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1955 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
96-58, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 762 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57
Manager: Casey Stengel (96-58)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
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
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Brooklyn Dodgers

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1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Yogi Berra* 30 147 615 541 84 147 20 3 27 108 1 0 60 20 .272 .349 .470 .819 120 254 13 7 2 5 6
2 1B Bill Skowron 24 108 314 288 46 92 17 3 12 61 1 1 21 32 .319 .369 .524 .894 140 151 11 3 0 2 4
3 2B Gil McDougald 27 141 615 533 79 152 10 8 13 53 6 4 65 77 .285 .361 .407 .768 108 217 6 2 8 7 2
4 SS Billy Hunter 27 98 279 255 14 58 7 1 3 20 9 2 15 18 .227 .269 .298 .567 54 76 7 0 8 1 2
5 3B Andy Carey 23 135 570 510 73 131 19 11 7 47 3 3 44 51 .257 .313 .378 .692 87 193 11 1 8 7 6
6 LF Irv Noren* 30 132 423 371 49 94 19 1 8 59 5 2 43 33 .253 .331 .375 .706 91 139 6 3 0 6 5
7 CF Mickey Mantle# 23 147 638 517 121 158 25 11 37 99 8 1 113 97 .306 .431 .611 1.042 180 316 4 3 2 3 6
8 RF Hank Bauer 32 139 563 492 97 137 20 5 20 53 8 4 56 65 .278 .360 .461 .821 121 227 4 8 4 3 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Joe Collins* 32 105 330 278 40 65 9 1 13 45 0 2 44 32 .234 .339 .414 .753 103 115 7 2 3 3 2
10 LF Elston Howard 26 97 305 279 33 81 8 7 10 43 0 0 20 36 .290 .336 .477 .812 118 133 4 1 1 4 5
11 1B Eddie Robinson* 34 88 215 173 25 36 1 0 16 42 0 0 36 26 .208 .358 .491 .849 128 85 7 5 0 1 7
12 SS Phil Rizzuto 38 81 181 143 19 37 4 1 1 9 7 1 22 18 .259 .369 .322 .691 89 46 2 3 13 0 1
13 MI Jerry Coleman 30 43 112 96 12 22 5 0 0 8 0 2 11 11 .229 .321 .281 .602 64 27 3 2 3 0 0
14 OF Bob Cerv 29 55 96 85 17 29 4 2 3 22 4 0 7 16 .341 .411 .541 .952 156 46 1 3 1 0 0
15 2B Billy Martin 27 20 80 70 8 21 2 0 1 9 1 2 7 9 .300 .354 .371 .726 97 26 2 0 1 2 1
16 C Charlie Silvera 30 14 32 26 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .192 .344 .192 .536 48 5 0 0 0 0 0
17 MI Bobby Richardson 19 11 29 26 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 1 4 1 0 1 0 0
18 Enos Slaughter* 39 10 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -14 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 C Lou Berberet* 25 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 146 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 SS Tom Carroll 18 14 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 LF Dick Tettelbach 26 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Johnny Blanchard* 22 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 1B Marv Throneberry* 21 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .667 1.500 2.167 473 3 0 0 0 1 0
24 1B Frank Leja* 19 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Whitey Ford* 26 39 100 86 9 14 0 0 1 7 0 0 11 16 .163 .258 .198 .455 25 17 1 0 3 0 0
26 P Bob Turley 24 36 98 82 7 11 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 21 .134 .200 .183 .383 4 15 3 1 8 1 0
27 P Tommy Byrne* 35 45 89 78 6 16 1 1 1 6 0 0 8 15 .205 .273 .282 .555 51 22 3 0 1 2 0
28 P Don Larsen 25 21 45 41 4 6 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 13 .146 .222 .317 .539 45 13 1 0 0 0 0
29 P Johnny Kucks 21 29 42 40 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .050 .050 .075 .125 -66 3 0 0 2 0 0
30 P Bob Grim 25 26 31 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .120 .185 .120 .305 -16 3 0 1 4 0 0
