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1956 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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
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Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Brooklyn Dodgers
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1955 / 1957 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* 31 140 597 521 93 155 29 2 30 105 3 2 65 29 .298 .378 .534 .911 142 278 8 5 1 5 7
2 1B Bill Skowron 25 134 523 464 78 143 21 6 23 90 4 4 50 60 .308 .382 .528 .910 142 245 16 6 2 1 3
3 2B Billy Martin 28 121 504 458 76 121 24 5 9 49 7 3 30 56 .264 .310 .397 .708 89 182 8 3 8 5 0
4 SS Gil McDougald 28 120 518 438 79 136 13 3 13 56 3 8 68 59 .311 .405 .443 .848 127 194 5 3 7 2 1
5 3B Andy Carey 24 132 480 422 54 100 18 2 7 50 9 6 45 53 .237 .310 .339 .649 74 143 9 2 6 5 4
6 LF Elston Howard 27 98 316 290 35 76 8 3 5 34 0 1 21 30 .262 .312 .362 .674 80 105 11 1 2 2 6
7 CF Mickey Mantle# 24 150 652 533 132 188 22 5 52 130 10 1 112 99 .353 .464 .705 1.169 210 376 4 2 1 4 6
8 RF Hank Bauer 33 147 612 539 96 130 18 7 26 84 4 2 59 72 .241 .316 .445 .761 102 240 11 2 7 5 3
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* 33 100 301 262 38 59 5 3 7 43 3 1 34 33 .225 .313 .347 .661 77 91 5 1 1 3 2
10 MI Jerry Coleman 31 80 203 183 15 47 5 1 0 18 1 2 12 33 .257 .305 .295 .600 62 54 5 1 6 1 2
11 LF Norm Siebern* 22 54 184 162 27 33 1 4 4 21 1 1 19 38 .204 .286 .333 .619 66 54 3 0 2 1 0
12 OF Bob Cerv 30 54 135 115 16 35 5 6 3 25 0 1 18 13 .304 .396 .530 .926 146 61 3 0 1 1 0
13 OF Enos Slaughter* 40 24 89 83 15 24 4 2 0 4 1 1 5 6 .289 .330 .386 .715 91 32 0 0 1 0 0
14 SS Billy Hunter 28 39 79 75 8 21 3 4 0 11 0 1 2 4 .280 .299 .427 .725 93 32 3 0 2 0 0
15 SS Jerry Lumpe* 23 20 68 62 12 16 3 0 0 4 1 1 5 11 .258 .313 .306 .620 67 19 1 0 1 0 2
16 SS Phil Rizzuto 39 31 65 52 6 12 0 0 0 6 3 0 6 6 .231 .310 .231 .541 47 12 1 0 7 0 0
17 1B Eddie Robinson* 35 26 62 54 7 12 1 0 5 11 0 1 5 3 .222 .323 .519 .841 122 28 0 3 0 0 1
18 UT Irv Noren* 31 29 49 37 4 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 12 7 .216 .408 .243 .651 79 9 1 0 0 0 2
19 IF Tom Carroll 19 36 18 17 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .353 .389 .353 .742 100 6 0 0 0 0 0
20 OF George Wilson* 30 11 15 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .167 .333 .167 .500 38 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 C Charlie Silvera 31 7 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .222 .364 .222 .586 61 2 1 0 0 0 0
22 2B Bobby Richardson 20 5 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Lou Skizas 24 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 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
24 P Whitey Ford* 27 31 92 78 9 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 9 14 .218 .299 .244 .542 47 19 0 0 5 0 0
25 P Johnny Kucks 22 34 91 77 7 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 25 .143 .224 .156 .379 3 12 0 1 6 0 0
26 P Don Larsen 26 45 86 79 10 19 5 0 2 12 0 0 6 17 .241 .294 .380 .674 80 30 2 0 1 0 0
27 P Tom Sturdivant* 26 32 68 64 5 20 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 7 .313 .308 .359 .667 78 23 0 0 3 1 0
28 P Mickey McDermott* 27 46 61 52 4 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 8 13 .212 .317 .269 .586 59 14 4 0 1 0 0
29 P Tommy Byrne* 36 44 56 52 8 14 1 1 3 10 0 0 2 11 .269 .296 .500 .796 110 26 1 0 2 0 1
30 P Bob Turley 25 27 52 46 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 16 .174 .224 .217 .442 19 10 0 0 3 0 0
