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1955 New York Yankees  (1954)  (1956) 84-70, 2nd in American League Scored 731 runs, Allowed 607 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .734 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 92-62   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 96-58 Manager(s): Billy Vanson

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Mickey Mantle        23  150  561  133  164  24  10  51  122   6   0  104  105  .292  .405  .643  150   9.8  2(-4)e2     6  
 OF  Hank Bauer           32  141  499   71  144  19   5  23   88   9   2   56   57  .289  .359  .485   90   6.5  1(-3)e7    23  
 C  *Yogi Berra           30  143  552   72  146  22   4  26   92   2   1   71   29  .264  .353  .460   89   5.7  1(-3)e7    -6  
 3B  Gil McDougald        27  146  571   85  150  11   5  13   55   5   4   68   84  .263  .342  .368   76   4.6  2e19      -58  
 SS  Chico Carrasquel     29  130  490   73  129   8   4  12   50   3   3   60   56  .263  .351  .369   67   4.5  2e22       37  
 1B  Bill Skowron         24  107  311   37  104  15   4  11   65   1   0   27   42  .334  .382  .514   57   6.8  3e18        3  
 OF  Johnny Groth         28   83  264   39   77  17   6   4   35   2   1   30   34  .292  .361  .447   42   5.8  2(-1)e5   115  
 OF  Elston Howard        26   90  298   36   83  16   7   4   31   0   0   25   42  .279  .332  .419   41   4.9  4(-1)e8   -60  
 2B *Fred Hatfield        30  116  372   48   81  11   1  10   37   0   3   39   50  .218  .305  .333   39   3.4  3e23      -40  
 1B *Joe Collins          32   95  291   34   59   6   5  12   42   0   0   43   38  .203  .309  .381   36   4.1  2e4       -63  
 3B  Rocky Bridges        27   82  191   21   51   6   0   2   10   3   1   24   21  .267  .349  .330   23   4.2  2e18       11  
 SS  Phil Rizzuto         37   75  122   16   28   6   2   0    8   6   1   18   15  .230  .331  .311   14   3.9  3e36      -48  
 OF *Gene Woodling        32   37  124   10   22   2   2   2    8   2   2   18    9  .177  .290  .274   10   2.5  3(+1)e2  -173  
 OF  Gus Zernial          32   18   62    7   17   1   1   4    9   0   0    0   15  .274  .274  .516    7   4.4  5(+2)e13  -22  
 2B  Jerry Coleman        30   43   73   14   17   2   0   0    4   0   0    8    5  .233  .333  .260    7   3.1  3e18       -9  
 1B *Tex Nelson           18   28   37    3    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    8   15  .243  .378  .243    4   4.0  4e30       85  
 1B  Ron Jackson          21    2    7    2    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .286  .286  .286    0   3.9  4e20      -30  
 C   Charlie Silvera      30   26   24    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .083  .185  .125    0    .5  3(+1)e16 -226  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           760                  -10

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Whitey Ford          26  21  10  .677  35  35  14   0   0   0   4  273.2  189   85   78  15  116  149  2.57   81   2.6  -62  
  P  Bob Turley           24  16  13  .552  34  34   7   0   0   0   3  258.2  158  100   86  19  180  237  2.99   89   3.1  -50  
  P *Chet Nichols         24  10  11  .476  42  19   0  15   1   1   0  148.2  151   80   74  26   66   55  4.48   85   5.2  -11  
  P *Tommy Byrne          35   8   9  .471  28  28   0   0   0   0   0  171.1  197   97   82  10  111   69  4.31  108   5.6   62  
  P  Saul Rogovin         32   7   3  .700  17   8   2   3   0   1   2   74.2   51   21   20   3   22   25  2.41   20   2.4  -71  
  P  Babe Birrer          26   5   1  .833  48   0   0  36  16   2   0   70.0   63   26   23   3   20   26  2.96   26   3.3 -118  
  P  Don Larsen           25   5   8  .385  27  14   0   9   4   0   0  103.2   93   52   44  13   56   61  3.82   53   4.6   33  
  P  Bob Grim             25   5   8  .385  46   6   0  30  12   7   0   93.0   89   43   42  10   39   64  4.06   47   4.6   -4  
  P  Tom Sturdivant       25   3   3  .500  40   0   0  23   4   3   0   64.2   60   37   35   9   50   40  4.87   39   5.4  104  
  P  Rudy Minarcin        25   3   4  .429  44  10   0  12   1   5   0  113.0  126   59   54  11   51   42  4.30   63   5.0  -64  
  P  Mel Wright           27   1   0 1.000   7   0   0   3   2   0   0   10.2   14    7    4   1    5    6  3.38    6   5.4   24  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      621        -21

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Yogi Berra 1272 142 143 824 38 6 6 .993 9 10 Elston Howard 106 12 14 64 3 1 0 .985 3 1 Charlie Silvera 4 0 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Collins 740 84 89 757 88 2 72 .998 10.28 Bill Skowron 591 64 74 600 84 6 66 .991 10.41 Tex Nelson 34 4 6 32 5 0 7 1.000 9.79 Ron Jackson 17 2 2 20 1 1 2 .955 11.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Fred Hatfield 902 107 109 238 277 14 76 .974 5.14 Gil McDougald 294 35 35 85 106 4 25 .979 5.84 Jerry Coleman 175 12 41 47 58 0 19 1.000 5.40 Phil Rizzuto 9 0 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00 Rocky Bridges 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil McDougald 977 108 114 70 256 9 23 .973 3.00 Rocky Bridges 306 36 38 18 62 5 4 .941 2.35 Bill Skowron 97 10 14 6 24 7 1 .811 2.77 Jerry Coleman 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 .333 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chico Carrasquel 1127 126 126 258 457 23 99 .969 5.71 Phil Rizzuto 189 23 27 45 71 8 12 .935 5.51 Rocky Bridges 52 4 13 7 18 0 4 1.000 4.33 Mickey Mantle 10 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Fred Hatfield 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elston Howard 586 66 67 128 9 5 1 .965 2.11 Johnny Groth 505 54 68 115 5 3 0 .976 2.14 Gene Woodling 155 17 19 31 1 1 0 .970 1.86 Gus Zernial 121 15 15 17 1 1 0 .947 1.34 Tex Nelson 15 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Mantle 1331 149 149 399 16 2 1 .995 2.81 Johnny Groth 51 5 8 18 2 0 0 1.000 3.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Bauer 1195 132 137 225 5 5 1 .979 1.73 Gene Woodling 132 15 15 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 Johnny Groth 30 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Elston Howard 22 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Joe Collins 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Fred Hatfield
Round 2 (#28):	Chet Nichols
Round 3 (#41):	Rocky Bridges
Round 4 (#54):	Johnny Groth
Round 5 (#67):	Babe Birrer
Round 6 (#79):	Charlie Silvera
Round 7 (#87):	Rudy Minarcin
Round 8 (#92):	Steve Korcheck
Round 9 (#95):	Mel Wright
Round 10 (#97):	Buddy Peterson
Round 11 (#99):	Tex Nelson
Round 12 (#100):	Ron Jackson

Transactions

• 1955-04: traded Gus Zernial to NY2 for Chico Carrasquel
• 1955-12: traded NYA#2 to KCA for Gene Woodling
• 1955 postseason: released Rocky Bridges, Ron Jackson, Chet Nichols, Charlie Silvera

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