31 P Ed Lopat* 37 16 29 29 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .138 .138 .138 .276 -25 4 2 0 0 0 0
32 P Tom Morgan 25 40 19 18 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .278 .500 35 5 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Bob Wiesler# 24 16 15 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .133 .143 .276 -25 2 0 0 0 1 0
34 P Tom Sturdivant* 25 33 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 0 0 1 0 0
35 P Rip Coleman* 23 10 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .200 .333 .200 .533 47 2 0 0 1 0 0
36 P Jim Konstanty 38 45 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -4 1 0 1 3 0 0
37 P Johnny Sain 37 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Ted Gray# 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 154 5942 5161 761 1342 179 55 175 717 55 25 607 655 .260 .340 .418 .758 105 2156 99 46 79 49 48
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 2 5 6 1 1 2 5 4 5 5 5 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Whitey Ford* 26 18 7 .720 2.63 39 33 4 18 5 2 253.2 188 83 74 20 113 7 137 1 1 7 1027 143 1.187 6.7 0.7 4.0 4.9 1.21
2 SP Bob Turley 24 17 13 .567 3.06 36 34 2 13 6 1 246.2 168 92 84 16 177 4 210 7 0 7 1075 123 1.399 6.1 0.6 6.5 7.7 1.19
3 SP Tommy Byrne* 35 16 5 .762 3.15 27 22 4 9 3 2 160.0 137 69 56 12 87 3 76 7 0 3 689 119 1.400 7.7 0.7 4.9 4.3 0.87
4 SP Don Larsen 25 9 2 .818 3.06 19 13 5 5 1 2 97.0 81 38 33 8 51 3 44 2 0 1 412 123 1.361 7.5 0.7 4.7 4.1 0.86
5 SP Ed Lopat* 37 4 8 .333 3.74 16 12 2 3 1 0 86.2 101 45 36 12 16 3 24 1 0 0 364 101 1.350 10.5 1.2 1.7 2.5 1.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Jim Konstanty 38 7 2 .778 2.32 45 0 30 0 0 11 73.2 68 28 19 5 24 2 19 0 0 0 308 162 1.249 8.3 0.6 2.9 2.3 0.79
7 RP Johnny Kucks 21 8 7 .533 3.41 29 13 5 3 1 0 126.2 122 54 48 8 44 6 49 2 0 3 537 110 1.311 8.7 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.11
8 RP Bob Grim 25 7 5 .583 4.19 26 11 6 1 1 4 92.1 81 49 43 9 42 2 63 3 0 2 396 90 1.332 7.9 0.9 4.1 6.1 1.50
9 RP Tom Morgan 25 7 3 .700 3.25 40 1 24 0 0 10 72.0 72 29 26 3 24 4 17 5 0 0 307 116 1.333 9.0 0.4 3.0 2.1 0.71
10 RP Tom Sturdivant 25 1 3 .250 3.16 33 1 12 0 0 0 68.1 48 24 24 6 42 1 48 2 0 1 285 119 1.317 6.3 0.8 5.5 6.3 1.14
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Bob Wiesler* 24 0 2 .000 3.91 16 7 5 0 0 0 53.0 39 27 23 1 49 0 22 1 1 2 236 96 1.660 6.6 0.2 8.3 3.7 0.45
12 Rip Coleman* 23 2 1 .667 5.28 10 6 1 0 0 1 29.0 40 19 17 2 16 0 15 1 0 0 139 71 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 4.7 0.94
13 Johnny Sain 37 0 0 6.75 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 22 56 1.313 10.1 6.8 1.7 8.4 5.00
14 Ted Gray* 30 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 125 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
15 Art Schallock* 31 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 13 63 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
16 Jerry Staley 34 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 28 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.3 96 58 .623 3.23 154 154 102 52 18 33 1372.1 1163 569 493 108 688 35 732 32 3 26 5834 116 1.349 7.6 0.7 4.5 4.8 1.06
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 3 2 3 7 1 2 1 3 7 2
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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
Hank Bauer 32 138 122 1098.1 268 251 12 5 3 .981 15.5 16.9 12.5 6.6 5.9 3 0 2.16 1.91 1 0 0 0 RF-LF-C
Lou Berberet 25 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.00 10.00 0 0 0 0 C
