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1956 New York Yankees  (1955)  (1957) 101-53, 1st in American League Scored 811 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .723 Park Factor: Batting - 112 / Pitching - 110 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 92-63   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-57 Manager(s): Billy Vanson Defeated New York Giants in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 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        24  154  549  151  188  22   6  54  138  10   0  157  110  .342  .488  .699  203  14.8  2(-3)e5    18  
 1B  Bill Skowron         25  137  491   74  164  28   4  32   96   2   2   53   59  .334  .405  .603  114   8.9  3e11       98  
 C  *Yogi Berra           31  130  492   92  142  24   0  34  108   1   0   71   30  .289  .380  .545  102   7.6  2(-2)e7    14  
 2B  Gil McDougald        28  140  472   82  139   5   5  17   64   4   7   64   75  .294  .384  .434   82   6.2  2e14      -29  
 OF  Hank Bauer           33  148  549   75  133  25   8  29  106   2   3   45   74  .242  .295  .475   74   4.5  1(-3)e10   10  
 SS  Don Buddin           22  114  406   68   97  24   0   7   41   1   0   64   83  .239  .347  .350   53   4.5  3e42        3  
 3B  Foster Castleman     25  124  420   42  110  28   5  12   65   4   2   16   57  .262  .286  .438   50   4.0  3e27       75  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       40  117  323   66   91  15   6   3   15   3   0   31   30  .282  .352  .393   44   4.9  4(+1)e5    -1  
 OF  Gus Zernial          33   93  245   36   62  13   0  16   41   2   0   31   42  .253  .344  .502   41   5.8  4(+2)e6    86  
 UT  Elston Howard        27   86  250   15   59   7   3   5   29   0   0   10   26  .236  .265  .348   19   2.6            -61  
 1B *Joe Collins          33   74  169   22   31   2   2   5   16   0   0   19   18  .183  .265  .308   13   2.6  2e7       -88  
 2B  Jerry Coleman        31   55  175   18   40   7   1   0   15   1   3   10   33  .229  .275  .280   13   2.3  2e20      -45  
 3B  Clete Boyer          19   76  128   13   27   7   0   0   10   0   1   12   23  .211  .284  .266   10   2.6  2e23      -13  
 PH  Mike Baxes           25   51  106   14   15   1   0   1    4   0   0   19   20  .142  .272  .179    6   2.0           -189  
 OF  Sam Mele             34   78   59    7   18   4   0   1    7   0   0    4   10  .305  .349  .424    6   3.8  3(0)e12    32  
 SS  Phil Rizzuto         38   11   35    4    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .229  .270  .286    3   2.6  3e48       15  
 OF  Dick Tettelbach      27    3    5    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .400  .400 1.000    2  18.0  4(+1)e16  815  
 3B  Frank Malzone        26    3    8    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .375  .375  .500    1   6.8  3e37      373  
 2B  Reno Bertoia         21   10   22    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    3  .091  .231  .091    0    .9  3e17     -196  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           846                   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          27  21   7  .750  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  230.1  186   81   76  15   70  127  2.97   79   3.1  -32  
  P *Vinegar Bend Mizell  25  21   7  .750  32  32   1   0   0   0   0  212.2  167   84   70  14   99  160  2.96   84   3.6  -51  
  P  Murry Dickson        39  15  10  .600  31  31   6   0   0   0   3  212.2  218  118  106  21   84  114  4.49  116   4.9   58  
  P  Tom Sturdivant       26  14   4  .778  29  21   2   7   4   1   2  156.0  140   53   43  17   43  111  2.48   62   3.6  -13  
  P  Don Larsen           26  11   8  .579  27  27   0   0   0   0   0  175.2  143   89   74  23   99  106  3.79   81   4.1   17  
  P  Virgil Trucks        39   7   6  .538  58   1   0  34   9   1   0  114.2  121   69   48  15   55   34  3.77   69   5.3   42  
  P  Bob Grim             26   4   2  .667  52   0   0  47  29   1   0   78.0   54   15   15   2   31   51  1.73   19   2.2 -133  
  P *Tommy Byrne          36   3   3  .500  56   0   0  32  12   3   0  105.0  108   46   45  15   50   52  3.86   57   4.9  -12  
  P  Bob Turley           25   3   4  .429  21   6   0  11   0   1   0   55.0   57   36   33   5   40   32  5.40   33   5.3  -52  
  P  Glenn Cox            25   2   1  .667   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   20.0   12    8    8   1   15    8  3.60    8   3.8  -45  
  P  Saul Rogovin         33   0   1  .000  23   0   0  13   1   0   0   37.2   40   16   15   4    9   19  3.58   22   5.2 -104  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      634        -13

     * - 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 1128 125 126 725 27 6 4 .992 12 8 Elston Howard 270 29 37 192 15 0 3 1.000 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Skowron 1027 115 117 1020 78 7 115 .994 9.62 Joe Collins 360 38 56 379 23 1 35 .998 10.06 Sam Mele 11 1 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 6.55 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil McDougald 927 105 107 276 297 13 85 .978 5.57 Jerry Coleman 388 40 52 120 107 7 35 .970 5.27 Reno Bertoia 55 6 8 16 20 1 1 .973 5.89 Mike Baxes 15 2 2 6 3 0 1 1.000 5.40 Clete Boyer 10 1 2 7 1 0 1 1.000 7.20 Foster Castleman 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Foster Castleman 939 116 118 99 209 15 26 .954 2.95 Clete Boyer 346 27 74 45 75 6 8 .952 3.12 Bill Skowron 73 8 10 10 15 3 1 .893 3.08 Frank Malzone 20 2 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 Gil McDougald 15 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20 Reno Bertoia 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jerry Coleman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Buddin 915 103 109 149 371 24 69 .956 5.12 Mike Baxes 204 24 28 25 71 10 11 .906 4.24 Gil McDougald 192 17 34 36 89 2 20 .984 5.86 Phil Rizzuto 79 9 9 23 37 6 8 .909 6.84 Clete Boyer 5 1 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 10.80 Foster Castleman 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jerry Coleman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Slaughter 601 76 80 117 5 3 1 .976 1.83 Gus Zernial 496 60 66 95 5 4 0 .962 1.81 Sam Mele 146 1 66 25 1 1 0 .963 1.60 Elston Howard 144 17 20 34 1 1 0 .972 2.19 Joe Collins 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 Dick Tettelbach 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Baxes 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Mantle 1398 154 154 406 28 3 2 .993 2.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Bauer 1265 139 143 276 9 5 2 .983 2.03 Elston Howard 91 10 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 Enos Slaughter 33 4 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.18 Joe Collins 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Don Buddin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1956 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Virgil Trucks
Round 2 (#21):	Don Buddin
Round 2 (#28):	Foster Castleman
Round 3 (#42):	Saul Rogovin
Round 4 (#56):	Mike Baxes
Round 5 (#67):	Sam Mele
Round 6 (#76):	Reno Bertoia
Round 7 (#81):	Clete Boyer
Round 8 (#86):	Frank Malzone
Round 9 (#90):	Glenn Cox
Round 10 (#94):	Dick Tettelbach

Transactions

• 1956 postseason: released Reno Bertoia, Clete Boyer, Foster Castleman

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