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Major League Baseball

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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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	Elston Howard	32	129	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	3	6	1	4	5	.348	.387	.549	936
1B	Bill Skowron	30	150	561	76	150	23	4	28	89	0	0	35	108	8	9	0	3	21	.267	.318	.472	790
2B	Bobby Richardson	25	162	662	80	173	17	5	3	49	9	7	30	23	2	1	10	2	15	.261	.295	.316	611
3B	Clete Boyer	24	148	504	61	113	19	5	11	55	1	3	63	83	2	4	1	8	13	.224	.308	.347	655
SS	Tony Kubek	24	153	617	84	170	38	6	8	46	1	3	27	60	1	1	10	3	7	.276	.306	.395	701
OF	Roger Maris	26	161	590	132	159	16	4	61	142	0	0	94	67	7	0	0	7	16	.269	.372	.620	992
OF	Mickey Mantle	29	153	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	0	9	1	5	2	.317	.448	.687	1135
OF	Yogi Berra	36	119	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	0	35	28	2	4	0	5	7	.271	.330	.466	796

C	Johnny Blanchard	28	93	243	38	74	10	1	21	54	1	0	27	28	4	9	0	1	6	.305	.382	.613	995
P	Whitey Ford	32	39	96	11	17	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	17	0	0	5	1	1	.177	.266	.188	454
OF	Hector Lopez	31	93	243	27	54	7	2	3	22	1	0	24	38	1	1	2	3	8	.222	.292	.305	597
P	Bill Stafford	21	36	67	5	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	11	0	0	3	0	0	.179	.225	.239	464
OF	Bob Cerv	35	57	118	17	32	5	1	6	20	1	0	12	17	1	0	0	0	6	.271	.344	.483	827
P	Ralph Terry	25	31	66	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	16	0	0	5	1	1	.227	.235	.258	493
3B	Billy Gardner	33	41	99	11	21	5	0	1	2	0	0	6	18	3	0	1	0	4	.212	.278	.293	571
P	Jim Coates	28	43	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	1	0	8	0	0	.029	.081	.029	110
P	Rollie Sheldon	24	36	56	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	24	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.155	.125	280
P	Luis Arroyo	34	65	25	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.280	.280	.360	640
P	Bud Daley	28	23	45	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.133	.152	.156	308
P	Bob Turley	30	15	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	1	.095	.091	.095	186
SS	Joe DeMaestri	32	30	41	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	.146	.146	.146	292
P	Art Ditmar	32	12	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	106
3B	Deron Johnson	22	13	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	.105	.182	.105	287
P	Ryne Duren	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B	Earl Torgeson	37	22	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.385	.111	496
P	Johnny James	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B	Bob Hale	27	11	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.385	539
P	Duke Maas	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Jack Reed	28	28	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368
	Jesse Gonder	25	15	12	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.467	.417	884
SS	Tom Tresh	23	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500
P	Hal Reniff	22	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Tex Clevenger	28	21	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750
	Lee Thomas	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
P	Al Downing	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Danny McDevitt	28	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500
Batting Totals			162	5559	827	1461	194	40	240	782	28	18	543	785	35	45	57	45	120	.263	.330	.442	772