1956 New York Yankees season

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1956 New York Yankees 1956 World Series Champions 1956 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1956 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WPIX
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)

The New York Yankees' 1956 season was the 54th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 97-57, winning their 22nd pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. The Series featured the first and only no-hitter in Series play, a perfect game, delivered by the Yankees' Don Larsen in Game 5.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Game Log
3 Player stats
4 World Series
5 Awards and Honors
6 External links

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9
Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13
Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15
Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28
Washington Senators	59	95	.383	38
Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45

[edit] Roster

1956 New York Yankees roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

[edit] Game Log

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Hank Bauer	147	539	130	.241	26	84
Yogi Berra	140	521	155	.298	30	105
Andy Carey	132	422	100	.238	7	50
Elston Howard	98	290	76	.262	5	34
Billy Martin	121	458	121	.264	9	49
Mickey Mantle	150	533	188	.353	52	130
Gil McDougald	120	438	136	.311	13	56
Bill Skowron	134	464	143	.308	23	90

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tom Carroll	36	17	6	.353	0	0
Bob Cerv	54	115	35	.304	3	25
Jerry Coleman	80	183	47	.257	0	18
Joe Collins	100	262	59	.225	7	43
Billy Hunter	39	75	21	.280	0	11
Jerry Lumpe	20	62	16	.258	0	4
Irv Noren	29	37	8	.216	0	6
Bobby Richardson	5	7	1	.143	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	31	52	12	.231	0	6
Eddie Robinson	26	54	12	.222	5	11
Norm Siebern	54	162	33	.204	4	21
Charlie Silvera	7	9	2	.222	0	2
Lou Skizas	6	6	1	.167	0	1
Enos Slaughter	24	83	24	.289	0	4
George Wilson	11	12	2	.167	0	0

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Whitey Ford	31	225.7	19	6	2.47	141
Johnny Kucks	34	224.3	18	9	3.85	67
Don Larsen	38	179.7	11	5	3.26	107
Tom Sturdivant	32	158.3	16	8	3.30	110
Bob Turley	27	132	8	4	5.05	91

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Coates	2	2	0	0	13.50	0
Sonny Dixon	3	4.3	0	1	2.08	1
Jim Konstanty	8	11	0	0	4.91	6
Gerry Staley	1	0.3	0	0	108.00	1
Ralph Terry	3	13.3	1	2	9.45	8

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tommy Byrne	37	7	3	6	3.36	52
Rip Coleman	29	3	5	2	3.67	42
Bob Grim	26	6	1	5	2.77	48
Mickey McDermott	23	2	6	0	4.24	38
Tom Morgan	41	6	7	11	4.16	20

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1956 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6	October 3	Ebbets Field	34,479
2	Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13	October 5	Ebbets Field	36,217
3	Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5	October 6	Yankee Stadium	73,977
4	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6	October 7	Yankee Stadium	69,705
5	Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2	October 8	Yankee Stadium	64,519
6	Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings)	October 9	Ebbets Field	33,224
7	Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0	October 10	Ebbets Field	33,782

[edit] Awards and Honors

Don Larsen, Babe Ruth Award
Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
Mickey Mantle, Associated Press Athlete of the Year

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

v • d • e 1956 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington

National League	Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1956 All-Star Game • 1956 World Series

Preceded by New York Yankees 1955	American League Champions 1956	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1957
Preceded by Brooklyn Dodgers 1955	World Series Champions New York Yankees 1956	Succeeded by Milwaukee Braves 1957

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New York Yankees 1956 World Series roster

v • d • e New York Yankees

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