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1955 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956)
96-58, Finished 1st in American League
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 762 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57
Managed by Casey Stengel

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

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats (1954/1956) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Yogi Berra          30  147  541   84  147  20  3  27  108  60   20  .272  .349  .470   1   0  13   7   2   5   6  120
1B  Bill Skowron        24  108  288   46   92  17  3  12   61  21   32  .319  .369  .524   1   1  11   3   0   2   4  140
2B  Gil McDougald       27  141  533   79  152  10  8  13   53  65   77  .285  .361  .407   6   4   6   2   8   7   2  108
3B  Andy Carey          23  135  510   73  131  19 11   7   47  44   51  .257  .313  .378   3   3  11   1   8   7   6   87
SS  Billy Hunter        27   98  255   14   58   7  1   3   20  15   18  .227  .269  .298   9   2   7   0   8   1   2   54
OF #Mickey Mantle       23  147  517  121  158  25 11  37   99 113   97  .306  .431  .611   8   1   4   3   2   3   6  180
OF  Hank Bauer          32  139  492   97  137  20  5  20   53  56   65  .278  .360  .461   8   4   4   8   4   3   1  121
OF *Irv Noren           30  132  371   49   94  19  1   8   59  43   33  .253  .331  .375   5   2   6   3   0   6   5   91
    Elston Howard       26   97  279   33   81   8  7  10   43  20   36  .290  .336  .477   0   0   4   1   1   4   5  118
   *Joe Collins         32  105  278   40   65   9  1  13   45  44   32  .234  .339  .414   0   2   7   2   3   3   2  103
   *Eddie Robinson      34   88  173   25   36   1  0  16   42  36   26  .208  .358  .491   0   0   7   5   0   1   7  128
    Phil Rizzuto        38   81  143   19   37   4  1   1    9  22   18  .259  .369  .322   7   1   2   3  13   0   1   89
    Jerry Coleman       30   43   96   12   22   5  0   0    8  11   11  .229  .321  .281   0   2   3   2   3   0   0   64
    Bob Cerv            29   55   85   17   29   4  2   3   22   7   16  .341  .411  .541   4   0   1   3   1   0   0  156
    Billy Martin        27   20   70    8   21   2  0   1    9   7    9  .300  .354  .371   1   2   2   0   1   2   1   97
    Bobby Richardson    19   11   26    2    4   0  0   0    3   2    0  .154  .214  .154   1   1   1   0   1   0   0    1
    Charlie Silvera     30   14   26    1    5   0  0   0    1   6    4  .192  .344  .192   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   48
   *Enos Slaughter      39   10    9    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -14
    Tom Carroll         18   14    6    3    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   81
   *Lou Berberet        25    2    5    1    2   0  0   0    2   1    0  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  146
    Dick Tettelbach     26    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Johnny Blanchard    22    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -27
   *Frank Leja          19    7    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Marv Throneberry    21    1    2    1    2   1  0   0    3   0    0 1.000  .667 1.500   1   0   0   0   0   1   0  473

