1957 New York Yankees season

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1957 New York Yankees 1957 AL Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1957 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WPIX
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber)

The New York Yankees' 1957 season was the 55th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 98-56, winning their 23rd pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Milwaukee Braves in 7 games.

1 Regular season
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	98	56	.636	--
Chicago White Sox	90	64	.584	8
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	16
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20
Baltimore Orioles	76	76	.500	21
Cleveland Indians	76	77	.497	21.5
Kansas City Athletics	59	94	.386	38.5
Washington Senators	55	99	.357	43

[edit] Notable Transactions

June 4, 1957: Clete Boyer was sent by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on February 19, 1957. The Kansas City Athletics sent players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

[edit] Roster

1957 New York Yankees roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

Coaches

[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	137	479	124	.259	18	65
Yogi Berra	134	482	121	.251	24	82
Andy Carey	85	247	63	.255	6	33
Elston Howard	110	356	90	.253	8	44
Mickey Mantle	144	473	173	.365	34	94
Gil McDougald	120	438	136	.311	13	56
Bobby Richardson	141	539	156	.289	13	62
Bill Skowron	122	457	139	.304	17	88

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Zeke Bella	5	10	1	.100	0	0
Jerry Coleman	72	157	42	.268	2	12
Joe Collins	79	149	30	.201	2	10
Bobby Del Greco	8	7	3	.429	0	0
Woodie Held	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Darrell Johnson	21	46	10	.217	1	8
Tony Kubek	127	431	128	.297	3	39
Jerry Lumpe	40	103	35	.340	0	11
Billy Martin	43	145	35	.241	1	12
Harry Simpson	75	224	56	.250	7	39
Enos Slaughter	96	209	53	.254	5	34

[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	24	129.3	11	5	2.57	84
Johnny Kucks	37	179.3	8	10	3.56	78
Don Larsen	27	139.7	10	4	3.74	81
Bobby Shantz	30	173	11	5	2.45	72
Tom Sturdivant	28	201.7	16	6	2.54	118
Bob Turley	32	176.3	13	6	2.71	152

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sal Maglie	6	26	2	0	1.73	9
Ralph Terry	7	20.7	1	1	3.05	7

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tommy Byrne	30	4	6	2	4.36	9
Al Cicotte	20	2	2	2	3.03	36
Art Ditmar	46	8	3	6	3.25	64
Bob Grim	46	12	8	19	2.63	52

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1957 World Series

NL Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Braves – 1, Yankees – 3	October 2	Yankee Stadium	69,476
2	Braves – 4, Yankees – 2	October 3	Yankee Stadium	65,202
3	Yankees – 12, Braves – 3	October 5	Milwaukee County Stadium	45,804
4	Yankees – 5, Braves – 7 (10 innings)	October 6	Milwaukee County Stadium	45,804
5	Yankees – 0, Braves – 1	October 7	Milwaukee County Stadium	45,811
6	Braves – 2, Yankees – 3	October 9	Yankee Stadium	61,408
7	Braves – 5, Yankees – 0	October 10	Yankee Stadium	61,207

[edit] Awards and Honors

Mickey Mantle, American League MVP

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

v • d • e 1957 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

1957 All-Star Game • 1957 World Series

Preceded by New York Yankees 1956	American League Champions 1957	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1958

v • d • e New York Yankees

Formerly the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Highlanders • Based in the Bronx, New York City, New York

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