1956 New York Yankees Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 97-57-0, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over Brooklyn Dodgers

Manager: Casey Stengel (97-57)

General Manager: George Weiss

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I

Attendance: 1,491,784 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 98-56, 857 Runs, 631 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Yogi Berra*	31	140	597	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	3	2	65	29	.298	.378	.534	.911	142	278	8	5	1	5	7
2	1B	Bill Skowron	25	134	523	464	78	143	21	6	23	90	4	4	50	60	.308	.382	.528	.910	142	245	16	6	2	1	3
3	2B	Billy Martin	28	121	504	458	76	121	24	5	9	49	7	3	30	56	.264	.310	.397	.708	89	182	8	3	8	5	0
4	SS	Gil McDougald	28	120	518	438	79	136	13	3	13	56	3	8	68	59	.311	.405	.443	.848	127	194	5	3	7	2	1
5	3B	Andy Carey	24	132	481	422	54	100	18	2	7	50	9	6	45	53	.237	.310	.339	.649	74	143	9	2	6	5	4
6	LF	Elston Howard	27	98	316	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	0	1	21	30	.262	.312	.362	.674	80	105	11	1	2	2	6
7	CF	Mickey Mantle#	24	150	652	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	10	1	112	99	.353	.464	.705	1.169	210	376	4	2	1	4	6
8	RF	Hank Bauer	33	147	612	539	96	130	18	7	26	84	4	2	59	72	.241	.316	.445	.761	102	240	11	2	7	5	3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Joe Collins*	33	100	303	262	38	59	5	3	7	43	3	1	34	33	.225	.313	.347	.661	77	91	5	1	1	3	2
10	MI	Jerry Coleman	31	80	203	183	15	47	5	1	0	18	1	2	12	33	.257	.305	.295	.600	62	54	5	1	6	1	2
11	LF	Norm Siebern*	22	54	184	162	27	33	1	4	4	21	1	1	19	38	.204	.286	.333	.619	66	54	3	0	2	1	0
12	OF	Bob Cerv	31	54	135	115	16	35	5	6	3	25	0	1	18	13	.304	.396	.530	.926	146	61	3	0	1	1	0
13	OF	Enos Slaughter*	40	24	89	83	15	24	4	2	0	4	1	1	5	6	.289	.330	.386	.715	91	32	0	0	1	0	0
14	SS	Billy Hunter	28	39	79	75	8	21	3	4	0	11	0	1	2	4	.280	.299	.427	.725	93	32	3	0	2	0	0
15	SS	Jerry Lumpe*	23	20	68	62	12	16	3	0	0	4	1	1	5	11	.258	.313	.306	.620	67	19	1	0	1	0	2
16	SS	Phil Rizzuto	38	31	66	52	6	12	0	0	0	6	3	0	6	6	.231	.310	.231	.541	47	12	1	0	7	0	0
17	1B	Eddie Robinson*	35	26	62	54	7	12	1	0	5	11	0	1	5	3	.222	.323	.519	.841	122	28	0	3	0	0	1
18	UT	Irv Noren*	31	29	49	37	4	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	7	.216	.408	.243	.651	79	9	1	0	0	0	2
19	IF	Tom Carroll	19	36	18	17	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.353	.389	.353	.742	100	6	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	George Wilson*	31	11	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.167	.333	.167	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Charlie Silvera	31	7	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	61	2	1	0	0	0	0
22	2B	Bobby Richardson	20	5	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0
23		Lou Skizas	24	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Whitey Ford*	27	31	92	78	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	14	.218	.299	.244	.542	47	19	0	0	5	0	0
25	P	Johnny Kucks	23	34	91	77	7	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	25	.143	.224	.156	.379	4	12	0	1	6	0	0
26	P	Don Larsen	26	45	86	79	10	19	5	0	2	12	0	0	6	17	.241	.294	.380	.674	80	30	2	0	1	0	0
27	P	Tom Sturdivant*	26	32	68	64	5	20	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	7	.313	.308	.359	.667	78	23	0	0	3	1	0
28	P	Mickey McDermott*	27	46	61	52	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	13	.212	.317	.269	.586	59	14	4	0	1	0	0
29	P	Tommy Byrne*	36	44	56	52	8	14	1	1	3	10	0	0	2	11	.269	.296	.500	.796	110	26	1	0	2	0	1