   *Whitey Ford         26   39   86    9   14   0  0   1    7  11   16  .163  .258  .198   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   25
    Bob Turley          24   36   82    7   11   4  0   0    7   6   21  .134  .200  .183   0   0   3   1   8   1   0    4
   *Tommy Byrne         35   45   78    6   16   1  1   1    6   8   15  .205  .273  .282   0   0   3   0   1   2   0   51
    Don Larsen          25   21   41    4    6   1  0   2    7   4   13  .146  .222  .317   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   45
    Johnny Kucks        21   29   40    0    2   1  0   0    0   0   10  .050  .050  .075   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -66
   *Ed Lopat            37   16   29    0    4   0  0   0    0   0    3  .138  .138  .138   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -25
    Bob Grim            25   26   25    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    9  .120  .185  .120   0   0   0   1   4   0   0  -16
    Tom Morgan          25   40   18    2    4   1  0   0    0   0    5  .222  .222  .278   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   35
   #Bob Wiesler         24   16   14    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .143  .133  .143   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -25
   *Tom Sturdivant      25   33   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -55
   *Rip Coleman         23   10   10    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    7  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   47
    Jim Konstanty       38   45    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   -4
    Johnny Sain         37    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Ted Gray            30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  154 5161  762 1342 179 55 175  717 609  658  .260  .338  .418  55  25  99  46  79  49  48  113
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    2    5   6  1   1        4    5     5     5     1   2   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Turley          24  36   3.06  17  13  1  34   2  13   6  246.7  168   92   84  16  177  210 1075   7   7  0   4 123
SP *Whitey Ford         26  39   2.63  18   7  2  33   4  18   5  253.7  188   83   74  20  113  137 1027   7   1  1   7 143
SP *Tommy Byrne         35  27   3.15  16   5  2  22   4   9   3  160.0  137   69   56  12   87   76  689   3   7  0   3 119
SP  Don Larsen          25  19   3.06   9   2  2  13   5   5   1   97.0   81   38   33   8   51   44  412   1   2  0   3 123
SP *Ed Lopat            37  16   3.74   4   8  0  12   2   3   1   86.7  101   45   36  12   16   24  364   0   1  0   3 101
SP *Rip Coleman         23  10   5.28   2   1  1   6   1   0   0   29.0   40   19   17   2   16   15  139   0   1  0   0  71

CL  Jim Konstanty       38  45   2.32   7   2 11   0  30   0   0   73.7   68   28   19   5   24   19  308   0   0  0   2 162
RP  Tom Morgan          25  40   3.25   7   3 10   1  24   0   0   72.0   72   29   26   3   24   17  307   0   5  0   4 116
RP  Tom Sturdivant      25  33   3.16   1   3  0   1  12   0   0   68.3   48   24   24   6   42   48  285   1   2  0   1 119
RP  Johnny Kucks        21  29   3.41   8   7  0  13   5   3   1  126.7  122   54   48   8   44   49  537   3   2  0   6 110
RP  Bob Grim            25  26   4.19   7   5  4  11   6   1   1   92.3   81   49   43   9   42   63  396   2   3  0   2  90

