1959 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 79-75 .513
Result: 3rd in American League
Manager(s): Casey Stengel
General Manager: George Weiss
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,552,030
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter (43)
Youngest Player: Clete Boyer (22)
Longest Tenure: Yogi Berra (14)
Top Hitter: Mickey Mantle (1)
Top Pitcher: Art Ditmar (15)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 93.68%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Chi White Sox	94	60	.610	--
Cleveland	89	65	.578	5.0
NY Yankees	79	75	.513	15.0
Detroit	76	78	.494	18.0
Boston	75	79	.487	19.0
Baltimore	74	80	.481	20.0
KC Athletics	66	88	.429	28.0
Washington	63	91	.409	31.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	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
7	Mickey Mantle	of	1	27	-	MLB	144	541	104	154	23	4	31	75	21	3	93	126	2	6	1	2	7	.285	.390	.514	904	278	639	400	117	7.9	.319
10	Tony Kubek	ss	28	22	-	MLB	132	512	67	143	25	7	6	51	3	3	24	46	2	3	13	2	11	.279	.313	.391	704	200	553	398	69	4.7	.297
8	Yogi Berra	c	29	34	-	MLB	131	472	64	134	25	1	19	69	1	2	43	38	4	5	0	2	6	.284	.347	.462	809	218	521	348	86	6.7	.276
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	24	23	-	MLB	134	469	53	141	18	6	2	33	5	5	26	20	0	3	10	3	3	.301	.335	.377	713	177	508	349	69	5.4	.309
32	Elston Howard	c-of	43	30	-	MLB	125	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	0	1	20	57	3	4	4	4	12	.273	.306	.476	783	211	474	343	70	5.5	.277
12	Gil McDougald	2b-3b	41	31	-	MLB	127	434	44	109	16	8	4	34	0	3	35	40	3	3	5	4	11	.251	.309	.353	661	153	481	348	52	4.0	.266
11	Hector Lopez	of-3b	14	29	-	MLB	112	406	60	115	16	2	16	69	3	1	28	54	6	1	3	4	9	.283	.336	.451	786	183	447	308	66	5.8	.291
25	Norm Siebern	1b-of	53	25	-	MLB	120	380	52	103	17	0	11	53	3	1	41	71	2	2	3	5	3	.271	.341	.403	744	153	431	289	57	5.3	.304
9	Hank Bauer	of	-	36	-	MLB	114	341	44	81	20	0	9	39	4	2	33	54	2	1	2	2	4	.238	.307	.375	682	128	380	270	44	4.4	.257
14	Bill Skowron	1b	66	28	-	MLB	74	282	39	84	13	5	15	59	1	0	20	47	3	0	2	2	10	.298	.349	.539	888	152	309	212	55	7.0	.311
20	Marv Throneberry	1b	-	25	-	MLB	80	192	27	46	5	0	8	22	0	0	18	51	0	1	2	2	2	.240	.302	.391	693	75	214	152	22	3.9	.281
34	Clete Boyer	3b	-	22	-	MLB	47	114	4	20	2	0	0	3	1	0	6	23	0	2	3	1	2	.175	.215	.193	408	22	124	100	1	0.4	.217
6	Andy Carey	3b	-	27	-	MLB	41	101	11	26	1	0	3	9	1	1	7	17	0	0	1	0	4	.257	.306	.356	662	36	109	81	10	3.3	.284
17	Enos Slaughter	of	-	43	-	MLB	74	99	10	17	2	0	6	21	1	0	13	19	0	1	1	1	2	.172	.265	.374	639	37	114	86	10	3.2	.147
28	Art Ditmar	p	-	30	-	MLB	38	76	6	15	4	0	1	11	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	1	5	.197	.195	.289	484	22	78	68	3	1.0	.212
16	Whitey Ford	p	-	30	-	MLB	35	65	6	15	4	0	1	6	0	0	12	11	0	0	3	0	0	.231	.351	.338	689	22	80	53	9	4.8	.264
38	Johnny Blanchard	of-c	-	26	-	MLB	49	59	6	10	1	0	2	4	0	0	7	12	0	0	0	0	2	.169	.258	.288	546	17	66	51	4	1.9	.178
18	Don Larsen	p	-	29	-	MLB	29	47	8	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	7	15	0	0	1	1	2	.255	.345	.298	643	14	56	39	4	2.9	.364
19	Bob Turley	p	-	28	-	MLB	33	46	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	1	0	2	0	1	.087	.192	.087	279	4	54	45	-2	-1.4	.143
11	Jerry Lumpe	2b	35	26	-	MLB	18	45	2	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	0	5	2	0	2	.222	.314	.222	536	10	53	39	2	1.6	.263
23	Ralph Terry	p	-	23	-	MLB	24	41	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.098	.119	.098	217	4	44	39	-2	-1.4	.121
