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1959 New York Yankees  (1958)  (1960) 90-64, 1st in American League Scored 696 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .726 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 79-75 Manager(s): Billy Vanson Defeated Chicago Cubs 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        27  153  569  120  165  19   2  34   89  19   7   94  127  .290  .390  .510  121   7.7  1(-3)e2    -5  
 C  *Yogi Berra           34  124  479   76  155  38   2  20   82   2   1   34   45  .324  .371  .537   91   7.2  2(-1)e2    98  
 1B  Elston Howard        30  144  482   57  140  31   8  18   63   0   0   27   52  .290  .335  .500   76   5.7  4e23       52  
 SS *Tony Kubek           23  148  537   67  150  24   9  14   66   1   5   31   51  .279  .323  .436   71   4.6  4e27       55  
 2B  Bobby Richardson     23  136  505   63  155  14  10   2   52   5   6   27   32  .307  .340  .386   65   4.5  2e26       13  
 1B  Bill Skowron         28  111  295   38   79  12   8  14   60   0   0   30   48  .268  .337  .505   48   5.8  3e14      -45  
 UT  Gil McDougald        31  137  429   47  113  18   6   4   44   0   1   23   44  .263  .307  .361   45   3.6              7  
 OF *Norm Siebern         25  131  383   44   89  16   0  11   45   0   1   41   81  .232  .312  .360   45   4.0  4(+1)e4   -72  
 3B *Billy Klaus          30  124  343   54   83  11   0   6   32   5   0   55   48  .242  .343  .327   42   4.2  3e21        8  
 OF *Leon Wagner          25   58  134   21   36   6   6   8   23   0   1   15   30  .269  .347  .582   26   7.2  4(-1)e20  149  
 OF *Marty Keough         25   94  196   36   37   9   4   3   17   1   1   26   38  .189  .292  .321   20   3.3  3(0)e3   -125  
 OF  Hank Bauer           36  118  360   33   63  14   0   6   38   2   0   21   70  .175  .219  .264   20   1.8  2(-2)e9  -200  
 OF *Marv Throneberry     25   43   69    7   18   1   0   4   18   0   0    8   20  .261  .325  .449   10   5.0  4(0)e16    82  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       43   40   45    8   11   2   0   2    7   0   0   12    5  .244  .404  .422    8   6.6  4(+2)e13  215  
 2B  Jerry Adair          22   17   33    3   10   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    7  .303  .314  .364    3   4.4  3e56      -27  
 3B  Harry Bright         29   17   58    4    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    8   21  .121  .227  .190    2   1.4  4e32     -362  
 OF *Johnny Blanchard     26    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(+2)e25 -546  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           703                   -2

     * - 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  Art Ditmar           30  20   7  .741  32  31   2   0   0   0   1  214.0  175   70   64  14   61   89  2.69   75   3.2  -22  
  P *Whitey Ford          30  16   7  .696  29  29   8   0   0   0   5  223.1  206   86   82  18   90  126  3.30   93   3.7  -25  
  P *Vinegar Bend Mizell  28  12   7  .632  32  32   1   0   0   0   0  194.0  150   63   59  17   82   95  2.74   67   3.1 -146  
  P  Ralph Terry          23  11  10  .524  27  27   0   0   0   0   0  158.2  174   66   65  14   45   88  3.69   82   4.8  -26  
  P *Bobby Shantz         33   8   4  .667  48   0   0  24   8   4   0   93.0   82   39   30   5   33   59  2.90   36   3.5   71  
  P  Jim Coates           26   7   5  .583  38   4   0  16   4   3   0   92.2   77   34   33   4   29   80  3.21   31   3.0  -94  
  P  Bob Turley           28   6  10  .375  20  20   0   0   0   0   0  117.0  117   65   64  15   52   77  4.92   66   5.1    0  
  P  Tom Sturdivant       29   3   2  .600  28   0   0  20   2   0   0   44.0   40   23   22   9   17   31  4.50   21   4.4  -38  
  P  Bob Grim             29   3   3  .500  33   7   0  15   2   0   0   90.0   95   53   47   6   37   45  4.70   46   4.7  -54  
  P  Ryne Duren           30   2   3  .400  48   0   0  45  31   6   0   65.1   36   19   16   5   35   72  2.20   15   2.1  -73  
  P  Don Larsen           29   1   2  .333  22   2   0  10   4   0   0   47.1   54   34   31   6   36   22  5.89   35   6.6   65  
  P  Duke Maas            30   1   4  .200  32   2   0  13   0   0   0   64.2   75   35   33   9   29   24  4.59   41   5.7   30  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      615        -35

     * - 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 1029 117 118 659 30 1 0 .999 21 14 Elston Howard 375 37 62 261 21 2 8 .993 1 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elston Howard 710 83 83 685 46 8 67 .989 9.27 Bill Skowron 645 66 87 653 50 4 69 .994 9.81 Marv Throneberry 23 2 5 20 3 0 4 1.000 9.00 Norm Siebern 17 2 4 17 1 0 1 1.000 9.35 Marty Keough 9 1 2 8 0 1 0 .889 8.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Richardson 1137 123 129 333 383 12 96 .984 5.67 Gil McDougald 127 15 17 34 41 0 7 1.000 5.31 Jerry Adair 64 7 14 21 20 1 5 .976 5.77 Tony Kubek 52 6 7 19 21 1 7 .976 6.92 Billy Klaus 24 3 4 10 5 1 1 .938 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Klaus 778 84 95 64 192 5 18 .981 2.96 Gil McDougald 412 46 54 37 108 4 12 .973 3.17 Harry Bright 152 17 17 16 38 2 4 .964 3.20 Bobby Richardson 53 6 7 5 17 0 2 1.000 3.74 Tony Kubek 9 1 1 5 3 0 0 1.000 8.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Kubek 860 102 105 202 299 7 54 .986 5.25 Gil McDougald 480 47 77 118 147 8 37 .971 4.97 Billy Klaus 61 5 15 7 26 0 6 1.000 4.90 Jerry Adair 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Norm Siebern 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Siebern 851 97 108 190 3 1 0 .995 2.04 Leon Wagner 249 29 35 51 1 5 0 .912 1.88 Marty Keough 145 16 20 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.98 Hank Bauer 40 4 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 Tony Kubek 36 0 16 5 0 2 0 .714 1.24 Elston Howard 32 2 9 14 0 1 0 .933 3.94 Enos Slaughter 28 3 5 4 2 1 0 .857 1.93 Marv Throneberry 23 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Mantle 1369 151 153 368 13 2 1 .995 2.50 Marty Keough 35 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Bauer 801 83 110 153 3 3 0 .981 1.75 Tony Kubek 295 36 36 55 2 0 0 1.000 1.74 Marty Keough 204 25 27 43 1 1 0 .978 1.94 Marv Throneberry 40 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Enos Slaughter 27 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Yogi Berra 18 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Norm Siebern 10 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Mickey Mantle 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Johnny Blanchard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Elston Howard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Billy Klaus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1959 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Vinegar Bend Mizell
Round 2 (#22):	Tom Sturdivant
Round 4 (#44):	Bob Grim
Round 5 (#57):	Marty Keough
Round 6 (#70):	Leon Wagner
Round 7 (#82):	Jerry Adair
Round 8 (#91):	Harry Bright
Round 9 (#99):	Marv Throneberry
Round 10 (#105):	Riverboat Smith

Transactions

• 1959 postseason: released Marty Keough, Marv Throneberry

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