   *Bob Wiesler         24  16   3.91   0   2  0   7   5   0   0   53.0   39   27   23   1   49   22  236   2   1  1   0  96
    Johnny Sain         37   3   6.75   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    6    4    4   4    1    5   22   0   0  0   0  56
   *Ted Gray            30   1   3.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    3    1    1   0    0    1   11   0   0  0   0 125
   *Art Schallock       31   2   6.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    4    2    2   1    1    2   13   0   0  1   0  63
    Jerry Staley        34   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    5    3   1    1    0   13   0   0  0   0  28
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 154   3.23  96  58 33 154 102  52  19 1372.0 1163  569  492 108  688  731 5834  26  32  3  35 116
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  3           3   2      7    1    2        3    7    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
YBerra      145  748   54  13  10  .984   3            
CSilvera     11   47    4   0   1 1.000   1            
EHoward       9   23    3   0   2 1.000   0            
HBauer        1    0    0   0   0  .000   1            
LBerberet     1   10    0   0   0 1.000   0            
JBlanchard    1    7    0   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  835   61  13  13  .986   5   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .991  8.17
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BSkowron     74  517   37   6  63  .989  7.49
JCollins     73  395   42   1  63  .998  5.99
ERobinson    46  390   20   2  35  .995  8.91
FLeja         2    2    0   0   1 1.000  1.00
MThroneberr   1    3    1   0   0 1.000  4.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1307  100   9 162  .994  9.23
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976  4.87
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GMcDougald  126  352  348  11 119  .985  5.56
BMartin      17   42   44   2  19  .977  5.06
JColeman     13   32   23   0   7 1.000  4.23
BRichardson   6   12    7   3   1  .864  3.17
PRizzuto      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  438  422  16 146  .982  5.64
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .950  2.73
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ACarey      135  154  301  22  37  .954  3.37
GMcDougald   17   15   34   2   4  .961  2.88
BSkowron      3    3    3   1   0  .857  2.00
JColeman      1    1    0   1   0  .500  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  173  338  26  41  .952  3.35
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .959  4.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BHunter      98  115  249  16  60  .958  3.71
PRizzuto     79   93  132  10  30  .957  2.85
JColeman     29   33   51   3  17  .966  2.90
TCarroll      4    2    5   1   0  .875  1.75
BRichardson   4    2    2   0   1 1.000  1.00
BMartin       3    4    6   1   1  .909  3.33
MMantle       2    4    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  253  445  31 109  .957  4.58
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .982  2.08  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
MMantle     145  372   11   2   2  .995  2.64   0 145   0
HBauer      133  248   13   5   3  .981  1.96   5   0 131
INoren      126  238    9   5   0  .980  1.96 117  10   3
EHoward      75  124   10   3   3  .978  1.79  62   0  15
JCollins     27   50    3   1   0  .981  1.96   0   0  27
BCerv        20   25    1   0   0 1.000  1.30  13   7   1
DTettelbach   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.50   2   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154 1057   48  16   8  .986  2.42 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .956  1.99
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
WFord        39   10   41   1   1  .981  1.81
BTurley      36    6   30   4   2  .900  1.31
TByrne       27    4   22   2   3  .929  1.46
JKucks       29    3   24   3   0  .900  1.92
DLarsen      19    5   13   1   3  .947  1.67
BGrim        26    5   14   1   1  .950  1.85
ELopat       16    3   11   1   1  .933  1.45
JKonstanty   45    8   11   2   1  .905  2.32
TMorgan      40    6   24   1   2  .968  3.75
TSturdivant  33    4    8   0   2 1.000  1.58
BWiesler     16    2   13   0   1 1.000  2.55
RColeman     10    2    5   0   0 1.000  2.17
JSain         3    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.70
TGray         1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
ASchallock    2    1    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
JStaley       2    0    1   1   0  .500  4.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   59  218  17  17  .942  1.82
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageMantle.306
On-base %Mantle.431
Slugging %Mantle.611
OPSMantle1.042
GamesBerra and Mantle147
At BatsBerra541
Plate Appearances (approx.)Mantle638
RunsMantle121
HitsMantle158
Total BasesMantle316
DoublesMantle25
TriplesCarey and Mantle11
Home RunsMantle37
RBIBerra108
Bases on BallsMantle113
StrikeoutsMantle97
Stolen BasesHunter9
SinglesMcDougald121
Adjusted OPS+Mantle180
Runs CreatedMantle148
Adjusted Batting RunsMantle61
Batting WinsMantle5.9
Extra-Base HitsMantle73
Times on BaseMantle274
Offensive Win%Mantle.826
Hit By PitchBauer8
Sac. HitsRizzuto13
Sac. FliesCarey and McDougald7
Intentional WalksRobinson7
Grounded into Double PlaysBerra13
Caught StealingBauer and McDougald4
Power/Speed NumberMantle13.2
At Bats per StrikeoutBerra27.1
At Bats per Home RunMantle14.0
OutsBerra414

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAFord2.63
WinsFord18
Won-Loss %Byrne.762
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Ford1.187
Hits Allowed/9IPTurley6.13
Bases on Balls/9IPFord4.01
Strikeouts/9IPTurley7.66
GamesKonstanty45
SavesKonstanty11
InningsFord253.7
StrikeoutsTurley210
Games StartedTurley34
Comp. GamesFord18
ShutoutsTurley6
Home Runs Allow.Ford20
Bases On Balls Allow.Turley177
Hits AllowedFord188
SO to WalkFord1.21
LossesTurley13
Earned Runs Allow.Turley84
Wild PitchesFord and Turley7
Hit BatsmenByrne and Turley7
Batters FacedTurley1075
Games FinishedKonstanty30
Adjusted ERA+Ford143

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Yogi Berra (Starting C)
Whitey Ford
Mickey Mantle (Starting CF)
Bob Turley

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