1956 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 97-57 .630
Result: 1st in American League
Manager(s): Casey Stengel
General Manager: George Weiss
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,491,784
Playoffs: Won World Series (Dodgers)

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter (40)
Youngest Player: Tom Carroll (19)
Longest Tenure: Phil Rizzuto (13)
Top Hitter: Mickey Mantle (1)
Top Pitcher: Whitey Ford (6)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 94.86%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland	88	66	.571	9.0
Chi White Sox	85	69	.552	12.0
Boston	84	70	.545	13.0
Detroit	82	72	.532	15.0
Baltimore	69	85	.448	28.0
Washington	59	95	.383	38.0
KC Athletics	52	102	.338	45.0

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
9	Hank Bauer	of	26	33	-	MLB	147	539	96	130	18	7	26	84	4	2	59	72	2	3	7	5	11	.241	.316	.445	761	240	612	434	85	5.3	.233
7	Mickey Mantle	of	1	24	-	MLB	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	10	1	112	99	2	6	1	4	4	.353	.464	.705	1169	376	652	355	179	13.6	.352
8	Yogi Berra	c	7	31	-	MLB	140	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	3	2	65	29	5	7	1	5	8	.298	.378	.534	911	278	597	382	120	8.5	.268
14	Bill Skowron	1b	20	25	-	MLB	134	464	78	143	21	6	23	90	4	4	50	60	6	3	2	1	16	.308	.382	.528	910	245	523	344	97	7.6	.314
1	Billy Martin	2b	33	28	-	MLB	121	458	76	121	24	5	9	49	7	3	30	56	3	0	8	5	8	.264	.310	.397	708	182	504	361	64	4.8	.281
12	Gil McDougald	2b-3b	28	28	-	MLB	120	438	79	136	13	3	13	56	3	8	68	59	3	1	7	2	5	.311	.405	.443	848	194	518	324	85	7.1	.334
6	Andy Carey	3b	41	24	-	MLB	132	422	54	100	18	2	7	50	9	6	45	53	2	4	6	5	9	.237	.310	.339	649	143	480	348	48	3.8	.253
32	Elston Howard	c-of	67	27	-	MLB	98	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	0	1	21	30	1	6	2	2	11	.262	.312	.362	674	105	316	230	33	3.9	.276
15	Joe Collins	1b	-	33	-	MLB	100	262	38	59	5	3	7	43	3	1	34	33	1	2	1	3	5	.225	.313	.347	661	91	301	213	32	4.1	.231
42	Jerry Coleman	2b-ss	-	31	-	MLB	80	183	15	47	5	1	0	18	1	2	12	33	1	2	6	1	5	.257	.305	.295	600	54	203	150	15	2.6	.311
36	Norm Siebern	1b-of	-	22	-	MLB	54	162	27	33	1	4	4	21	1	1	19	38	0	0	2	1	3	.204	.286	.333	619	54	184	136	15	2.9	.240
41	Bob Cerv	of	69	30	-	MLB	54	115	16	35	5	6	3	25	0	1	18	13	0	0	1	1	3	.304	.396	.530	926	61	135	86	27	8.4	.320
17	Enos Slaughter	of	-	40	-	MLB	24	83	15	24	4	2	0	4	1	1	5	6	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.330	.386	715	32	89	61	12	5.5	.312
18	Don Larsen	p	-	26	-	MLB	45	79	10	19	5	0	2	12	0	0	6	17	0	0	1	0	2	.241	.294	.380	674	30	86	63	9	3.8	.283
16	Whitey Ford	p	-	27	-	MLB	31	78	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	14	0	0	5	0	0	.218	.299	.244	542	19	92	66	6	2.5	.266
53	Johnny Kucks	p	-	22	-	MLB	34	77	7	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	25	1	0	6	0	0	.143	.224	.156	379	12	91	72	0	-0.0	.212
20	Billy Hunter	ss	-	28	-	MLB	39	75	8	21	3	4	0	11	0	1	2	4	0	0	2	0	3	.280	.299	.427	725	32	79	60	10	4.7	.296
47	Tom Sturdivant	p	-	26	-	MLB	32	64	5	20	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	1	0	.312	.308	.359	667	23	68	48	8	4.4	.345
11	Jerry Lumpe	2b	-	23	-	MLB	20	62	12	16	3	0	0	4	1	1	5	11	0	2	1	0	1	.258	.313	.306	620	19	68	49	6	3.1	.314
36	Eddie Robinson	1b	64	35	-	MLB	26	54	7	12	1	0	5	11	0	1	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	.222	.323	.519	841	28	62	43	11	6.6	.152
