1956 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1956 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957)
97-57, Finished 1st in American League
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World Series Champs
Scored 857 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56
Managed by Casey Stengel

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,491,784 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 93
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 Stats (1955/1957) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Yogi Berra          31  140  521   93  155  29  2  30  105  65   29  .298  .378  .534   3   2   8   5   1   5   7  142
1B  Bill Skowron        25  134  464   78  143  21  6  23   90  50   60  .308  .382  .528   4   4  16   6   2   1   3  142
2B  Billy Martin        28  121  458   76  121  24  5   9   49  30   56  .264  .310  .397   7   3   8   3   8   5   0   89
3B  Andy Carey          24  132  422   54  100  18  2   7   50  45   53  .237  .310  .339   9   6   9   2   6   5   4   74
SS  Gil McDougald       28  120  438   79  136  13  3  13   56  68   59  .311  .405  .443   3   8   5   3   7   2   1  127
LF  Elston Howard       27   98  290   35   76   8  3   5   34  21   30  .262  .312  .362   0   1  11   1   2   2   6   80
CF #Mickey Mantle       24  150  533  132  188  22  5  52  130 112   99  .353  .464  .705  10   1   4   2   1   4   6  210
RF  Hank Bauer          33  147  539   96  130  18  7  26   84  59   72  .241  .316  .445   4   2  11   2   7   5   3  102
   *Joe Collins         33  100  262   38   59   5  3   7   43  34   33  .225  .313  .347   3   1   5   1   1   3   2   77
    Jerry Coleman       31   80  183   15   47   5  1   0   18  12   33  .257  .305  .295   1   2   5   1   6   1   2   62
   *Norm Siebern        22   54  162   27   33   1  4   4   21  19   38  .204  .286  .333   1   1   3   0   2   1   0   66
    Bob Cerv            30   54  115   16   35   5  6   3   25  18   13  .304  .396  .530   0   1   3   0   1   1   0  146
   *Enos Slaughter      40   24   83   15   24   4  2   0    4   5    6  .289  .330  .386   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   91
    Billy Hunter        28   39   75    8   21   3  4   0   11   2    4  .280  .299  .427   0   1   3   0   2   0   0   93
   *Jerry Lumpe         23   20   62   12   16   3  0   0    4   5   11  .258  .313  .306   1   1   1   0   1   0   2   67
   *Eddie Robinson      35   26   54    7   12   1  0   5   11   5    3  .222  .323  .519   0   1   0   3   0   0   1  122
    Phil Rizzuto        39   31   52    6   12   0  0   0    6   6    6  .231  .310  .231   3   0   1   0   7   0   0   47
   *Irv Noren           31   29   37    4    8   1  0   0    6  12    7  .216  .408  .243   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   79
    Tom Carroll         19   36   17   11    6   0  0   0    0   1    3  .353  .389  .353   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  100
   *George Wilson       30   11   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   3    0  .167  .333  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   38
    Charlie Silvera     31    7    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    3  .222  .364  .222   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   61
    Bobby Richardson    20    5    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -23
    Lou Skizas          24    6    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10

    Don Larsen          26   45   79   10   19   5  0   2   12   6   17  .241  .294  .380   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   80
   *Whitey Ford         27   31   78    9   17   2  0   0    4   9   14  .218  .299  .244   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   47
    Johnny Kucks        22   34   77    7   11   1  0   0    1   7   25  .143  .224  .156   0   0   0   1   6   0   0    3
   *Tom Sturdivant      26   32   64    5   20   1  1   0    5   0    7  .313  .308  .359   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   78
   *Tommy Byrne         36   44   52    8   14   1  1   3   10   2   11  .269  .296  .500   0   0   1   0   2   0   1  110
   *Mickey McDermott    27   46   52    4   11   0  0   1    4   8   13  .212  .317  .269   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   59
    Bob Turley          25   27   46    5    8   2  0   0    3   3   16  .174  .224  .217   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   19
   *Rip Coleman         24   29   24    2    1   0  0   0    0   1   14  .042  .080  .042   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -66
    Bob Grim            26   26   16    2    1   0  0   0    1   4    9  .063  .250  .063   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -12
    Tom Morgan          26   41   13    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    5  .154  .214  .154   0   0   0   0   3   0   0    0
    Ralph Terry         20    3    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
    Jim Konstanty       39    8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Sonny Dixon         31    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jerry Staley        35    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  154 5312  857 1433 193 55 190  788 615  755  .270  .346  .434  51  37 102  30  82  36  40  115
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    1    3   8  2   1        6    3     3     3     1   2   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Johnny Kucks        22  34   3.85  18   9  0  31   1  12   3  224.3  223  113   96  19   72   67  947   3  10  1   0 100
SP *Whitey Ford         27  31   2.47  19   6  1  30   1  18   2  225.7  187   70   62  13   84  141  920   6   4  0   3 156
SP  Bob Turley          25  27   5.05   8   4  1  21   3   5   1  132.0  138   76   74  13  103   91  621   3   4  1   0  77
SP  Don Larsen          26  38   3.26  11   5  1  20   9   6   1  179.7  133   72   65  19   96  107  759   3   7  0   0 119
SP  Tom Sturdivant      26  32   3.30  16   8  5  17  11   6   2  158.3  134   63   58  15   52  110  656   2   4  0   4 117

