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1955 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 96-58, Finished 1st in American League View League Standings and Leaders 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 BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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

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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.

    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

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 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Mantle .306 On-base % Mantle .431 Slugging % Mantle .611 OPS Mantle 1.042 Games Berra and Mantle 147 At Bats Berra 541 Plate Appearances (approx.) Mantle 638 Runs Mantle 121 Hits Mantle 158 Total Bases Mantle 316 Doubles Mantle 25 Triples Carey and Mantle 11 Home Runs Mantle 37 RBI Berra 108 Bases on Balls Mantle 113 Strikeouts Mantle 97 Stolen Bases Hunter 9 Singles McDougald 121 Adjusted OPS+ Mantle 180 Runs Created Mantle 148 Adjusted Batting Runs Mantle 61 Batting Wins Mantle 5.9 Extra-Base Hits Mantle 73 Times on Base Mantle 274 Offensive Win% Mantle .826 Hit By Pitch Bauer 8 Sac. Hits Rizzuto 13 Sac. Flies Carey and McDougald 7 Intentional Walks Robinson 7 Grounded into Double Plays Berra 13 Caught Stealing Bauer and McDougald 4 Power/Speed Number Mantle 13.2 At Bats per Strikeout Berra 27.1 At Bats per Home Run Mantle 14.0 Outs Berra 414

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Ford 2.63 Wins Ford 18 Won-Loss % Byrne .762 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ford 1.187 Hits Allowed/9IP Turley 6.13 Bases on Balls/9IP Ford 4.01 Strikeouts/9IP Turley 7.66 Games Konstanty 45 Saves Konstanty 11 Innings Ford 253.7 Strikeouts Turley 210 Games Started Turley 34 Comp. Games Ford 18 Shutouts Turley 6 Home Runs Allow. Ford 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Turley 177 Hits Allowed Ford 188 SO to Walk Ford 1.21 Losses Turley 13 Earned Runs Allow. Turley 84 Wild Pitches Ford and Turley 7 Hit Batsmen Byrne and Turley 7 Batters Faced Turley 1075 Games Finished Konstanty 30 Adjusted ERA+ Ford 143

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