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1956 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

97-57, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (97-57)
Scored 857 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · 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

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Brooklyn Dodgers

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1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Hank Bauer 33 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 9 147 135 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 143 146 7 0 1.7 $
Yogi Berra HOF 31 L R 5' 7" 185 May 12, 1925 11 140 135 140 136 0 135 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 7.3 $50,000 All-Star
Tommy Byrne 36 L L 6' 1" 182 Dec 31, 1919 12 44 8 44 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.3 $
Andy Carey 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1931 5 132 128 132 131 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Tom Carroll 19 R R 6' 3" 186 Sep 17, 1936 2 36 1 36 12 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 22 -0.1 $
Bob Cerv 30 R R 6' 0" 200 May 5, 1926 6 54 30 54 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 15 0 44 12 2 0.9 $
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 -0.2 $
Jerry Coleman 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 14, 1924 8 80 51 80 80 0 0 0 42 18 24 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $
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 0.1 $
Joe Collins 33 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 3, 1922 9 100 62 100 87 0 0 43 0 0 0 26 7 23 51 24 0 1.4 $
Sonny Dixon 31 B R 6' 2" 205 Nov 5, 1924 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Whitey Ford HOF 27 L L 5' 10" 178 Oct 21, 1928 5 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $ All-Star
Bob Grim 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1930 3 26 6 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Elston Howard 27 R R 6' 2" 196 Feb 23, 1929 2 98 70 98 89 0 26 0 0 0 0 62 0 5 65 13 0 -0.5 $
Billy Hunter 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 4 39 21 39 36 0 0 0 0 4 32 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.1 $
Jim Konstanty 39 R R 6' 1" 202 Mar 2, 1917 11 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Kucks 22 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 27, 1933 2 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $ All-Star
Don Larsen 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 4 45 20 45 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3.3 $
Jerry Lumpe 23 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 1st 20 14 20 18 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Mickey Mantle HOF 24 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 20, 1931 6 150 144 150 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 6 0 12.9 $33,000 All-Star
Billy Martin 28 R R 5' 11" 165 May 16, 1928 6 121 112 121 117 0 0 0 105 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1.4 $ All-Star
Mickey McDermott 27 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 9 46 9 46 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 -0.1 $
Gil McDougald 28 R R 6' 0" 175 May 19, 1928 6 120 116 120 117 0 0 0 31 5 92 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.6 $22,000 All-Star
Tom Morgan 26 R R 6' 1" 180 May 20, 1930 5 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Irv Noren 31 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 7 29 7 29 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 21 0 0.0 $
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 -0.1 $
Phil Rizzuto HOF 38 R R 5' 6" 150 Sep 25, 1917 13 31 15 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1 $30,000
Eddie Robinson 35 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 12 26 12 26 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.2 $
Norm Siebern 22 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 26, 1933 1st 54 39 54 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 51 6 1 0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Lou Skizas 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 1st 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Bill Skowron 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 3 134 119 134 121 0 0 120 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4.8 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 40 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 16 24 18 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 5 20 6 0 0.2 $
Gerry 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 -0.5 $
Tom Sturdivant 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 2 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
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 -1.1 $
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 -0.8 $
George Wilson 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 30, 1925 3 11 0 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 7 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Hank Bauer
Phil Rizzuto
Jerry Lumpe
Gil McDougald

Bill Skowron
Joe Collins
Whitey Ford
Bobby Richardson
Enos Slaughter
Don Larsen
Bob Turley
Billy Hunter
Sonny Dixon
Jim Konstanty
Ralph Terry

Mickey McDermott
Tommy Byrne
Gerry Staley
Irv Noren
Tom Morgan
Charlie Silvera
Rip Coleman
Elston Howard

Eddie Robinson
Norm Siebern
George Wilson
Tom Carroll
Bob Cerv
Jerry Coleman
Lou Skizas
Tom Sturdivant
Jim Coates

Johnny Kucks
Bob Grim

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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