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Record: 109-53 .673.... 1st in American League
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Won World Series (Reds)
Attendance: 1,747,725

Manager - Ralph Houk

Team Leaders

HR: Maris [61]
RBI: Maris [142]
2B: Kubek [38]
SB: Mantle [12]
W: Ford [25]
SV: Arroyo [29]
SO: Ford [209]

Oldest Player: Earl Torgeson [37]
Youngest Player: Al Downing [20]
Longest Tenure: Yogi Berra [16]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jack Reed (Apr 23) Lee Thomas (Apr 22) Tom Tresh (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Al Downing (Jul 19) Hal Reniff (Jun 8) Rollie Sheldon (Apr 23)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
47	Luis Arroyo	P	34	L	L	5-8	190	2/18/1927	Penuelas, PR	MLB	1955-1963
8	Yogi Berra	C	36	L	R	5-8	194	5/12/1925	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1946-1965
38	Johnny Blanchard	OF-C	28	L	R	6-1	198	2/26/1933	Minneapolis, MN	MLB	1955-1965
6,34	Clete Boyer	3B	24	R	R	6-0	182	2/9/1937	Cassville, MO	MLB	1955-1971
17	Bob Cerv	OF	35	R	R	6-0	200	5/5/1926	Lincoln, NE	MLB	1951-1962
26	Tex Clevenger	P	28	R	R	6-1	180	7/9/1932	Visalia, CA	MLB	1954-1962
39	Jim Coates	P	28	R	R	6-4	192	8/4/1932	Farnham, VA	MLB	1956-1967
28	Bud Daley	P	28	L	L	6-1	185	10/7/1932	Orange, CA	MLB	1955-1964
20	Joe DeMaestri	SS	32	R	R	6-0	174	12/9/1928	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1961
28	Art Ditmar	P	32	R	R	6-2	196	4/3/1929	Winthrop, MA	MLB	1954-1962
24	Al Downing	P	20	R	L	5-11	177	6/28/1941	Trenton, NJ	MLB	1961-1977
26	Ryne Duren	P	32	R	R	6-1	195	2/22/1929	Cazenovia, WI	MLB	1954-1965
16	Whitey Ford	P	32	L	L	5-10	181	10/21/1928	New York, NY	MLB	1950-1967
12	Billy Gardner	2B	33	R	R	6-0	180	7/19/1927	Waterford, CT	MLB	1954-1963
25	Jesse Gonder	C	25	L	R	5-10	190	1/20/1936	Monticello, AR	MLB	1960-1967
34	Bob Hale	1B	27	L	L	5-10	195	11/7/1933	Sarasota, FL	MLB	1955-1961
32	Elston Howard	C-OF	32	R	R	6-2	200	2/23/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1955-1968
53	Johnny James	P	27	L	R	5-10	160	7/23/1933	Bonners Ferry, ID	MLB	1958-1961
6	Deron Johnson	1B-3B	22	R	R	6-2	209	7/17/1938	San Diego, CA	MLB	1960-1976
10	Tony Kubek	SS	24	L	R	6-3	191	10/12/1936	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1957-1965
11	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	31	R	R	5-11	182	7/9/1929	Colon, PN	MLB	1955-1966
29	Duke Maas	P	32	R	R	5-10	170	1/31/1929	Utica, MI	MLB	1955-1961
7	Mickey Mantle	OF	29	B	R	5-11	198	10/20/1931	Spavinaw, OK	MLB	1951-1968
9	Roger Maris	OF	26	L	R	6-0	204	9/10/1934	Hibbing, MN	MLB	1957-1968
24	Danny McDevitt	P	28	L	L	5-10	175	11/18/1932	New York, NY	MLB	1957-1962
15	Jack Reed	OF	28	R	R	6-0	185	2/2/1933	Silver City, MS	MLB	1961-1963
18	Hal Reniff	P	22	R	R	6-0	215	7/2/1938	Warren, OH	MLB	1961-1967
1	Bobby Richardson	2B	25	R	R	5-9	170	8/19/1935	Sumter, SC	MLB	1955-1966
45	Rollie Sheldon	P	24	R	R	6-4	190	12/17/1936	Putnam, CT	MLB	1961-1966
14	Bill Skowron	1B	30	R	R	5-11	195	12/18/1930	Chicago, IL	MLB	1954-1967
22	Bill Stafford	P	21	R	R	6-2	193	8/13/1939	Catskill, NY	MLB	1960-1967
23	Ralph Terry	P	25	R	R	6-3	195	1/9/1936	Big Cabin, OK	MLB	1956-1967
17	Lee Thomas	OF-1B	25	L	R	6-2	198	2/5/1936	Peoria, IL	MLB	1961-1968
29	Earl Torgeson	1B	37	L	L	6-3	180	1/1/1924	Snohomish, WA	MLB	1947-1961
15	Tom Tresh	OF-SS	23	B	R	6-0	191	9/20/1937	Detroit, MI	MLB	1961-1969
19	Bob Turley	P	30	R	R	6-2	215	9/19/1930	Troy, IL	MLB	1951-1963