CL  Tom Morgan          26  41   4.16   6   7 11   0  23   0   0   71.3   74   41   33   2   27   20  304   0   3  0   4  93
RP *Tommy Byrne         36  37   3.36   7   3  6   8  18   1   0  109.7  108   50   41   9   72   52  493   0   2  0   5 115
RP *Rip Coleman         24  29   3.67   3   5  2   9   9   0   0   88.3   97   42   36   6   42   42  392   1   1  0   1 105
RP  Bob Grim            26  26   2.77   6   1  5   6  11   1   0   74.7   64   27   23   3   31   48  309   1   2  0   0 140
RP *Mickey McDermott    27  23   4.24   2   6  0   9  11   1   0   87.0   85   46   41  10   47   38  384   2   0  0   2  91

    Ralph Terry         20   3   9.45   1   2  0   3   0   0   0   13.3   17   15   14   2   11    8   62   0   0  0   0  41
    Jim Konstanty       39   8   4.91   0   0  2   0   5   0   0   11.0   15    6    6   3    6    6   53   0   0  0   0  79
    Sonny Dixon         31   3   2.08   0   1  1   0   2   0   0    4.3    5    3    1   0    5    1   23   0   0  0   1 186
    Jim Coates          23   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    3    3   0    4    0   12   1   1  0   0  29
    Jerry Staley        35   1 108.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.3    4    4    4   0    0    1    5   0   0  0   0   4
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 154   3.63  97  57 35 154 104  50  10 1382.0 1285  631  557 114  652  732 5940  22  38  2  20 107
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   1   8  1           4   3      4    2    2        2    4    3

