1956 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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
World Series Champs

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

* - 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*	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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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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

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