24	Duke Maas	p	-	30	-	MLB	38	40	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	0	0	5	1	1	.125	.182	.125	307	5	49	42	-2	-1.0	.192
29	Fritz Brickell	ss	-	24	-	MLB	18	39	4	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	1	.256	.275	.359	634	14	41	31	3	2.8	.321
30	Bobby Shantz	p	-	33	-	MLB	40	23	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	3	0	0	.217	.308	.304	612	7	29	21	2	3.1	.294
39	Jim Coates	p	-	26	-	MLB	37	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	232	2	22	19	-2	-3.3	.400
15	Jim Pisoni	of	-	29	-	MLB	17	17	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	2	0	0	.176	.222	.294	516	5	20	16	1	0.9	.375
26	Ryne Duren	p	-	30	-	MLB	41	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	3	0	1	.000	.176	.000	176	0	20	18	-2	-2.4	.000
47	Eli Grba	p	-	24	-	MLB	19	14	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.267	.286	552	4	16	12	1	2.5	.273
44	Ken Hunt	of	-	24	-	MLB	6	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.308	.417	724	5	13	9	2	5.0	.400
51	Gordie Windhorn	of	-	25	-	MLB	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	11	11	-	-	.000
48	John Gabler	p	-	28	-	MLB	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
47	Tom Sturdivant	p	-	29	-	MLB	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
22,49	Jim Bronstad	p	-	23	-	MLB	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	6	5	-1	-2.8	.000
45	Mark Freeman	p	-	28	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
22	Gary Blaylock	p	-	27	-	MLB	15	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	2	2	1	1	24.6	1.000
53	Johnny Kucks	p	-	25	-	MLB	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							154	5379	687	1397	224	40	153	651	45	22	457	828	30	37	76	38	101	.260	.319	.402	721	2160	5980	4219	743	4.8	.280

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	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	18	30	-	MLB	16	10	3.04	35	29	9	2	4	1	204.0	194	82	69	13	89	114	5	1	1.39	8.56	0.57	3.93	5.03	0.78	.279	1.69
28	Art Ditmar	15	30	-	MLB	13	9	2.90	38	25	7	1	7	1	202.0	156	75	65	17	52	96	0	1	1.03	6.95	0.76	2.32	4.28	0.54	.222	1.38
19	Bob Turley	27	28	-	MLB	8	11	4.32	33	22	7	3	6	0	154.1	141	80	74	15	83	111	2	0	1.45	8.22	0.87	4.84	6.47	0.75	.280	0.87
24	Duke Maas	47	30	-	MLB	14	8	4.43	38	21	3	1	9	4	138.0	149	82	68	14	53	67	1	0	1.46	9.72	0.91	3.46	4.37	0.79	.297	1.31
23	Ralph Terry	35	23	-	MLB	3	7	3.39	24	16	5	1	1	0	127.1	130	55	48	7	30	55	2	0	1.26	9.19	0.49	2.12	3.89	0.55	.294	1.11
18	Don Larsen	-	29	-	MLB	6	7	4.33	25	18	3	1	3	3	124.2	122	65	60	14	76	69	7	0	1.59	8.81	1.01	5.49	4.98	1.10	.278	1.01
39	Jim Coates	52	26	-	MLB	6	1	2.87	37	4	2	0	17	0	100.1	89	39	32	10	36	64	1	2	1.25	7.98	0.90	3.23	5.74	0.56	.258	0.69
30	Bobby Shantz	55	33	-	MLB	7	3	2.38	33	4	2	2	14	3	94.2	64	33	25	4	33	66	3	0	1.02	6.08	0.38	3.14	6.27	0.50	.223	1.32
26	Ryne Duren	32	30	-	MLB	3	6	1.88	41	0	0	0	29	14	76.2	49	18	16	6	43	96	4	0	1.20	5.75	0.70	5.05	11.27	0.45	.257	0.91
47	Eli Grba	-	24	-	MLB	2	5	6.44	19	6	0	0	5	0	50.1	52	44	36	6	39	23	0	0	1.81	9.30	1.07	6.97	4.11	1.70	.280	1.55
22,49	Jim Bronstad	-	23	-	MLB	0	3	5.22	16	3	0	0	8	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	14	1	0	1.60	10.43	0.61	3.99	4.30	0.93	.314	1.44
22	Gary Blaylock	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	3.51	15	1	0	0	7	0	25.2	30	13	10	0	15	20	1	1	1.75	10.52	0.00	5.26	7.01	0.75	.385	1.27
47	Tom Sturdivant	44	29	-	MLB	0	2	4.97	7	3	0	0	1	0	25.1	20	16	14	4	9	16	1	0	1.14	7.11	1.42	3.20	5.68	0.56	.229	1.10
48	John Gabler	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	2.79	3	1	0	0	0	0	19.1	21	6	6	1	10	11	1	0	1.60	9.78	0.47	4.66	5.12	0.91	.323	1.24