Yogi Berra 30 145 141 1234.1 815 748 54 13 10 .984 3.0 2.9 3 5.85 5.53 3 19 26 28 52% C
Johnny Blanchard 22 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 0 0 0 0 C
Tommy Byrne 35 27 22 160.0 28 4 22 2 3 .929 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.96 P
Andy Carey 23 135 133 1180.1 477 154 301 22 37 .954 7.5 7.6 6.5 3.5 3.0 1 3.47 3.37 3B
Tom Carroll 18 4 1 15.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -0.6 -48.0 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 4.20 1.75 SS
Bob Cerv 29 21 13 119.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 10.1 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 1.89 1.19 LF-CF-RF
Jerry Coleman 30 43 28 261.0 144 66 74 4 24 .972 -4.0 -18.4 -4.0 -1.5 -2.5 0 4.83 3.26 SS-2B-3B
Rip Coleman 23 10 6 29.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.17 0.70 P
Joe Collins 32 100 67 653.1 485 439 44 2 63 .996 4.6 8.4 3.6 2.4 1.2 1 0 6.65 4.83 1B-RF
Whitey Ford 26 39 33 253.2 52 10 41 1 1 .981 0.0 0.0 1.81 1.31 P
Ted Gray 30 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Bob Grim 25 26 11 92.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 0.0 0.0 1.85 0.73 P
Elston Howard 26 86 69 569.1 158 143 13 2 5 .987 3.5 7.4 2.5 2.0 0.5 1 0 2.47 1.81 0 3 0 2 100% LF-RF-C
Billy Hunter 27 98 91 712.0 380 115 249 16 60 .958 9.8 16.5 7.8 3.9 3.9 2 4.60 3.71 SS
Jim Konstanty 38 45 0 73.2 21 8 11 2 1 .905 0.0 0.0 2.32 0.42 P
Johnny Kucks 21 29 13 126.2 30 3 24 3 0 .900 0.0 0.0 1.92 0.93 P
Don Larsen 25 19 13 97.0 19 5 13 1 3 .947 0.0 0.0 1.67 0.95 P
Frank Leja 19 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 4.50 1.00 1B
Ed Lopat 37 16 12 86.2 15 3 11 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.88 P
Mickey Mantle 23 147 144 1279.1 388 375 11 2 2 .995 10.0 9.4 8.0 -0.3 8.4 2 0 2.72 2.63 CF-SS
Billy Martin 27 20 20 174.0 99 46 50 3 20 .970 2.0 13.8 1.0 1.2 -0.3 1 4.97 4.80 2B-SS
Gil McDougald 27 143 140 1248.1 762 367 382 13 123 .983 14.6 14.0 10.6 2.5 8.2 4 5.40 5.24 2B-3B
Tom Morgan 25 40 1 72.0 31 6 24 1 2 .968 0.0 0.0 3.75 0.75 P
Irv Noren 30 131 93 892.0 252 237 10 5 0 .980 11.7 15.7 9.7 3.4 6.3 2 2.49 1.89 LF-CF-RF
Bobby Richardson 19 10 6 61.0 26 14 9 3 2 .885 -3.5 -68.9 -3.5 -1.2 -2.3 0 3.39 2.30 2B-SS
Phil Rizzuto 38 80 43 453.1 235 93 132 10 30 .957 -3.2 -8.5 -3.2 -1.6 -1.6 0 4.47 2.81 SS-2B
Eddie Robinson 34 46 41 360.0 412 390 20 2 35 .995 2.8 9.3 2.8 1.9 0.9 0 10.25 8.91 1B
Johnny Sain 37 3 0 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.33 P
Art Schallock 31 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.50 P
Charlie Silvera 30 11 7 72.0 51 47 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 16.7 1 6.38 4.64 1 2 1 4 80% C
Bill Skowron 24 77 69 558.0 567 520 40 7 63 .988 -2.5 -5.4 -2.5 -2.3 -0.2 0 9.03 7.27 1B-3B
Jerry Staley 34 2 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 4.50 0.50 P
Tom Sturdivant 25 33 1 68.1 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.58 0.36 P
Dick Tettelbach 26 2 2 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -98.2 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 0.82 0.50 LF
Marv Throneberry 21 1 0 6.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.00 4.00 1B
Bob Turley 24 36 34 246.2 40 6 30 4 2 .900 0.0 0.0 1.31 1.00 P
Bob Wiesler 24 16 7 53.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.55 0.94 P
Team Totals 28.2 154 1386 12351.0 5882 4122 1632 128 496 .978 72.3 7.0 51.3 19.2 32.2 9 8 4 4.19 3.24 5 24 27 34 56%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 1 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

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics