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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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 4 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 3
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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.67 P
Whitey Ford 27 31 30 225.2 67 9 57 1 6 .985 0.0 0.0 2.63 2.13 P
Bob Grim 26 26 6 74.2 13 4 8 1 2 .923 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.82 0.13 P
Johnny Kucks 22 34 31 224.0 58 13 40 5 5 .914 0.0 0.0 2.13 1.56 P
Don Larsen 26 38 20 179.2 39 13 23 3 3 .923 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Tom Sturdivant 26 32 17 158.1 26 11 13 2 1 .923 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.75 P
Ralph Terry 20 3 3 13.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.68 0.33 P
Bob Turley 25 27 21 132.0 22 3 18 1 2 .955 0.0 0.0 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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