10	Phil Rizzuto	ss	73	38	-	MLB	31	52	6	12	0	0	0	6	3	0	6	6	0	0	7	0	1	.231	.310	.231	541	12	65	48	4	2.5	.261
22	Mickey McDermott	p	-	27	-	MLB	46	52	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	13	0	0	1	0	4	.212	.317	.269	586	14	61	46	3	1.7	.263
23	Tommy Byrne	p	-	36	-	MLB	44	52	8	14	1	1	3	10	0	0	2	11	0	1	2	0	1	.269	.296	.500	796	26	56	41	8	5.2	.289
19	Bob Turley	p	-	25	-	MLB	27	46	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	16	0	0	3	0	0	.174	.224	.217	442	10	52	42	1	0.3	.267
25	Irv Noren	of	-	31	-	MLB	29	37	4	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	7	0	2	0	0	1	.216	.408	.243	651	9	49	30	5	4.3	.267
30	Rip Coleman	p	-	24	-	MLB	29	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	2	0	0	.042	.080	.042	122	1	27	25	-3	-3.1	.100
40	Tom Carroll	ss-3b	-	19	-	MLB	36	17	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.353	742	6	18	11	2	6.1	.429
55	Bob Grim	p	-	26	-	MLB	26	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	0	0	1	0	0	.062	.250	.062	312	1	21	16	-1	-1.1	.143
28	Tom Morgan	p	-	26	-	MLB	41	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368	2	17	14	0	-0.2	.250
39	George Wilson	of	-	30	-	MLB	11	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.167	500	2	15	10	1	3.0	.167
29	Charlie Silvera	c	-	31	-	MLB	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.364	.222	586	2	11	8	0	1.3	.333
17	Bobby Richardson	2b	-	20	-	MLB	5	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	6	0	-0.7	.167
21	Ralph Terry	p	-	20	-	MLB	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-0.3	.200
45	Lou Skizas	of-3b	-	24	-	MLB	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-0.9	.250
21	Jim Konstanty	p	-	39	-	MLB	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
21	Sonny Dixon	p	-	31	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
24	Gerry Staley	p	-	35	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (37 players)							154	5312	857	1433	193	55	190	788	51	37	615	755	30	40	82	36	102	.270	.347	.434	781	2306	6075	4136	876	5.7	.282

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	6	27	-	MLB	19	6	2.47	31	30	18	2	1	1	225.2	187	70	62	13	84	141	6	0	1.20	7.46	0.52	3.35	5.62	0.60	--	1.50
53	Johnny Kucks	17	22	-	MLB	18	9	3.85	34	31	12	3	1	0	224.1	223	113	96	19	72	67	3	1	1.32	8.95	0.76	2.89	2.69	1.07	--	1.26
18	Don Larsen	21	26	-	MLB	11	5	3.26	38	20	6	1	9	1	179.2	133	72	65	19	96	107	3	0	1.27	6.66	0.95	4.81	5.36	0.90	--	0.73
47	Tom Sturdivant	11	26	-	MLB	16	8	3.30	32	17	6	2	11	5	158.1	134	63	58	15	52	110	2	0	1.17	7.62	0.85	2.96	6.25	0.47	--	0.69
19	Bob Turley	-	25	-	MLB	8	4	5.05	27	21	5	1	3	1	132.0	138	76	74	13	103	91	3	1	1.83	9.41	0.89	7.02	6.20	1.13	--	0.57
23	Tommy Byrne	35	36	-	MLB	7	3	3.36	37	8	1	0	18	6	109.2	108	50	41	9	72	52	0	0	1.64	8.86	0.74	5.91	4.27	1.38	--	0.87
30	Rip Coleman	-	24	-	MLB	3	5	3.67	29	9	0	0	9	2	88.1	97	42	36	6	42	42	1	0	1.57	9.88	0.61	4.28	4.28	1.00	--	1.32
22	Mickey McDermott	-	27	-	MLB	2	6	4.24	23	9	1	0	11	0	87.0	85	46	41	10	47	38	2	0	1.52	8.79	1.03	4.86	3.93	1.24	--	1.41
55	Bob Grim	44	26	-	MLB	6	1	2.77	26	6	1	0	11	5	74.2	64	27	23	3	31	48	1	0	1.27	7.71	0.36	3.74	5.79	0.65	--	0.94
28	Tom Morgan	30	26	-	MLB	6	7	4.16	41	0	0	0	23	11	71.1	74	41	33	2	27	20	0	0	1.42	9.34	0.25	3.41	2.52	1.35	--	1.18