30	P	Bob Turley	25	27	53	46	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	16	.174	.224	.217	.442	19	10	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Rip Coleman*	24	29	27	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.042	.080	.042	.122	-66	1	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Bob Grim	26	26	21	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.063	.250	.063	.313	-12	1	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Tom Morgan	26	41	17	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
34	P	Ralph Terry	20	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jim Konstanty	39	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Sonny Dixon#	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Gerry Staley	35	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Jim Coates	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	154	6080	5312	857	1433	193	55	190	788	51	37	615	755	.270	.347	.434	.781	108	2306	102	30	82	36	40
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	1	3	8	2	1		2	7	6	6	3	4	1	1		1		4		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.4	154	5498	4801	804	1328	181	53	184	748	51	36	574	621	.277	.355	.451	.806	115	2167	95	29	55	35	39
		Pitcher Totals	26.6	154	582	511	53	105	12	2	6	40	0	1	41	134	.205	.265	.272	.537	45	139	7	1	27	1	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Whitey Ford*	27	19	6	.760	2.47	31	30	1	18	2	1	225.2	187	70	62	13	84	3	141	4	0	6	920	157	3.04	1.201	7.5	0.5	3.4	5.6	1.68
2	SP	Johnny Kucks	23	18	9	.667	3.85	34	31	1	12	3	0	224.1	223	113	96	19	72	0	67	10	1	3	947	101	3.97	1.315	8.9	0.8	2.9	2.7	0.93
3	SP	Don Larsen	26	11	5	.688	3.26	38	20	9	6	1	1	179.2	133	72	65	19	96	0	107	7	0	3	759	119	4.27	1.275	6.7	1.0	4.8	5.4	1.11
4	SP	Tom Sturdivant	26	16	8	.667	3.30	32	17	11	6	2	5	158.1	134	63	58	15	52	4	110	4	0	2	656	118	3.27	1.175	7.6	0.9	3.0	6.3	2.12
5	SP	Bob Turley	25	8	4	.667	5.05	27	21	3	5	1	1	132.0	138	76	74	13	103	0	91	4	1	3	621	77	4.70	1.826	9.4	0.9	7.0	6.2	0.88
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Tom Morgan	26	6	7	.462	4.16	41	0	23	0	0	11	71.1	74	41	33	2	27	4	20	3	0	0	304	93	3.44	1.416	9.3	0.3	3.4	2.5	0.74
7	RP	Tommy Byrne*	36	7	3	.700	3.36	37	8	18	1	0	6	109.2	108	50	41	9	72	5	52	2	0	0	493	115	4.51	1.641	8.9	0.7	5.9	4.3	0.72
8	RP	Rip Coleman*	24	3	5	.375	3.67	29	9	9	0	0	2	88.1	97	42	36	6	42	1	42	1	0	1	392	106	3.76	1.574	9.9	0.6	4.3	4.3	1.00
9	RP	Mickey McDermott*	27	2	6	.250	4.24	23	9	11	1	0	0	87.0	85	46	41	10	47	2	38	0	0	2	384	92	4.61	1.517	8.8	1.0	4.9	3.9	0.81
10	RP	Bob Grim	26	6	1	.857	2.77	26	6	11	1	0	4	74.2	64	27	23	3	31	0	48	2	0	1	309	140	2.93	1.272	7.7	0.4	3.7	5.8	1.55
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Ralph Terry	20	1	2	.333	9.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	17	15	14	2	11	0	8	0	0	0	62	42	5.60	2.100	11.5	1.4	7.4	5.4	0.73
12		Jim Konstanty	39	0	0		4.91	8	0	5	0	0	3	11.0	15	6	6	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	53	82	6.46	1.909	12.3	2.5	4.9	4.9	1.00
13		Sonny Dixon	31	0	1	.000	2.08	3	0	2	0	0	1	4.1	5	3	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	23	203	5.37	2.308	10.4	0.0	10.4	2.1	0.20
14		Jim Coates	23	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	3	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	12	34	9.87	2.500	4.5	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
15		Gerry Staley	35	0	0		108.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	8	-3.63	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
		Team Totals	26.4	97	57	.630	3.63	154	154	104	50	9	35	1382.0	1285	631	557	114	652	20	732	38	2	22	5940	107	3.88	1.402	8.4	0.7	4.2	4.8	1.12
		Rank in 8 AL teams		1	8		2				4	3	1	4	2	2	2	2	4		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W