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1959 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
79-75, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 687 runs, Allowed 647 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
Manager: Casey Stengel (79-75)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,552,030 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92
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1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Hank Bauer 36 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 12 114 83 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 107 111 8 0
Yogi Berra HOF 34 L R 5' 8" 194 May 12, 1925 14 131 119 131 131 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 12 0 All-Star
Johnny Blanchard 26 L R 6' 1" 198 Feb 26, 1933 2 49 6 49 49 0 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 30 0
Gary Blaylock 27 R R 6' 0" 196 Oct 11, 1931 1st 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 22 R R 6' 0" 182 Feb 9, 1937 4 47 31 47 47 0 0 0 0 16 26 0 0 0 0 6 2
Fritz Brickell 24 R R 157 Mar 19, 1935 2 18 9 18 18 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Bronstad 23 R R 6' 3" 196 Jun 22, 1936 1st 16 3 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Carey 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 18, 1931 8 41 23 41 41 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Jim Coates 26 R R 6' 4" 192 Aug 4, 1932 2 37 4 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Ditmar 30 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 3, 1929 6 38 25 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryne Duren 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 22, 1929 4 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Whitey Ford HOF 30 L L 5' 10" 181 Oct 21, 1928 8 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Mark Freeman 28 R R 6' 6" 220 Dec 7, 1930 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Gabler 28 B R 6' 2" 165 Oct 2, 1930 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eli Grba 24 R R 6' 2" 207 Aug 9, 1934 1st 19 6 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elston Howard 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 23, 1929 5 125 112 125 125 0 43 50 0 0 0 18 0 10 28 13 0 All-Star
Ken Hunt 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Jul 13, 1934 1st 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0
Tony Kubek 23 L R 6' 3" 191 Oct 12, 1935 3 132 126 132 132 0 0 0 1 17 67 24 15 26 53 5 1 All-Star
Johnny Kucks 25 R R 6' 3" 184 Jul 27, 1933 5 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Larsen 29 R R 6' 4" 227 Aug 7, 1929 7 29 18 29 29 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Hector Lopez 29 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 9, 1929 5 112 108 112 112 0 0 0 0 76 0 35 0 0 35 4 0
Jerry Lumpe 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 4 18 14 18 18 0 0 0 1 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Duke Maas 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1929 5 38 21 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle HOF 27 B R 5' 11" 198 Oct 20, 1931 9 144 143 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 0 All-Star
Gil McDougald 31 R R 6' 1" 180 May 19, 1928 9 127 116 127 127 0 0 0 53 25 52 0 0 0 0 2 2 All-Star
Zach Monroe 27 R R 6' 0" 198 Jul 8, 1931 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pisoni 29 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 4 17 4 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 4 15 0 3
Bobby Richardson 23 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 5 134 120 134 134 0 0 0 109 12 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 All-Star
Bobby Shantz 33 R L 5' 6" 142 Sep 26, 1925 11 40 4 40 40 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Norm Siebern 25 L R 6' 3" 205 Jul 26, 1933 3 120 94 120 120 0 0 2 0 0 0 82 5 9 93 25 0
Bill Skowron 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 6 74 71 74 74 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 All-Star
Enos Slaughter HOF 43 L R 5' 9" 192 Apr 27, 1916 19 74 13 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 18 26 52 1
Tom Sturdivant 29 L R 6' 1" 186 Apr 28, 1930 5 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Terry 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 4 24 16 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marv Throneberry 25 L L 6' 0" 197 Sep 2, 1933 3 80 44 80 80 0 0 54 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 17 2
Bob Turley 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 8 33 22 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordie Windhorn 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1933 1st 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played