21	Ralph Terry	-	20	-	MLB	1	2	9.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	17	15	14	2	11	8	0	0	2.10	11.48	1.35	7.43	5.40	1.38	--	1.55
21	Jim Konstanty	-	39	-	MLB	0	0	4.91	8	0	0	0	5	2	11.0	15	6	6	3	6	6	0	0	1.91	12.27	2.45	4.91	4.91	1.00	--	0.37
21	Sonny Dixon	-	31	-	MLB	0	1	2.08	3	0	0	0	2	1	4.1	5	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	2.31	10.38	0.00	10.38	2.08	5.00	--	0.86
52	Jim Coates	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	2.50	4.50	0.00	18.00	0.00	--	--	0.50
24	Gerry Staley	-	35	-	MLB	0	0	108.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	12.00	108.00	0.00	0.00	27.00	0.00	--	--
Totals: (37 players)						97	57	3.63	154	154	50	9	104	35	1,382	1285	631	557	190	652	732	22	2	1.48	8.37	0.74	4.25	4.77	0.89	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Yogi Berra	C	135		732	55	11	15	.986	0.00
Elston Howard	C	26		108	14	0	5	1.000	0.00
Charlie Silvera	C	7		9	1	1	0	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Skowron	1B	120		968	80	7	138	.993	0.00
Joe Collins	1B	43		251	30	0	37	1.000	0.00
Eddie Robinson	1B	14		121	6	0	13	1.000	0.00
Irv Noren	1B	1		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Martin	2B	105		241	260	10	84	.980	0.00
Jerry Coleman	2B	41		89	94	4	32	.979	0.00
Gil McDougald	2B	31		57	77	2	28	.985	0.00
Bobby Richardson	2B	5		15	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andy Carey	3B	131		114	265	21	26	.947	0.00
Jerry Coleman	3B	18		9	10	2	0	.905	0.00
Billy Martin	3B	16		12	28	5	3	.889	0.00
Tom Carroll	3B	11		0	12	2	2	.857	0.00
Gil McDougald	3B	5		5	13	1	4	.947	0.00
Billy Hunter	3B	4		2	6	0	2	1.000	0.00
Bill Skowron	3B	2		1	6	1	0	.875	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	3B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gil McDougald	SS	92		177	273	14	77	.970	0.00
Billy Hunter	SS	32		49	58	0	20	1.000	0.00
Phil Rizzuto	SS	30		31	54	6	17	.934	0.00
Jerry Coleman	SS	24		40	48	3	14	.967	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	SS	17		32	55	8	15	.916	0.00
Tom Carroll	SS	1		0	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Bauer	OF	146		242	10	8	2	.969	0.00
Mickey Mantle	OF	144		370	10	4	3	.990	0.00
Elston Howard	OF	65		97	2	1	0	.990	0.00
Joe Collins	OF	51		95	2	1	0	.990	0.00
Norm Siebern	OF	51		100	1	3	0	.971	0.00
Bob Cerv	OF	44		59	4	1	2	.984	0.00
Enos Slaughter	OF	20		28	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Irv Noren	OF	10		6	1	1	0	.875	0.00
George Wilson	OF	6		3	0	1	0	.750	0.00
Yogi Berra	OF	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Morgan	P	41	71	2	18	2	5	.909	2.53
Don Larsen	P	38	179	13	23	3	3	.923	1.81
Tommy Byrne	P	37	109	8	18	1	4	.963	2.14
Johnny Kucks	P	34	224	13	40	5	5	.914	2.13
Tom Sturdivant	P	32	158	11	13	2	1	.923	1.37
Whitey Ford	P	31	225	9	57	1	6	.985	2.64
Rip Coleman	P	29	88	10	14	2	0	.923	2.45
Bob Turley	P	27	132	3	18	1	2	.955	1.43
Bob Grim	P	26	74	4	8	1	2	.923	1.46
Mickey McDermott	P	23	87	2	13	0	2	1.000	1.55
Jim Konstanty	P	8	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82
Sonny Dixon	P	3	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.39
Ralph Terry	P	3	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.69
Jim Coates	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Gerry Staley	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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