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1957 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958

98-56, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (98-56)
Scored 723 runs, Allowed 534 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,497,134 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 91

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Milwaukee Braves

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1956 / 1958 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 34 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 10 137 123 137 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 133 135 4 1 2.0 $
Zeke Bella 26 R L 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1930 1st 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 -0.1 $
Yogi Berra HOF 32 L R 5' 7" 185 May 12, 1925 12 134 123 134 127 0 121 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 11 0 3.2 $58,000 All-Star
Tommy Byrne 37 L L 6' 1" 182 Dec 31, 1919 13 35 4 35 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.4 $
Andy Carey 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1931 6 85 69 85 81 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0.8 $
Al Cicotte 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 23, 1929 1st 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jerry Coleman 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 14, 1924 9 72 42 72 69 0 0 0 45 21 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 $
Joe Collins 34 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 3, 1922 10 79 31 79 45 0 0 32 0 0 0 2 2 11 15 39 1 -0.2 $
Bobby Del Greco 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 3 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 1 0.0 $
Art Ditmar 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 4 46 11 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Whitey Ford HOF 28 L L 5' 10" 178 Oct 21, 1928 6 24 17 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Bob Grim 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1930 4 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $ All-Star
Woodie Held 25 R R 5' 10" 167 Mar 25, 1932 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Elston Howard 28 R R 6' 2" 196 Feb 23, 1929 3 110 93 110 101 0 32 2 0 0 0 69 0 2 71 10 1 -0.9 $ All-Star
Darrell Johnson 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 25, 1928 2 21 12 21 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Tony Kubek 21 L R 6' 3" 190 Oct 12, 1935 1st 127 104 127 120 0 0 0 1 38 41 31 22 0 50 8 3 2.6 $7,000
Johnny Kucks 23 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 27, 1933 3 37 23 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Don Larsen 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 5 31 20 31 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.3 $
Jerry Lumpe 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 2 40 23 40 34 0 0 0 0 30 6 0 0 0 0 7 3 1.2 $
Sal Maglie 40 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 9 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Mickey Mantle HOF 25 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 20, 1931 7 144 139 144 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 5 0 12.5 $58,000 All-Star
Billy Martin 29 R R 5' 11" 165 May 16, 1928 7 43 37 43 39 0 0 0 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Gil McDougald 29 R R 6' 0" 175 May 19, 1928 7 141 140 141 140 0 0 0 21 7 121 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.8 $29,000 All-Star
Bobby Richardson 21 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 3 97 83 97 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.2 $ All-Star
Bobby Shantz 31 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 9 33 21 33 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.7 $ All-Star
Harry Simpson 31 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 6 75 55 75 60 0 0 21 0 0 0 16 0 26 42 20 0 0.0 $
Bill Skowron 26 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 4 122 111 122 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3.1 $21,500 All-Star
Enos Slaughter HOF 41 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 17 96 43 96 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 9 65 46 0 1.1 $20,000
Tom Sturdivant 27 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 3 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $12,000
Ralph Terry 21 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 2 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bob Turley 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 6 32 23 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $15,000
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

Billy Martin

Andy Carey

Mickey Mantle

Yogi Berra

Hank Bauer

Jerry Lumpe

Gil McDougald

Bill Skowron

Joe Collins

Whitey Ford

Enos Slaughter

Don Larsen

Bob Turley

Sal Maglie
Ralph Terry

Tommy Byrne

Al Cicotte

Bobby Del Greco
Woodie Held

Art Ditmar

Bobby Richardson

Bobby Shantz

Elston Howard

Tony Kubek

Harry Simpson

Darrell Johnson

Zeke Bella

Jerry Coleman

Tom Sturdivant

Johnny Kucks

Bob Grim

1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers