1959 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1959 New York Yankees (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
Managed by Casey Stengel

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,552,030 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 92
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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          34  131  472   64  134  25  1  19   69  43   38  .284  .347  .462   1   2   6   4   0   2   5  125
1B  Bill Skowron        28   74  282   39   84  13  5  15   59  20   47  .298  .349  .539   1   0  10   3   2   2   0  145
2B  Bobby Richardson    23  134  469   53  141  18  6   2   33  26   20  .301  .335  .377   5   5   3   0  10   3   3   99
3B  Hector Lopez        29  112  406   60  115  16  2  16   69  28   54  .283  .336  .451   3   1   9   6   3   4   1  118
SS *Tony Kubek          23  132  512   67  143  25  7   6   51  24   46  .279  .313  .391   3   3  11   2  13   2   3   96
LF *Norm Siebern        25  120  380   52  103  17  0  11   53  41   71  .271  .341  .403   3   1   3   2   3   5   2  108
CF #Mickey Mantle       27  144  541  104  154  23  4  31   75  93  126  .285  .390  .514  21   3   7   2   1   2   6  151
RF  Hank Bauer          36  114  341   44   81  20  0   9   39  33   54  .238  .307  .375   4   2   4   2   2   2   1   90
    Elston Howard       30  125  443   59  121  24  6  18   73  20   57  .273  .306  .476   0   1  12   3   4   4   4  116
    Gil McDougald       31  127  434   44  109  16  8   4   34  35   40  .251  .309  .353   0   3  11   3   5   4   3   85
   *Marv Throneberry    25   80  192   27   46   5  0   8   22  18   51  .240  .302  .391   0   0   2   0   2   2   1   93
    Clete Boyer         22   47  114    4   20   2  0   0    3   6   23  .175  .215  .193   1   0   2   0   3   1   2   15
    Andy Carey          27   41  101   11   26   1  0   3    9   7   17  .257  .306  .356   1   1   4   0   1   0   0   85
   *Enos Slaughter      43   74   99   10   17   2  0   6   21  13   19  .172  .265  .374   1   0   2   0   1   1   1   77
   *Johnny Blanchard    26   49   59    6   10   1  0   2    4   7   12  .169  .258  .288   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   53
   *Jerry Lumpe         26   18   45    2   10   0  0   0    2   6    7  .222  .314  .222   0   0   2   0   2   0   5   53
    Fritz Brickell      24   18   39    4   10   1  0   1    4   1   10  .256  .275  .359   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   76
    Jim Pisoni          29   17   17    2    3   0  1   0    1   1    9  .176  .222  .294   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   43
    Ken Hunt            24    6   12    2    4   1  0   0    1   0    3  .333  .308  .417   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  101
    Gordie Windhorn     25    7   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Art Ditmar          30   38   76    6   15   4  0   1   11   0   10  .197  .195  .289   1   0   5   0   1   1   0   34
   *Whitey Ford         30   35   65    6   15   4  0   1    6  12   11  .231  .351  .338   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   94
    Don Larsen          29   29   47    8   12   2  0   0    8   7   15  .255  .345  .298   0   0   2   0   1   1   0   82
    Bob Turley          28   33   46    3    4   0  0   0    1   5   18  .087  .192  .087   0   0   1   1   2   0   0  -19
    Ralph Terry         23   24   41    0    4   0  0   0    0   1    8  .098  .119  .098   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -39
    Duke Maas           30   38   40    3    5   0  0   0    1   3   15  .125  .182  .125   0   0   1   0   5   1   0  -12
    Bobby Shantz        33   40   23    4    5   2  0   0    1   3    6  .217  .308  .304   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   72
    Jim Coates          26   37   21    1    2   0  0   0    0   1   16  .095  .136  .095   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -34
    Ryne Duren          30   41   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    8  .000  .176  .000   0   0   1   1   3   0   0  -46
    Eli Grba            24   19   14    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    3  .214  .267  .286   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   55
   #John Gabler         28    3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tom Sturdivant      29    7    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Bronstad        23   16    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -49
    Gary Blaylock       27   15    2    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  309
    Mark Freeman        28    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Johnny Kucks        25    9    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  155 5379  687 1397 224 40 153  651 457  828  .260  .318  .402  45  22 101  30  76  38  37  107
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    4    1   3  3   4        7    2     3     6     2   4   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Whitey Ford         30  35   3.04  16  10  1  29   4   9   2  204.0  194   82   69  13   89  114  877   5   1  1   5 119
SP  Art Ditmar          30  38   2.90  13   9  1  25   7   7   1  202.0  156   75   65  17   52   96  810   0   8  1   2 125
SP  Bob Turley          28  33   4.32   8  11  0  22   6   7   3  154.3  141   80   74  15   83  111  678   2   3  0   3  84
SP  Duke Maas           30  38   4.43  14   8  4  21   9   3   1  138.0  149   82   68  14   53   67  600   1   2  0   1  82
SP  Don Larsen          29  25   4.33   6   7  3  18   3   3   1  124.7  122   65   60  14   76   69  560   7   2  0   2  84
SP  Ralph Terry         23  24   3.39   3   7  0  16   1   5   1  127.3  130   55   48   7   30   55  529   2   2  0   5 107

CL  Ryne Duren          30  41   1.88   3   6 14   0  29   0   0   76.7   49   18   16   6   43   96  322   4   3  0   2 193
RP  Jim Coates          26  37   2.87   6   1  0   4  17   2   0  100.3   89   39   32  10   36   64  425   1   3  2   4 126
RP *Bobby Shantz        33  33   2.38   7   3  3   4  14   2   2   94.7   64   33   25   4   33   66  376   3   0  0   5 153
RP  Gary Blaylock       27  15   3.51   0   1  0   1   7   0   0   25.7   30   13   10   0   15   20  118   1   1  1   0 104
RP  Jim Bronstad        23  16   5.22   0   3  2   3   8   0   0   29.3   34   19   17   2   13   14  133   1   1  0   0  70

    Eli Grba            24  19   6.44   2   5  0   6   5   0   0   50.3   52   44   36   6   39   23  240   0   0  0   0  56
    Tom Sturdivant      29   7   4.97   0   2  0   3   1   0   0   25.3   20   16   14   4    9   16  103   1   0  0   0  73
    John Gabler         28   3   2.79   1   1  0   1   0   0   0   19.3   21    6    6   1   10   11   85   1   1  0   0 130
    Johnny Kucks        25   9   8.64   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   16.7   21   16   16   5    9    9   76   1   0  0   0  42
    Mark Freeman        28   1   2.57   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    7.0    6    2    2   0    2    4   29   0   1  0   0 141
    Zach Monroe         27   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    3    2    2   2    2    1   15   0   0  0   0  67
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4 155   3.60  79  75 28 155 117  38  15 1399.0 1281  647  560 120  594  836 5976  30  28  5  29 101
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   3   6  3           7   1      3    2    4        2    7    1

