34 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 112 | 1.365 | 9.0 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.41 | |
| 8 | RP | Tom Gorman | 28 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.39 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77.0 | 65 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 32 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 329 | 110 | 1.260 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.19 | |
| 9 | RP | Ray Scarborough | 35 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.29 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.2 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 240 | 113 | 1.427 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.77 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Bill Miller* | 25 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.76 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 46 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 78 | 1.912 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.89 | ||
| 11 | Steve Kraly* | 24 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 115 | 1.400 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0.50 | ||
| 12 | Art Schallock* | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2.95 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 126 | 2.109 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 0.87 | |||
| 13 | Ewell Blackwell | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.66 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 101 | 1.525 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 0.85 | ||
| 14 | Johnny Schmitz* | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 179 | 1.154 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 31.1 | 99 | 52 | .656 | 3.20 | 151 | 151 | 102 | 50 | 16 | 38 | 1358.1 | 1286 | 547 | 483 | 94 | 500 | 604 | 33 | 2 | 15 | 5724 | 116 | 1.315 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.21 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4912 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loren Babe | 25 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 4.60 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Yogi Berra | 28 | 133 | 639 | 566 | 64 | 9 | 9 | .986 | 4.74 | 8 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ewell Blackwell | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Bollweg | 32 | 43 | 344 | 323 | 15 | 6 | 37 | .983 | 7.86 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brideweser | 26 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.67 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Andy Carey | 21 | 43 | 92 | 34 | 56 | 2 | 8 | .978 | 2.09 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Coleman | 28 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .952 | 2.50 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Collins | 30 | 113 | 901 | 826 | 65 | 10 | 100 | .989 | 7.88 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Ford | 24 | 32 | 44 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 1.34 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Gorman | 28 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 0.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Houk | 33 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Kraly | 24 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Kuzava | 30 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.27 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Lopat | 35 | 25 | 48 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.84 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Mantle | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | SS | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Martin | 25 | 164 | 812 | 389 | 409 | 14 | 126 | .983 | 4.87 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim McDonald | 26 | 27 | 38 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 6 | .974 | 1.37 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Gil McDougald | 25 | 162 | 525 | 170 | 332 | 23 | 45 | .956 | 3.10 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Miller | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.85 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Willy Miranda | 27 | 45 | 128 | 52 | 74 | 2 | 19 | .984 | 2.80 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Mize | 40 | 15 | 120 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | 8.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Vic Raschi | 34 | 28 | 29 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Allie Reynolds | 36 | 41 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 0.49 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Rizzuto | 36 | 133 | 647 | 214 | 409 | 24 | 100 | .963 | 4.68 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Sain | 35 | 40 | 42 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Scarborough | 35 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 0.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Schallock | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Schmitz | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Silvera | 28 | 40 | 130 | 114 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 3.23 | 2 | C-3B | |||||||||||||||
| Gus Triandos | 22 | 17 | 126 | 117 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .984 | 7.29 | 0 | 1B-C | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Verdi | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | SS | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.5 | 151 | 5945 | 4077 | 1742 | 126 | 502 | .979 | 3.29 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |