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1959 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

79-75, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (79-75)
Scored 687 runs, Allowed 647 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · 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 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 36 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 12 114 83 114 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 107 111 8 0 -0.6 $30,000
Yogi Berra HOF 34 L R 5' 7" 185 May 12, 1925 14 131 119 131 121 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 12 0 3.8 $47,500 All-Star
Johnny Blanchard 26 L R 6' 1" 193 Feb 26, 1933 2 49 6 49 21 0 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 30 0 -0.3 $
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 0.1 $
Clete Boyer 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 9, 1937 4 47 31 47 42 0 0 0 0 16 26 0 0 0 0 6 2 -0.8 $
Fritz Brickell 24 R R 5' 5" 157 Mar 19, 1935 2 18 9 18 18 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
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 -0.4 $
Andy Carey 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1931 8 41 23 41 34 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1 $18,000
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 0.8 $
Art Ditmar 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 6 38 25 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Ryne Duren 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 22, 1929 4 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $15,000 All-Star
Whitey Ford HOF 30 L L 5' 10" 178 Oct 21, 1928 8 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $35,000 All-Star
Mark Freeman 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 7, 1930 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 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 0.3 $
Eli Grba 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 9, 1934 1st 19 6 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $
Elston Howard 30 R R 6' 2" 196 Feb 23, 1929 5 125 112 125 115 0 44 50 0 0 0 18 0 10 28 13 0 1.8 $20,000 All-Star
Ken Hunt 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Jul 13, 1934 1st 6 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 0.1 $
Tony Kubek 23 L R 6' 3" 190 Oct 12, 1935 3 132 126 132 130 0 0 0 1 17 67 24 15 26 54 5 1 1.8 $ All-Star
Johnny Kucks 25 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 27, 1933 5 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Don Larsen 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 7 29 18 29 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4 $17,000
Hector Lopez 29 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 8, 1929 5 112 108 112 111 0 0 0 0 76 0 35 0 0 35 4 0 1.5 $
Jerry Lumpe 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 4 18 14 18 17 0 0 0 1 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
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 -1.0 $
Mickey Mantle HOF 27 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 20, 1931 9 144 143 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 0 6.1 $72,000 All-Star
Gil McDougald 31 R R 6' 0" 175 May 19, 1928 9 127 116 127 126 0 0 0 54 25 52 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.9 $35,000 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 0.0 $
Jim Pisoni 29 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 4 17 4 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 4 16 0 3 -0.1 $
Bobby Richardson 23 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 5 134 120 134 132 0 0 0 109 12 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8 $ All-Star
Bobby Shantz 33 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 11 40 4 40 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.8 $
Norm Siebern 25 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 26, 1933 3 120 94 120 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 82 5 9 93 25 0 0.6 $
Bill Skowron 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 6 74 71 74 72 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.7 $23,000 All-Star
Enos Slaughter HOF 43 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 19 74 13 74 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 18 26 52 1 -0.4 $
Tom Sturdivant 29 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 5 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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 0.7 $
Marv Throneberry 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 2, 1933 3 80 44 80 65 0 0 54 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 17 2 -0.1 $
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 -0.1 $30,000
Gordie Windhorn 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1933 1st 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 -0.4 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bobby Richardson
Andy Carey
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Hank Bauer
Tony Kubek
Hector Lopez
Jerry Lumpe
Gil McDougald

Bill Skowron
Jim Pisoni
Whitey Ford
Enos Slaughter
Don Larsen
Bob Turley
Marv Throneberry
Gary Blaylock
Jim Bronstad

Ralph Terry
Duke Maas
Norm Siebern
Ryne Duren
Art Ditmar
Fritz Brickell
Bobby Shantz
Elston Howard

Clete Boyer
Johnny Blanchard
Jim Coates
John Gabler
Ken Hunt
Mark Freeman
Eli Grba
Tom Sturdivant
Jim Bronstad

Gordie Windhorn
Johnny Kucks
Zach Monroe

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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