1955 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 96-58 .623
Result: 1st in American League
Manager(s): Casey Stengel
General Manager: George Weiss
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,490,138
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Dodgers)

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter (39)
Youngest Player: Tom Carroll (18)
Longest Tenure: Phil Rizzuto (12)
Top Hitter: Mickey Mantle (3)
Top Pitcher: Whitey Ford (1)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 76.61%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	96	58	.623	--
Cleveland	93	61	.604	3.0
Chi White Sox	91	63	.591	5.0
Boston	84	70	.545	12.0
Detroit	79	75	.513	17.0
KC Athletics	63	91	.409	33.0
Baltimore	57	97	.370	39.0
Washington	53	101	.344	43.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
8	Yogi Berra	c	11	30	-	MLB	147	541	84	147	20	3	27	108	1	0	60	20	7	6	2	5	13	.272	.349	.470	819	254	615	414	103	6.7	.240
12	Gil McDougald	2b-3b	17	27	-	MLB	141	533	79	152	10	8	13	53	6	4	65	77	2	2	8	7	6	.285	.361	.407	768	217	615	406	87	5.8	.309
7	Mickey Mantle	of	3	23	-	MLB	147	517	121	158	25	11	37	99	8	1	113	97	3	6	2	3	4	.306	.431	.611	1042	316	638	369	148	10.9	.313
6	Andy Carey	3b	33	23	-	MLB	135	510	73	131	19	11	7	47	3	3	44	51	1	6	8	7	11	.257	.313	.378	692	193	570	408	68	4.5	.270
9	Hank Bauer	of	16	32	-	MLB	139	492	97	137	20	5	20	53	8	4	56	65	8	1	4	3	4	.278	.360	.461	821	227	563	370	93	6.8	.285
25	Irv Noren	of	51	30	-	MLB	132	371	49	94	19	1	8	59	5	2	43	33	3	5	0	6	6	.253	.331	.375	706	139	423	291	54	5.0	.256
14	Bill Skowron	1b	-	24	-	MLB	108	288	46	92	17	3	12	61	1	1	21	32	3	4	0	2	11	.319	.369	.524	894	151	314	210	58	7.5	.325
32	Elston Howard	c-of	58	26	-	MLB	97	279	33	81	8	7	10	43	0	0	20	36	1	5	1	4	4	.290	.336	.477	812	133	305	207	49	6.4	.300
15	Joe Collins	1b	-	32	-	MLB	105	278	40	65	9	1	13	45	0	2	44	32	2	2	3	3	7	.234	.339	.414	753	115	330	228	44	5.2	.220
20	Billy Hunter	ss	45	27	-	MLB	98	255	14	58	7	1	3	20	9	2	15	18	0	2	8	1	7	.227	.269	.298	567	76	279	215	22	2.7	.234
36	Eddie Robinson	1b	42	34	-	MLB	88	173	25	36	1	0	16	42	0	0	36	26	5	7	0	1	7	.208	.358	.491	849	85	215	145	33	6.1	.152
10	Phil Rizzuto	ss	39	37	-	MLB	81	143	19	37	4	1	1	9	7	1	22	18	3	1	13	0	2	.259	.369	.322	691	46	181	122	21	4.7	.290
42	Jerry Coleman	2b-ss	-	30	-	MLB	43	96	12	22	5	0	0	8	0	2	11	11	2	0	3	0	3	.229	.321	.281	602	27	112	82	9	2.9	.259
16	Whitey Ford	p	-	26	-	MLB	39	86	9	14	0	0	1	7	0	0	11	16	0	0	3	0	1	.163	.258	.198	455	17	100	76	3	1.1	.188
41	Bob Cerv	of	-	29	-	MLB	55	85	17	29	4	2	3	22	4	0	7	16	3	0	1	0	1	.341	.411	.541	952	46	96	58	20	9.5	.394
19	Bob Turley	p	64	24	-	MLB	36	82	7	11	4	0	0	7	0	0	6	21	1	0	8	1	3	.134	.200	.183	383	15	98	83	0	0.0	.177
23	Tommy Byrne	p	-	35	-	MLB	45	78	6	16	1	1	1	6	0	0	8	15	0	0	1	2	3	.205	.273	.282	555	22	89	68	5	2.1	.234
1	Billy Martin	2b	-	27	-	MLB	20	70	8	21	2	0	1	9	1	2	7	9	0	1	1	2	2	.300	.354	.371	726	26	80	56	9	4.5	.323
18	Don Larsen	p	-	25	-	MLB	21	41	4	6	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	13	0	0	0	0	1	.146	.222	.317	539	13	45	36	2	1.4	.154
53	Johnny Kucks	p	-	21	-	MLB	29	40	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	.050	.050	.075	125	3	42	40	-3	-2.2	.067
30	Ed Lopat	p	-	37	-	MLB	16	29	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	.138	.138	.138	276	4	29	27	-1	-1.3	.154
