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1955 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

96-58, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (96-58)
Scored 762 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,490,138 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 94

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Brooklyn Dodgers

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1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Hank Bauer 32 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 8 139 122 139 134 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 130 134 6 2 4.7 $
Lou Berberet 25 L R 5' 11" 200 Nov 20, 1929 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Yogi Berra HOF 30 L R 5' 7" 185 May 12, 1925 10 147 141 147 145 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Johnny Blanchard 22 L R 6' 1" 193 Feb 26, 1933 1st 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tommy Byrne 35 L L 6' 1" 182 Dec 31, 1919 11 45 22 45 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1.0 $
Andy Carey 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1931 4 135 133 135 135 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
Tom Carroll 18 R R 6' 3" 186 Sep 17, 1936 1st 14 1 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 -0.1 $
Bob Cerv 29 R R 6' 0" 200 May 5, 1926 5 55 13 55 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 1 20 36 3 0.9 $
Jerry Coleman 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 14, 1924 7 43 28 43 42 0 0 0 13 1 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $
Rip Coleman 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 31, 1931 1st 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Joe Collins 32 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 3, 1922 8 105 67 105 93 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 21 1 0.8 $
Whitey Ford HOF 26 L L 5' 10" 178 Oct 21, 1928 4 39 33 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Ted Gray 30 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Grim 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1930 2 26 11 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Elston Howard 26 R R 6' 2" 196 Feb 23, 1929 1st 97 69 97 81 0 9 0 0 0 0 61 0 16 75 22 1 1.3 $
Billy Hunter 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 3 98 91 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.4 $
Jim Konstanty 38 R R 6' 1" 202 Mar 2, 1917 10 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Johnny Kucks 21 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 27, 1933 1st 29 13 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Don Larsen 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 3 21 13 21 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.2 $
Frank Leja 19 L L 6' 4" 205 Feb 7, 1936 2 7 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 -0.1 $
Eddie Lopat 37 L L 5' 10" 185 Jun 21, 1918 12 16 12 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Mickey Mantle HOF 23 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 20, 1931 5 147 144 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 145 0 145 3 0 9.5 $17,000 All-Star
Billy Martin 27 R R 5' 11" 165 May 16, 1928 5 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Gil McDougald 27 R R 6' 0" 175 May 19, 1928 5 141 140 141 141 0 0 0 122 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $
Tom Morgan 25 R R 6' 1" 180 May 20, 1930 4 40 1 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Irv Noren 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 6 132 93 132 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 11 3 126 13 1 1.0 $
Bobby Richardson 19 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 1st 11 6 11 10 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.6 $
Phil Rizzuto HOF 37 R R 5' 6" 150 Sep 25, 1917 12 81 43 81 80 0 0 0 1 0 79 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.8 $38,000
Eddie Robinson 34 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 11 88 41 88 46 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 1.0 $
Johnny Sain 37 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1917 11 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Art Schallock 31 L L 5' 9" 160 Apr 25, 1924 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Charlie Silvera 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 13, 1924 8 14 7 14 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Bill Skowron 24 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 2 108 69 108 74 0 0 74 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 1.4 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 39 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.2 $18,000
Gerry Staley 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 9 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tom Sturdivant 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 1st 33 1 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dick Tettelbach 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 26, 1929 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 -0.1 $
Marv Throneberry 21 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 2, 1933 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Bob Turley 24 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 4 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $ All-Star
Bob Wiesler 24 B L 6' 3" 188 Aug 13, 1930 3 16 7 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Hank Bauer
Phil Rizzuto
Johnny Sain
Gil McDougald

Bill Skowron
Joe Collins
Whitey Ford
Bobby Richardson
Enos Slaughter
Don Larsen
Bob Turley
Billy Hunter
Jim Konstanty

Rip Coleman
Tommy Byrne
Gerry Staley
Irv Noren
Tom Morgan
Charlie Silvera
Rip Coleman
Eddie Lopat
Elston Howard

Lou Berberet
Eddie Robinson
Johnny Blanchard
Ted Gray
Art Schallock
Bob Wiesler
Tom Carroll
Bob Cerv
Marv Throneberry
Jerry Coleman
Dick Tettelbach

Tom Sturdivant
Frank Leja
Johnny Kucks
Bob Grim

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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