31 P Rip Coleman* 24 29 27 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .042 .080 .042 .122 -66 1 0 0 2 0 0
32 P Bob Grim 26 26 21 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 .063 .250 .063 .313 -12 1 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Tom Morgan 26 41 17 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .154 .214 .154 .368 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
34 P Ralph Terry 20 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Jim Konstanty 39 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Sonny Dixon# 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Jerry Staley 35 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Jim Coates 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 154 6075 5312 857 1433 193 55 190 788 51 37 615 755 .270 .347 .434 .781 108 2306 102 30 82 36 40
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 1 3 8 2 1 2 2 6 3 3 3 1 2 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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* 27 19 6 .760 2.47 31 30 1 18 2 1 225.2 187 70 62 13 84 3 141 4 0 6 920 156 1.201 7.5 0.5 3.4 5.6 1.68
2 SP Johnny Kucks 22 18 9 .667 3.85 34 31 1 12 3 0 224.1 223 113 96 19 72 0 67 10 1 3 947 100 1.315 8.9 0.8 2.9 2.7 0.93
3 SP Don Larsen 26 11 5 .688 3.26 38 20 9 6 1 1 179.2 133 72 65 19 96 0 107 7 0 3 759 119 1.275 6.7 1.0 4.8 5.4 1.11
4 SP Tom Sturdivant 26 16 8 .667 3.30 32 17 11 6 2 5 158.1 134 63 58 15 52 4 110 4 0 2 656 117 1.175 7.6 0.9 3.0 6.3 2.12
5 SP Bob Turley 25 8 4 .667 5.05 27 21 3 5 1 1 132.0 138 76 74 13 103 0 91 4 1 3 621 77 1.826 9.4 0.9 7.0 6.2 0.88
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 Tom Morgan 26 6 7 .462 4.16 41 0 23 0 0 11 71.1 74 41 33 2 27 4 20 3 0 0 304 93 1.416 9.3 0.3 3.4 2.5 0.74
7 RP Tommy Byrne* 36 7 3 .700 3.36 37 8 18 1 0 6 109.2 108 50 41 9 72 5 52 2 0 0 493 115 1.641 8.9 0.7 5.9 4.3 0.72
8 RP Rip Coleman* 24 3 5 .375 3.67 29 9 9 0 0 2 88.1 97 42 36 6 42 1 42 1 0 1 392 105 1.574 9.9 0.6 4.3 4.3 1.00
9 RP Mickey McDermott* 27 2 6 .250 4.24 23 9 11 1 0 0 87.0 85 46 41 10 47 2 38 0 0 2 384 91 1.517 8.8 1.0 4.9 3.9 0.81
10 RP Bob Grim 26 6 1 .857 2.77 26 6 11 1 0 5 74.2 64 27 23 3 31 0 48 2 0 1 309 140 1.272 7.7 0.4 3.7 5.8 1.55
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 Ralph Terry 20 1 2 .333 9.45 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.1 17 15 14 2 11 0 8 0 0 0 62 41 2.100 11.5 1.4 7.4 5.4 0.73
12 Jim Konstanty 39 0 0 4.91 8 0 5 0 0 2 11.0 15 6 6 3 6 0 6 0 0 0 53 79 1.909 12.3 2.5 4.9 4.9 1.00
13 Sonny Dixon 31 0 1 .000 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 5 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 23 186 2.308 10.4 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20
14 Jim Coates 23 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 3 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 12 29 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
15 Jerry Staley 35 0 0 108.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 12.000 108.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
Team Totals 26.2 97 57 .630 3.63 154 154 104 50 9 35 1382.0 1285 631 557 114 652 20 732 38 2 22 5940 107 1.402 8.4 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.12
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 2 4 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 5814
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
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* - 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 33 150 135 1200.0 257 239 10 8 2 .969 3.6 3.6 -2.4 2.3 -4.7 6 1.87 1.66 RF-LF
