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Major League Baseball

Record: 97-57 .630.... 1st in American League
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Won World Series (Dodgers)
Attendance: 1,491,784

Manager - Casey Stengel

Team Leaders

HR: Mantle [52]
RBI: Mantle [130]
2B: Berra [29]
SB: Mantle [10]
W: Ford [19]
SV: Morgan [11]
SO: Ford [141]

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter [40]
Youngest Player: Tom Carroll [19]
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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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
9	Hank Bauer	OF	33	R	R	6-0	192	7/31/1922	East St. Louis, IL	MLB	1948-1961
8	Yogi Berra	C	31	L	R	5-8	194	5/12/1925	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1946-1965
23	Tommy Byrne	P	36	L	L	6-1	182	12/31/1919	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1943-1957
6	Andy Carey	3B	24	R	R	6-1	195	10/18/1931	Oakland, CA	MLB	1952-1962
40	Tom Carroll	SS-3B	19	R	R	6-3	186	9/17/1936	Jamaica, NY	MLB	1955-1959
41	Bob Cerv	OF	30	R	R	6-0	200	5/5/1926	Lincoln, NE	MLB	1951-1962
52	Jim Coates	P	23	R	R	6-4	192	8/4/1932	Farnham, VA	MLB	1956-1967
42	Jerry Coleman	2B-SS	31	R	R	6-0	170	9/14/1924	San Jose, CA	MLB	1949-1957
30	Rip Coleman	P	24	L	L	6-2	185	7/31/1931	Troy, NY	MLB	1955-1960
15	Joe Collins	1B	33	L	L	6-0	185	12/3/1922	Scranton, PA	MLB	1948-1957
21	Sonny Dixon	P	31	B	R		205	11/5/1924	Charlotte, NC	MLB	1953-1956
16	Whitey Ford	P	27	L	L	5-10	181	10/21/1928	New York, NY	MLB	1950-1967
55	Bob Grim	P	26	R	R	6-1	185	3/8/1930	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1962
32	Elston Howard	C-OF	27	R	R	6-2	200	2/23/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1955-1968
20	Billy Hunter	SS	28	R	R	6-0	180	6/4/1928	Punxsutawney, PA	MLB	1953-1958
21	Jim Konstanty	P	39	R	R	6-1	202	3/2/1917	Strykersville, NY	MLB	1944-1956
53	Johnny Kucks	P	22	R	R	6-3	184	7/27/1933	Hoboken, NJ	MLB	1955-1960
18	Don Larsen	P	26	R	R	6-4	227	8/7/1929	Michigan City, IN	MLB	1953-1967
11	Jerry Lumpe	2B	23	L	R	6-2	185	6/2/1933	Lincoln, MO	MLB	1956-1967
7	Mickey Mantle	OF	24	B	R	5-11	198	10/20/1931	Spavinaw, OK	MLB	1951-1968
1	Billy Martin	2B	28	R	R		165	5/16/1928	Berkeley, CA	MLB	1950-1961
22	Mickey McDermott	P	27	L	L	6-2	170	8/29/1928	Poughkeepsie, NY	MLB	1948-1961
12	Gil McDougald	2B-3B	28	R	R	6-1	180	5/19/1928	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1960
28	Tom Morgan	P	26	R	R	6-2	195	5/20/1930	ElMonte, CA	MLB	1951-1963
25	Irv Noren	OF	31	L	L	6-0	190	11/29/1924	Jamestown, NY	MLB	1950-1960
17	Bobby Richardson	2B	20	R	R	5-9	170	8/19/1935	Sumter, SC	MLB	1955-1966
10	Phil Rizzuto	SS	38	R	R	5-6	160	9/25/1917	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1941-1956
36	Eddie Robinson	1B	35	L	R		210	12/15/1920	Paris, TX	MLB	1942-1957
36	Norm Siebern	1B-OF	22	L	R	6-3	205	7/26/1933	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1956-1968
29	Charlie Silvera	C	31	R	R	5-10	175	10/13/1924	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1948-1957
45	Lou Skizas	OF-3B	24	R	R	5-11	175	6/2/1932	Chicago, IL	MLB	1956-1959
14	Bill Skowron	1B	25	R	R	5-11	195	12/18/1930	Chicago, IL	MLB	1954-1967
17	Enos Slaughter	OF	40	L	R	5-9	192	4/27/1916	Roxboro, NC	MLB	1938-1959
24	Gerry Staley	P	35	R	R	6-0	195	8/21/1920	Brush Prairie, WA	MLB	1947-1961
47	Tom Sturdivant	P	26	L	R	6-1	186	4/28/1930	Gordon, KS	MLB	1955-1964
21	Ralph Terry	P	20	R	R	6-3	195	1/9/1936	Big Cabin, OK	MLB	1956-1967
19	Bob Turley	P	25	R	R	6-2	215	9/19/1930	Troy, IL	MLB	1951-1963
39	George Wilson	OF	30	L	R		185	8/30/1925	Cherryville, NC	MLB	1952-1956