29	Charlie Silvera	c	-	30	-	MLB	14	26	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.344	.192	536	5	32	21	2	2.9	.227
17	Bobby Richardson	2b	-	19	-	MLB	11	26	2	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.154	.214	.154	368	4	29	25	0	0.2	.154
55	Bob Grim	p	-	25	-	MLB	26	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	1	0	4	0	0	.120	.185	.120	305	3	31	26	-1	-0.8	.187
28	Tom Morgan	p	-	25	-	MLB	40	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.278	500	5	19	15	1	1.4	.308
39	Bob Wiesler	p	-	24	-	MLB	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.133	.143	276	2	15	13	0	-0.8	.167
47	Tom Sturdivant	p	-	25	-	MLB	33	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	167	1	13	12	-1	-1.9	.111
30	Rip Coleman	p	-	23	-	MLB	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	533	2	13	9	0	0.6	.667
17	Enos Slaughter	of	66	39	-	MLB	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311	1	10	8	0	-0.1	.125
21	Jim Konstanty	p	-	38	-	MLB	45	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347	1	12	10	0	0.8	.125
40	Tom Carroll	ss-3b	-	18	-	MLB	14	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	2	6	4	1	3.4	.500
35	Lou Berberet	c	-	25	-	MLB	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	900	2	6	3	1	11.0	.400
44	Dick Tettelbach	of	-	26	-	MLB	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
38	Johnny Blanchard	of-c	-	22	-	MLB	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0	4	3	0	0.2	.000
11	Johnny Sain	p	-	37	-	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
41	Marv Throneberry	1b	-	21	-	MLB	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	.667	1.500	2167	3	3	1	2	55.2	.667
51	Frank Leja	1b	-	19	-	MLB	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
39	Ted Gray	p	-	30	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							154	5161	761	1342	179	55	175	717	55	25	607	655	46	48	79	49	99	.260	.340	.418	758	2156	5942	4071	824	5.5	.266

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
16	Whitey Ford	1	26	-	MLB	18	7	2.63	39	33	18	5	4	2	253.2	188	83	74	20	113	137	7	1	1.19	6.67	0.71	4.01	4.86	0.82	--	0.95
19	Bob Turley	6	24	-	MLB	17	13	3.06	36	34	13	6	2	1	246.2	168	92	84	16	177	210	7	0	1.40	6.13	0.58	6.46	7.66	0.84	--	0.76
23	Tommy Byrne	18	35	-	MLB	16	5	3.15	27	22	9	3	4	2	160.0	137	69	56	12	87	76	3	0	1.40	7.71	0.68	4.89	4.28	1.14	--	0.63
53	Johnny Kucks	-	21	-	MLB	8	7	3.41	29	13	3	1	5	0	126.2	122	54	48	8	44	49	3	0	1.31	8.67	0.57	3.13	3.48	0.90	--	1.67
18	Don Larsen	-	25	-	MLB	9	2	3.06	19	13	5	1	5	2	97.0	81	38	33	8	51	44	1	0	1.36	7.52	0.74	4.73	4.08	1.16	--	0.77
55	Bob Grim	51	25	-	MLB	7	5	4.19	26	11	1	1	6	4	92.1	81	49	43	9	42	63	2	0	1.33	7.90	0.88	4.09	6.14	0.67	--	1.01
30	Ed Lopat	41	37	-	MLB	4	8	3.74	16	12	3	1	2	0	86.2	101	45	36	12	16	24	0	0	1.35	10.49	1.25	1.66	2.49	0.67	--	0.92
21	Jim Konstanty	26	38	-	MLB	7	2	2.32	45	0	0	0	30	11	73.2	68	28	19	5	24	19	0	0	1.25	8.31	0.61	2.93	2.32	1.26	--	0.92
28	Tom Morgan	35	25	-	MLB	7	3	3.25	40	1	0	0	24	10	72.0	72	29	26	3	24	17	0	0	1.33	9.00	0.38	3.00	2.13	1.41	--	1.30
47	Tom Sturdivant	-	25	-	MLB	1	3	3.16	33	1	0	0	12	0	68.1	48	24	24	6	42	48	1	0	1.32	6.32	0.79	5.53	6.32	0.88	--	0.84
39	Bob Wiesler	-	24	-	MLB	0	2	3.91	16	7	0	0	5	0	53.0	39	27	23	1	49	22	2	1	1.66	6.62	0.17	8.32	3.74	2.23	--	1.32
30	Rip Coleman	-	23	-	MLB	2	1	5.28	10	6	0	0	1	1	29.0	40	19	17	2	16	15	0	0	1.93	12.41	0.62	4.97	4.66	1.07	--	0.62
