1956 New York Yankees

Major League Baseball

Record: 97-57 .630.... 1st in AL
Manager(s): Casey Stengel
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Won World Series (Dodgers)
Attendance: 1,491,784

HR: Mickey Mantle [52]
RBI: Mickey Mantle [130]
2B: Yogi Berra [29]
SB: Mickey Mantle [10]

W: Whitey Ford [19]
SV: Tom Morgan [11]
SO: Whitey Ford [141]

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter [40]
Youngest Player: Tom Carroll [20]
Longest Tenure: Phil Rizzuto [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jerry Lumpe (Apr 17) Norm Siebern (Jun 15) Lou Skizas (Apr 19)
Pitchers: Jim Coates (Sep 21) Ralph Terry (Aug 6)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	8	Yogi Berra	31	140	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	3	2	65	29	5	7	1	5	8	.298	.378	.534	912
1B	14	Bill Skowron	25	134	464	78	143	21	6	23	90	4	4	50	60	6	3	2	1	16	.308	.382	.528	910
2B	1	Billy Martin	28	121	458	76	121	24	5	9	49	7	3	30	56	3	0	8	5	8	.264	.310	.397	707
3B	6	Andy Carey	24	132	422	54	100	18	2	7	50	9	6	45	53	2	4	6	5	9	.237	.310	.339	649
SS	12	Gil McDougald	28	120	438	79	136	13	3	13	56	3	8	68	59	3	1	7	2	5	.311	.405	.443	848
OF	9	Hank Bauer	33	147	539	96	130	18	7	26	84	4	2	59	72	2	3	7	5	11	.241	.316	.445	761
OF	7	Mickey Mantle	24	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	10	1	112	99	2	6	1	4	4	.353	.464	.705	1169
OF	32	Elston Howard	27	98	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	0	1	21	30	1	6	2	2	11	.262	.312	.362	674

OF-1B	15	Joe Collins	33	100	262	38	59	5	3	7	43	3	1	34	33	1	2	1	3	5	.225	.313	.347	660
P	18	Don Larsen	26	45	79	10	19	5	0	2	12	0	0	6	17	0	0	1	0	2	.241	.294	.380	674
2B-SS	42	Jerry Coleman	31	80	183	15	47	5	1	0	18	1	2	12	33	1	2	6	1	5	.257	.305	.295	600
P	16	Whitey Ford	27	31	78	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	14	0	0	5	0	0	.218	.299	.244	543
OF	36	Norm Siebern	22	54	162	27	33	1	4	4	21	1	1	19	38	0	0	2	1	3	.204	.286	.333	619
P	53	Johnny Kucks	22	34	77	7	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	25	1	0	6	0	0	.143	.224	.156	380
OF	41	Bob Cerv	30	54	115	16	35	5	6	3	25	0	1	18	13	0	0	1	1	3	.304	.396	.530	926
P	47	Tom Sturdivant	26	32	64	5	20	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	1	0	.313	.308	.359	667
OF	17	Enos Slaughter	40	24	83	15	24	4	2	0	4	1	1	5	6	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.330	.386	716
P	23	Tommy Byrne	36	44	52	8	14	1	1	3	10	0	0	2	11	0	1	2	0	1	.269	.296	.500	796
SS	20	Billy Hunter	28	39	75	8	21	3	4	0	11	0	1	2	4	0	0	2	0	3	.280	.299	.427	726
P	19	Bob Turley	25	27	46	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	16	0	0	3	0	0	.174	.224	.217	441
SS	11	Jerry Lumpe	23	20	62	12	16	3	0	0	4	1	1	5	11	0	2	1	0	1	.258	.313	.306	619
P	30	Rip Coleman	24	29	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	2	0	0	.042	.080	.042	122
1B	36	Eddie Robinson	35	26	54	7	12	1	0	5	11	0	1	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	.222	.323	.519	842
P	55	Bob Grim	26	26	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	0	0	1	0	0	.063	.250	.063	313
P	22	Mickey McDermott	27	46	52	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	13	0	0	1	0	4	.212	.317	.269	586
P	28	Tom Morgan	26	41	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368
SS	10	Phil Rizzuto	38	31	52	6	12	0	0	0	6	3	0	6	6	0	0	7	0	1	.231	.310	.231	541
P	21	Jim Konstanty	39	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
OF	25	Irv Noren	31	29	37	4	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	7	0	2	0	0	1	.216	.408	.243	651
P	24	Gerry Staley	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
3B	40	Tom Carroll	19	36	17	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.353	742
OF	39	George Wilson	30	11	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.167	500
C	29	Charlie Silvera	31	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.364	.222	586
2B	17	Bobby Richardson	20	5	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286
	45	Lou Skizas	24	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334
P	21	Ralph Terry	20	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334
P	21	Sonny Dixon	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
Batting Totals:				154	5312	857	1433	193	55	190	788	51	37	615	755	30	40	82	36	102	.270	.347	.434	781

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