Yogi Berra 31 136 135 1176.1 801 733 57 11 15 .986 4.7 4.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 1 4 6.04 5.81 7 14 26 24 48% C-LF
Tommy Byrne 36 37 8 109.2 27 8 18 1 4 .963 2.13 0.70 P
Andy Carey 24 131 128 1087.0 400 114 265 21 26 .948 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.7 -0.3 0 3.14 2.89 3B
Tom Carroll 19 12 1 37.0 15 0 13 2 3 .867 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0 3.16 1.08 3B-SS
Bob Cerv 30 45 30 261.1 66 61 4 1 2 .985 -4.5 -20.7 -4.5 -2.6 -1.9 0 2.24 1.44 LF-CF
Jim Coates 23 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.50 P
Jerry Coleman 31 83 51 500.0 299 138 152 9 46 .970 -1.9 -4.6 -1.9 -0.2 -1.7 0 5.22 3.49 2B-SS-3B
Rip Coleman 24 29 9 88.1 26 10 14 2 0 .923 2.45 0.83 P
Joe Collins 33 99 62 594.1 378 345 32 1 37 .997 13.3 26.9 12.3 3.5 8.8 1 0 5.71 3.81 1B-LF-RF-CF
Sonny Dixon 31 3 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.15 0.67 P
Whitey Ford 27 31 30 225.2 67 9 57 1 6 .985 2.63 2.13 P
Bob Grim 26 26 6 74.2 13 4 8 1 2 .923 1.45 0.46 P
Elston Howard 27 93 70 667.2 222 204 17 1 5 .995 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.4 -1.5 -1 2 2.98 2.38 2 5 7 9 56% LF-C-RF
Billy Hunter 28 36 21 196.0 115 51 64 0 22 1.000 1.3 8.0 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1 5.28 3.19 SS-3B
Jim Konstanty 39 8 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0.13 P
Johnny Kucks 22 34 31 224.0 58 13 40 5 5 .914 2.13 1.56 P
Don Larsen 26 38 20 179.2 39 13 23 3 3 .923 1.80 0.95 P
Jerry Lumpe 23 18 14 129.0 97 33 56 8 15 .918 -1.3 -12.1 -1.3 -0.8 -0.4 0 6.21 4.94 SS-3B
Mickey Mantle 24 144 144 1261.2 381 367 10 4 3 .990 5.0 4.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 6 2.69 2.62 CF
Billy Martin 28 121 112 978.1 556 253 288 15 87 .973 -3.6 -4.4 -3.6 2.5 -6.0 0 4.98 4.47 2B-3B
Mickey McDermott 27 23 9 87.0 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.55 0.65 P
Gil McDougald 28 128 116 1023.1 619 239 363 17 109 .973 6.8 8.0 3.8 6.1 -2.3 3 5.29 4.70 SS-2B-3B
Tom Morgan 26 41 0 71.1 22 2 18 2 5 .909 2.52 0.49 P
Irv Noren 31 11 7 60.0 13 10 2 1 0 .923 -1.0 -20.0 -2.0 -1.8 -0.1 1 0 1.80 1.09 RF-LF-1B
Bobby Richardson 20 5 2 23.0 19 15 4 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 7.43 3.80 2B
Phil Rizzuto 39 30 15 154.1 91 31 54 6 17 .934 -0.9 -7.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.3 0 4.96 2.83 SS
Eddie Robinson 35 14 12 109.0 127 121 6 0 13 1.000 1.1 12.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 10.49 9.07 1B
Norm Siebern 22 51 39 372.0 108 104 1 3 0 .972 5.7 18.4 7.7 5.9 1.8 -2 2.54 2.06 LF
Charlie Silvera 31 7 1 25.1 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -1.0 -47.4 -1 3.55 1.43 0 2 0 0 C
Bill Skowron 25 122 119 1028.1 1063 969 86 8 138 .992 2.5 2.9 1.5 2.0 -0.5 1 9.23 8.65 1B-3B
Enos Slaughter 40 21 18 150.1 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -22.4 -1.8 -1.2 -0.6 -1 1.62 1.29 LF-RF
Jerry Staley 35 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Tom Sturdivant 26 32 17 158.1 26 11 13 2 1 .923 1.36 0.75 P
Ralph Terry 20 3 3 13.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.68 0.33 P
Bob Turley 25 27 21 132.0 22 3 18 1 2 .955 1.43 0.78 P
George Wilson 30 6 0 19.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.5 31.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 1 1.42 0.50 RF-LF
Team Totals 28.1 154 1386 12435.0 5992 4145 1711 136 572 .977 29.0 2.8 7.0 16.7 -9.3 12 5 5 4.24 3.28 9 21 33 33 50%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics