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1956 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
97-57, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 857 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56
Manager: Casey Stengel (97-57)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,491,784 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Brooklyn Dodgers
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Hank Bauer 33 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 9 147 135 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 143 146 7 0
Yogi Berra HOF 31 L R 5' 8" 194 May 12, 1925 11 140 135 140 140 0 135 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 All-Star
Tommy Byrne 36 L L 6' 1" 182 Dec 31, 1919 12 44 8 44 44 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Andy Carey 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 18, 1931 5 132 128 132 132 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Carroll 19 R R 6' 3" 186 Sep 17, 1936 2 36 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 22
Bob Cerv 30 R R May 5, 1926 6 54 30 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 15 0 44 12 2
Jim Coates 23 R R 6' 4" 192 Aug 4, 1932 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Coleman 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 14, 1924 8 80 51 80 80 0 0 0 41 18 24 0 0 0 0 2 0
Rip Coleman 24 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 31, 1931 2 29 9 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Collins 33 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 3, 1922 9 100 62 100 100 0 0 43 0 0 0 26 7 23 51 24 0
Sonny Dixon 31 B R 205 Nov 5, 1924 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Ford HOF 27 L L 5' 10" 181 Oct 21, 1928 5 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bob Grim 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 8, 1930 3 26 6 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elston Howard 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 23, 1929 2 98 70 98 98 0 26 0 0 0 0 62 0 5 65 13 0
Billy Hunter 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 4 39 21 39 39 0 0 0 0 4 32 0 0 0 0 1 3
Jim Konstanty 39 R R 202 Mar 2, 1917 11 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Kucks 22 R R 6' 3" 184 Jul 27, 1933 2 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Don Larsen 26 R R 6' 4" 227 Aug 7, 1929 4 45 20 45 45 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Jerry Lumpe 23 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 1st 20 14 20 20 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 4 0
Mickey Mantle HOF 24 B R 5' 11" 198 Oct 20, 1931 6 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 6 0 All-Star
Billy Martin 28 R R 165 May 16, 1928 6 121 112 121 121 0 0 0 105 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 All-Star
Mickey McDermott 27 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 9 46 9 46 46 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Gil McDougald 28 R R 6' 1" 180 May 19, 1928 6 120 116 120 120 0 0 0 31 5 92 0 0 0 0 4 0 All-Star
Tom Morgan 26 R R 6' 2" 195 May 20, 1930 5 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Irv Noren 31 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 7 29 7 29 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 21 0
Bobby Richardson 20 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 2 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Rizzuto HOF 39 R R 5' 6" 160 Sep 25, 1916 13 31 15 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 2
Eddie Robinson 35 L R 210 Dec 15, 1920 12 26 12 26 26 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Norm Siebern 22 L R 6' 3" 205 Jul 26, 1933 1st 54 39 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 51 6 1
Charlie Silvera 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 13, 1924 9 7 1 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Skizas 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Bill Skowron 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 3 134 119 134 134 0 0 120 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Enos Slaughter HOF 40 L R 5' 9" 192 Apr 27, 1916 16 24 18 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 5 20 6 0
Jerry Staley 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Sturdivant 26 L R 6' 1" 186 Apr 28, 1930 2 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Terry 20 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Turley 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 5 27 21 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Wilson 30 L R 185 Aug 30, 1925 3 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 7 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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