53	Johnny Kucks	41	25	-	MLB	0	1	8.64	9	1	0	0	4	0	16.2	21	16	16	5	9	9	1	0	1.80	11.34	2.70	4.86	4.86	1.00	.314	1.71
45	Mark Freeman	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	2	4	0	0	1.14	7.71	0.00	2.57	5.14	0.50	--	0.42
55	Zach Monroe	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	0	2	0	3.1	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.50	8.10	5.40	5.40	2.70	2.00	.100	2.33
Totals: (36 players)						79	75	3.60	154	154	38	11	116	28	1,399	1281	647	560	153	594	836	30	5	1.33	8.24	0.77	3.82	5.38	0.71	.267

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Yogi Berra	C	116		698	61	2	9	.997	0.00
Elston Howard	C	43		221	23	2	2	.992	0.00
Johnny Blanchard	C	12		25	1	1	1	.963	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Skowron	1B	72		626	43	6	68	.991	0.00
Marv Throneberry	1B	54		337	27	4	40	.989	0.00
Elston Howard	1B	50		444	26	7	39	.985	0.00
Norm Siebern	1B	2		15	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Johnny Blanchard	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Richardson	2B	109		256	292	17	85	.970	0.00
Gil McDougald	2B	53		119	146	3	40	.989	0.00
Fritz Brickell	2B	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tony Kubek	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	2B	1		2	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hector Lopez	3B	76		66	147	17	15	.926	0.00
Andy Carey	3B	34		39	48	8	10	.916	0.00
Gil McDougald	3B	25		13	59	2	5	.973	0.00
Tony Kubek	3B	17		20	36	2	5	.966	0.00
Clete Boyer	3B	16		9	27	1	0	.973	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	3B	12		5	24	0	3	1.000	0.00
Bobby Richardson	3B	12		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Kubek	SS	67		121	217	11	42	.968	0.00
Gil McDougald	SS	52		58	140	5	25	.975	0.00
Clete Boyer	SS	26		40	63	1	14	.990	0.00
Fritz Brickell	SS	15		14	35	4	3	.925	0.00
Bobby Richardson	SS	14		11	41	5	9	.912	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	SS	4		4	11	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mickey Mantle	OF	143		366	7	2	3	.995	0.00
Hank Bauer	OF	111		139	2	4	0	.972	0.00
Norm Siebern	OF	93		175	1	2	0	.989	0.00
Tony Kubek	OF	53		78	3	2	2	.976	0.00
Hector Lopez	OF	35		62	1	3	1	.955	0.00
Elston Howard	OF	28		47	0	1	0	.979	0.00
Enos Slaughter	OF	26		27	0	1	0	.964	0.00
Jim Pisoni	OF	15		17	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marv Throneberry	OF	13		9	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny Blanchard	OF	8		8	0	1	0	.889	0.00
Yogi Berra	OF	7		8	1	2	1	.818	0.00
Ken Hunt	OF	5		9	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gordie Windhorn	OF	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ryne Duren	P	41	76	1	9	0	2	1.000	1.18
Art Ditmar	P	38	202	21	25	3	2	.939	2.05
Duke Maas	P	38	138	5	28	1	2	.971	2.15
Jim Coates	P	37	100	7	17	2	0	.923	2.16
Whitey Ford	P	35	204	15	49	1	5	.985	2.82
Bobby Shantz	P	33	94	8	20	2	1	.933	2.68
Bob Turley	P	33	154	11	18	1	1	.967	1.69
Don Larsen	P	25	124	5	22	2	1	.931	1.96
Ralph Terry	P	24	127	10	21	2	0	.939	2.20
Eli Grba	P	19	50	3	9	1	0	.923	2.16
Jim Bronstad	P	16	29	3	6	0	0	1.000	2.78
Gary Blaylock	P	15	25	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.43
Johnny Kucks	P	9	16	1	5	0	0	1.000	3.33
Tom Sturdivant	P	7	25	3	4	0	1	1.000	2.51
John Gabler	P	3	19	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.88
Zach Monroe	P	3	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.90
Mark Freeman	P	1	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29

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