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- YBerra 1172 134 135 732 55 11 15 .986 7 14 26 24 EHoward 184 19 26 108 14 0 5 1.000 2 5 7 9 CSilvera 25 1 7 9 1 1 0 .909 0 2 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1382 154 154 849 70 12 20 .987 9 21 33 33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSkowron 1011 117 120 968 80 7 138 .993 9.33 JCollins 256 25 43 251 30 0 37 1.000 9.87 ERobinson 109 12 14 121 6 0 13 1.000 10.49 INoren 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 1344 117 7 188 .995 9.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *5.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMartin 876 101 105 241 260 10 84 .980 5.15 JColeman 264 27 41 89 94 4 32 .979 6.23 GMcDougald 218 24 31 57 77 2 28 .985 5.52 BRichardson 23 2 5 15 4 0 2 1.000 7.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 402 435 16 146 .981 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACarey 1087 128 131 114 265 21 26 .947 3.14 BMartin 102 11 16 12 28 5 3 .889 3.52 JColeman 76 6 18 9 10 2 0 .905 2.24 GMcDougald 37 4 5 5 13 1 4 .947 4.38 TCarroll 35 1 11 0 12 2 2 .857 3.09 BHunter 21 2 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 3.43 BSkowron 17 2 2 1 6 1 0 .875 3.71 JLumpe 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 144 341 32 37 .938 3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMcDougald 768 88 92 177 273 14 77 .970 5.27 BHunter 175 19 32 49 58 0 20 1.000 5.50 JColeman 159 18 24 40 48 3 14 .967 4.97 PRizzuto 154 15 30 31 54 6 17 .934 4.96 JLumpe 123 14 17 32 55 8 15 .916 6.37 TCarroll 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 329 489 31 144 .963 5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EHoward 464 50 62 89 3 1 0 .989 1.78 NSiebern 372 39 51 104 1 3 0 .972 2.54 JCollins 184 20 26 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.30 BCerv 161 21 30 33 3 0 1 1.000 2.01 ESlaughter 119 14 16 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 HBauer 54 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 INoren 18 2 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 GWilson 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 YBerra 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 304 11 5 1 .984 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMantle 1261 144 144 367 10 4 3 .990 2.69 BCerv 100 9 15 28 1 1 1 .967 2.61 JCollins 20 1 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 403 11 5 4 .988 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HBauer 1146 128 143 230 10 8 2 .968 1.88 JCollins 134 16 23 41 0 1 0 .976 2.75 INoren 37 5 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 ESlaughter 31 4 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.45 EHoward 19 1 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 GWilson 14 0 5 3 0 1 0 .750 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 290 12 10 2 .968 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MMantle 1261 144 144 370 10 4 3 .990 2.71 HBauer 1200 135 146 242 10 8 2 .969 1.89 EHoward 483 51 65 97 2 1 0 .990 1.84 NSiebern 372 39 51 100 1 3 0 .971 2.44 JCollins 338 37 51 95 2 1 0 .990 2.58 BCerv 261 30 44 59 4 1 2 .984 2.17 ESlaughter 150 18 20 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.74 INoren 55 7 10 6 1 1 0 .875 1.15 GWilson 19 0 6 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42 YBerra 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1382 154 154 1001 33 20 7 .981 2.24 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WFord 225 30 31 9 57 1 6 .985 2.63 JKucks 224 31 34 13 40 5 5 .914 2.13 DLarsen 179 20 38 13 23 3 3 .923 1.80 TSturdivant 158 17 32 11 13 2 1 .923 1.36 BTurley 132 21 27 3 18 1 2 .955 1.43 TByrne 109 8 37 8 18 1 4 .963 2.13 RColeman 88 9 29 10 14 2 0 .923 2.45 MMcDermott 87 9 23 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.55 BGrim 74 6 26 4 8 1 2 .923 1.45 TMorgan 71 0 41 2 18 2 5 .909 2.52 RTerry 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.68 JKonstanty 11 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 SDixon 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 JCoates 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 JStaley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1382 154 154 76 226 18 30 .944 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Mantle .353

On-base % Mantle .464

Slugging % Mantle .705

OPS Mantle 1.169

Games Mantle 150

At Bats Bauer 539

Plate Appearances (approx.) Mantle 652

Runs Mantle 132

Hits Mantle 188

Total Bases Mantle 376

Doubles Berra 29

Triples Bauer 7

Home Runs Mantle 52

RBI Mantle 130

Bases on Balls Mantle 112

Strikeouts Mantle 99

Stolen Bases Mantle 10

Singles Mantle 109

Adjusted OPS+ Mantle 210

Runs Created Mantle 188

Adjusted Batting Runs Mantle 87

Batting Wins Mantle 8.1

Extra-Base Hits Mantle 79

Times on Base Mantle 302

Offensive Win% Mantle .879

Hit By Pitch Skowron 6

Sac. Hits Martin 8

Sac. Flies Bauer, Berra, Carey, and Martin 5

Intentional Walks Berra 7

Grounded into Double Plays Skowron 16

Caught Stealing McDougald 8

Power/Speed Number Mantle 16.8

At Bats per Strikeout Berra 18.0

At Bats per Home Run Mantle 10.3

Outs Bauer 434

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Ford 2.47

Wins Ford 19

Won-Loss % Ford .760

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sturdivant 1.175

Hits Allowed/9IP Larsen 6.66

Bases on Balls/9IP Kucks 2.89

Strikeouts/9IP Sturdivant 6.25

Games Morgan 41

Saves Morgan 11

Innings Ford 225.7

Strikeouts Ford 141

Games Started Kucks 31

Comp. Games Ford 18

Shutouts Kucks 3

Home Runs Allow. Kucks and Larsen 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Turley 103

Hits Allowed Kucks 223

SO to Walk Sturdivant 2.12

Losses Kucks 9

Earned Runs Allow. Kucks 96

Wild Pitches Ford 6

Hit Batsmen Kucks 10

Batters Faced Kucks 947

Games Finished Morgan 23

Adjusted ERA+ Ford 156

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Yogi Berra (Starting C)
Whitey Ford
Johnny Kucks
Mickey Mantle (Starting CF)
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald

1955/1957

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