11	Johnny Sain	59	37	-	MLB	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	0	1	0	5.1	6	4	4	4	1	5	0	0	1.31	10.13	6.75	1.69	8.44	0.20	--	1.00
39	Ted Gray	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	--	0.00
38	Art Schallock	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	6.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	1.67	12.00	3.00	3.00	6.00	0.50	--	1.00
24	Gerry Staley	-	34	-	MLB	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	22.50	4.50	4.50	0.00	--	--	0.75
Totals: (38 players)						96	58	3.23	154	154	52	18	102	33	1,372	1163	569	493	175	688	732	26	3	1.42	7.63	0.71	4.51	4.80	0.94	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Yogi Berra	C	145		748	54	13	10	.984	0.00
Charlie Silvera	C	11		47	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Elston Howard	C	9		23	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Hank Bauer	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lou Berberet	C	1		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny Blanchard	C	1		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Skowron	1B	74		517	37	6	63	.989	0.00
Joe Collins	1B	73		395	42	1	63	.998	0.00
Eddie Robinson	1B	46		390	20	2	35	.995	0.00
Frank Leja	1B	2		2	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Marv Throneberry	1B	1		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gil McDougald	2B	126		352	348	11	119	.985	0.00
Billy Martin	2B	17		42	44	2	19	.977	0.00
Jerry Coleman	2B	13		32	23	0	7	1.000	0.00
Bobby Richardson	2B	6		12	7	3	1	.864	0.00
Phil Rizzuto	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andy Carey	3B	135		154	301	22	37	.954	0.00
Gil McDougald	3B	17		15	34	2	4	.961	0.00
Bill Skowron	3B	3		3	3	1	0	.857	0.00
Jerry Coleman	3B	1		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Hunter	SS	98		115	249	16	60	.958	0.00
Phil Rizzuto	SS	79		93	132	10	30	.957	0.00
Jerry Coleman	SS	29		33	51	3	17	.966	0.00
Tom Carroll	SS	4		2	5	1	0	.875	0.00
Bobby Richardson	SS	4		2	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Billy Martin	SS	3		4	6	1	1	.909	0.00
Mickey Mantle	SS	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mickey Mantle	OF	145		372	11	2	2	.995	0.00
Hank Bauer	OF	133		248	13	5	3	.981	0.00
Irv Noren	OF	126		238	9	5	0	.980	0.00
Elston Howard	OF	75		124	10	3	3	.978	0.00
Joe Collins	OF	27		50	3	1	0	.981	0.00
Bob Cerv	OF	20		25	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Tettelbach	OF	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Konstanty	P	45	73	8	11	2	1	.905	2.34
Tom Morgan	P	40	72	6	24	1	2	.968	3.75
Whitey Ford	P	39	253	10	41	1	1	.981	1.81
Bob Turley	P	36	246	6	30	4	2	.900	1.32
Tom Sturdivant	P	33	68	4	8	0	2	1.000	1.59
Johnny Kucks	P	29	126	3	24	3	0	.900	1.93
Tommy Byrne	P	27	160	4	22	2	3	.929	1.46
Bob Grim	P	26	92	5	14	1	1	.950	1.86
Don Larsen	P	19	97	5	13	1	3	.947	1.67
Ed Lopat	P	16	86	3	11	1	1	.933	1.46
Bob Wiesler	P	16	53	2	13	0	1	1.000	2.55
Rip Coleman	P	10	29	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.17
Johnny Sain	P	3	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Art Schallock	P	2	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
Gerry Staley	P	2	2	0	1	1	0	.500	4.50
Ted Gray	P	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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