    * - 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 1000 112 116 698 61 2 9 .997 3 19 32 26 EHoward 358 41 43 221 23 2 2 .992 4 9 5 9 JBlanchard 40 2 12 25 1 1 1 .963 4 2 5 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1399 155 155 944 85 5 12 .995 11 30 42 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSkowron 607 71 72 626 43 6 68 .991 9.91 EHoward 416 48 50 444 26 7 39 .985 10.17 MThroneberr 352 34 54 337 27 4 40 .989 9.29 NSiebern 20 2 2 15 2 0 1 1.000 7.65 JBlanchard 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 1425 98 17 148 .989 9.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRichardson 949 107 109 256 292 17 85 .970 5.19 GMcDougald 438 48 53 119 146 3 40 .989 5.44 FBrickell 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JLumpe 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 TKubek 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 379 439 20 126 .976 5.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HLopez 619 73 76 66 147 17 15 .926 3.10 ACarey 239 23 34 39 48 8 10 .916 3.27 GMcDougald 201 23 25 13 59 2 5 .973 3.21 TKubek 123 15 17 20 36 2 5 .966 4.09 JLumpe 100 12 12 5 24 0 3 1.000 2.61 CBoyer 90 9 16 9 27 1 0 .973 3.60 BRichardson 25 0 12 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 154 344 30 38 .943 3.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TKubek 582 64 67 121 217 11 42 .968 5.22 GMcDougald 394 45 52 58 140 5 25 .975 4.52 CBoyer 194 22 26 40 63 1 14 .990 4.77 BRichardson 109 13 14 11 41 5 9 .912 4.29 FBrickell 95 9 15 14 35 4 3 .925 4.61 JLumpe 23 2 4 4 11 0 2 1.000 5.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 248 507 26 95 .967 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NSiebern 720 82 82 145 1 1 0 .993 1.82 HLopez 291 35 35 61 1 3 1 .954 1.92 EHoward 133 14 18 35 0 1 0 .972 2.36 TKubek 124 13 24 19 0 1 0 .950 1.38 ESlaughter 38 3 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.82 JPisoni 38 3 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.08 HBauer 29 3 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.30 GWindhorn 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 JBlanchard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MThroneberr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 290 2 6 1 .980 1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMantle 1257 143 143 369 7 2 3 .995 2.69 TKubek 103 10 15 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.61 NSiebern 27 1 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 JPisoni 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 406 8 2 4 .995 2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HBauer 765 80 107 139 2 4 0 .972 1.66 TKubek 195 24 26 32 2 1 1 .971 1.57 ESlaughter 97 10 18 15 0 1 0 .937 1.39 MThroneberr 85 10 12 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.16 EHoward 80 9 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 NSiebern 63 9 9 15 0 1 0 .937 2.14 YBerra 46 7 7 7 1 2 1 .800 1.57 JBlanchard 30 4 7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.38 KHunt 29 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 JPisoni 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 248 7 10 2 .962 1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MMantle 1257 143 143 366 7 2 3 .995 2.67 NSiebern 810 92 93 175 1 2 0 .989 1.95 HBauer 795 83 111 139 2 4 0 .972 1.60 TKubek 422 47 53 78 3 2 2 .976 1.73 HLopez 291 35 35 62 1 3 1 .955 1.95 EHoward 213 23 28 47 0 1 0 .979 1.98 ESlaughter 135 13 26 27 0 1 0 .964 1.79 MThroneberr 85 10 13 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.16 JPisoni 57 4 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68 YBerra 46 7 7 8 1 2 1 .818 1.76 JBlanchard 31 4 8 8 0 1 0 .889 2.32 KHunt 29 2 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 GWindhorn 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1399 155 155 949 17 18 7 .982 2.07 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WFord 204 29 35 15 49 1 5 .985 2.82 ADitmar 202 25 38 21 25 3 2 .939 2.05 BTurley 154 22 33 11 18 1 1 .967 1.69 DMaas 138 21 38 5 28 1 2 .971 2.15 RTerry 127 16 24 10 21 2 0 .939 2.19 DLarsen 124 18 25 5 22 2 1 .931 1.95 JCoates 100 4 37 7 17 2 0 .923 2.15 BShantz 94 4 33 8 20 2 1 .933 2.66 RDuren 76 0 41 1 9 0 2 1.000 1.17 EGrba 50 6 19 3 9 1 0 .923 2.15 JBronstad 29 3 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.76 GBlaylock 25 1 15 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.40 TSturdivant 25 3 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.49 JGabler 19 1 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.87 JKucks 16 1 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.23 MFreeman 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 ZMonroe 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 155 155 96 240 15 16 .957 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Richardson .301

On-base % Mantle .390

Slugging % Mantle .514

OPS Mantle .904

Games Mantle 144

At Bats Mantle 541

Plate Appearances (approx.) Mantle 639

Runs Mantle 104

Hits Mantle 154

Total Bases Mantle 278

Doubles Berra and Kubek 25

Triples McDougald 8

Home Runs Mantle 31

RBI Mantle 75

Bases on Balls Mantle 93

Strikeouts Mantle 126

Stolen Bases Mantle 21

Singles Richardson 115

Adjusted OPS+ Mantle 151

Runs Created Mantle 117

Adjusted Batting Runs Mantle 40

Batting Wins Mantle 4.0

Extra-Base Hits Mantle 58

Times on Base Mantle 249

Offensive Win% Mantle .743

Hit By Pitch Lopez 6

Sac. Hits Kubek 13

Sac. Flies Siebern 5

Intentional Walks Mantle 6

Grounded into Double Plays Howard 12

Caught Stealing Richardson 5

Power/Speed Number Mantle 25.0

At Bats per Strikeout Richardson 23.5

At Bats per Home Run Mantle 17.5

Outs Mantle 400

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Ditmar 2.90

Wins Ford 16

Won-Loss % Maas .636

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ditmar 1.030

Hits Allowed/9IP Ditmar 6.95

Bases on Balls/9IP Ditmar 2.32

Strikeouts/9IP Turley 6.47

Games Duren 41

Saves Duren 14

Innings Ford 204.0

Strikeouts Ford 114

Games Started Ford 29

Comp. Games Ford 9

Shutouts Turley 3

Home Runs Allow. Ditmar 17

Bases On Balls Allow. Ford 89

Hits Allowed Ford 194

SO to Walk Ditmar 1.85

Losses Turley 11

Earned Runs Allow. Turley 74

Wild Pitches Larsen 7

Hit Batsmen Ditmar 8

Batters Faced Ford 877

Games Finished Duren 29

Adjusted ERA+ Ditmar 125

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Yogi Berra (Starting C)
Yogi Berra
Ryne Duren
Ryne Duren
Whitey Ford
Elston Howard
Tony Kubek
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle (Starting CF)
Gil McDougald
Gil McDougald
Bobby Richardson
Bill Skowron (Starting 1B)
Bill Skowron

1958/1960

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