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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959
92-62, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (92-62)
Scored 759 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-58
Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,428,438 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
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Won World Series (4-3) over Milwaukee Braves |
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
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| Hank Bauer | 35 | R | R | 6' 0" | 192 | Jul 31, 1922 | 11 | 128 | 109 | 128 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 120 | 123 | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | $ | |
| Yogi Berra HOF | 33 | L | R | 5' 7" | 185 | May 12, 1925 | 13 | 122 | 109 | 122 | 111 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 3.5 | $50,000 | All-Star |
| Fritz Brickell | 23 | R | R | 5' 5" | 157 | Mar 19, 1935 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $ | ||
| Andy Carey | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Oct 18, 1931 | 7 | 102 | 90 | 102 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.3 | $ | |
| Bobby Del Greco | 25 | R | R | 5' 10" | 185 | Apr 7, 1933 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Murry Dickson | 41 | R | R | 5' 10" | 157 | Aug 21, 1916 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Art Ditmar | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 3, 1929 | 5 | 38 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Ryne Duren | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Feb 22, 1929 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | $ | All-Star |
| Whitey Ford HOF | 29 | L | L | 5' 10" | 178 | Oct 21, 1928 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | $32,000 | All-Star |
| Bob Grim | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Mar 8, 1930 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Elston Howard | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 196 | Feb 23, 1929 | 4 | 103 | 92 | 103 | 96 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3.4 | $17,000 | All-Star |
| Johnny James | 24 | L | R | 5' 10" | 160 | Jul 23, 1933 | 1st | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Darrell Johnson | 29 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Aug 25, 1928 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Tony Kubek | 22 | L | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Oct 12, 1935 | 2 | 138 | 136 | 138 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | $ | All-Star |
| Johnny Kucks | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 170 | Jul 27, 1933 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.3 | $ | |
| Don Larsen | 28 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Aug 7, 1929 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.9 | $17,000 | |
| Jerry Lumpe | 25 | L | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Jun 2, 1933 | 3 | 81 | 57 | 81 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Duke Maas | 29 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Jan 31, 1929 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Sal Maglie | 41 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Apr 26, 1917 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Mickey Mantle HOF | 26 | B | R | 5' 11" | 195 | Oct 20, 1931 | 8 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | $75,000 | All-Star |
| Gil McDougald | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | May 19, 1928 | 8 | 138 | 131 | 138 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.9 | $34,000 | All-Star |
| Zach Monroe | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 198 | Jul 8, 1931 | 1st | 21 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Bobby Richardson | 22 | R | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Aug 19, 1935 | 4 | 73 | 52 | 73 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Bobby Shantz | 32 | R | L | 5' 6" | 139 | Sep 26, 1925 | 10 | 33 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Norm Siebern | 24 | L | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jul 26, 1933 | 2 | 134 | 122 | 134 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 11 | 0 | 133 | 2 | 3 | 5.1 | $ | |
| Harry Simpson | 32 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Dec 3, 1925 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Bill Skowron | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 195 | Dec 18, 1930 | 5 | 126 | 116 | 126 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1.7 | $22,000 | All-Star |
| Enos Slaughter HOF | 42 | L | R | 5' 9" | 180 | Apr 27, 1916 | 18 | 77 | 23 | 77 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 1.0 | $18,000 | |
| Tom Sturdivant | 28 | L | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Apr 28, 1930 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $18,000 | |
| Marv Throneberry | 24 | L | L | 6' 1" | 190 | Sep 2, 1933 | 2 | 60 | 38 | 60 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Virgil Trucks | 41 | R | R | 5' 11" | 198 | Apr 26, 1917 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Bob Turley | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Sep 19, 1930 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | $17,000 | All-Star |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |