1955 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

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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
39	P	Jerry Staley	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Art Schallock*	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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		1				3	2	3	7	1	2	1	3	7		5406
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

* - 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									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									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									1.81	1.31						P
Ted Gray	30	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Bob Grim	25	26	11	92.1	20	5	14	1	1	.950									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									2.32	0.42						P
Johnny Kucks	21	29	13	126.2	30	3	24	3	0	.900									1.92	0.93						P
Don Larsen	25	19	13	97.0	19	5	13	1	3	.947									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									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									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									1.69	0.33						P
Art Schallock	31	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									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									4.50	0.50						P
Tom Sturdivant	25	33	1	68.1	12	4	8	0	2	1.000									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									1.31	1.00						P
Bob Wiesler	24	16	7	53.0	15	2	13	0	1	1.000									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

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