🏆 World Series Champions

1956 New York Yankees

97-57 • 0.630 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

97 Wins
57 Losses
0.630 Win %
1st Rank
857 R 631 RA
Diff +226

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⚡ Quick Stats

857 Runs Scored
631 Runs Allowed
+226 Run Diff
1,491K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 4% above the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .345 2% above the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .377 12% above the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 3.63 13% better than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 857 19% above the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,491,694
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Avg per Game 19,372

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mickey Mantle 0.353 2 Tom Sturdivant 0.312 3 Gil McDougald 0.311 4 Bill Skowron 0.308 5 Bob Cerv 0.304

Home Runs

1 Mickey Mantle 52 2 Yogi Berra 30 3 Hank Bauer 26 4 Bill Skowron 23 5 Gil McDougald 13

RBI

1 Mickey Mantle 130 2 Yogi Berra 105 3 Bill Skowron 90 4 Hank Bauer 84 5 Gil McDougald 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hank Bauer 147 539 96 130 0 0 26 84 59 72 4 0.241
Mickey Mantle 150 533 132 188 0 0 52 130 112 99 10 0.353
Yogi Berra 140 521 93 155 0 0 30 105 65 29 3 0.298
Bill Skowron 134 464 78 143 0 0 23 90 50 60 4 0.308
Billy Martin 121 458 76 121 0 0 9 49 30 56 7 0.264
Gil McDougald 120 438 79 136 0 0 13 56 68 59 3 0.311
Andy Carey 132 422 54 100 0 0 7 50 45 53 9 0.237
Elston Howard 98 290 35 76 0 0 5 34 21 30 0 0.262
Joe Collins 100 262 38 59 0 0 7 43 34 33 3 0.225
Jerry Coleman 80 183 15 47 0 0 0 18 12 33 1 0.257
Norm Siebern 54 162 27 33 0 0 4 21 19 38 1 0.204
Bob Cerv 54 115 16 35 0 0 3 25 18 13 0 0.304
Enos Slaughter 24 83 15 24 0 0 0 4 5 6 1 0.289
Don Larsen 45 79 10 19 0 0 2 12 6 17 0 0.241
Whitey Ford 31 78 9 17 0 0 0 4 9 14 0 0.218
Johnny Kucks 34 77 7 11 0 0 0 1 7 25 0 0.143
Billy Hunter 39 75 8 21 0 0 0 11 2 4 0 0.280
Tom Sturdivant 32 64 5 20 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0.312
Jerry Lumpe 20 62 12 16 0 0 0 4 5 11 1 0.258
Eddie Robinson 26 54 7 12 0 0 5 11 5 3 0 0.222
Tommy Byrne 44 52 8 14 0 0 3 10 2 11 0 0.269
Mickey McDermott 46 52 4 11 0 0 1 4 8 13 0 0.212
Phil Rizzuto 31 52 6 12 0 0 0 6 6 6 3 0.231
Bob Turley 27 46 5 8 0 0 0 3 3 16 0 0.174
Irv Noren 29 37 4 8 0 0 0 6 12 7 0 0.216
Rip Coleman 29 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.042
Tom Carroll 36 17 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.353
Bob Grim 26 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 9 0 0.062
Tom Morgan 41 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.154
George Wilson 11 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.167
Charlie Silvera 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.222
Bobby Richardson 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Lou Skizas 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Ralph Terry 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Jim Konstanty 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sonny Dixon 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gerry Staley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Coates 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Whitey Ford 2.47 2 Bob Grim 2.77 3 Don Larsen 3.26 4 Tom Sturdivant 3.30 5 Tommy Byrne 3.36

Wins

1 Whitey Ford 19 2 Johnny Kucks 18 3 Tom Sturdivant 16 4 Don Larsen 11 5 Bob Turley 8

Strikeouts

1 Whitey Ford 141 2 Tom Sturdivant 110 3 Don Larsen 107 4 Bob Turley 91 5 Johnny Kucks 67
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Whitey Ford 19 6 2.47 31 30 1 225.2 84 141
Johnny Kucks 18 9 3.85 34 31 0 224.1 72 67
Don Larsen 11 5 3.26 38 20 1 179.2 96 107
Tom Sturdivant 16 8 3.30 32 17 5 158.1 52 110
Bob Turley 8 4 5.05 27 21 1 132.0 103 91
Tommy Byrne 7 3 3.36 37 8 6 109.2 72 52
Rip Coleman 3 5 3.67 29 9 2 88.1 42 42
Mickey McDermott 2 6 4.24 23 9 0 87.0 47 38
Bob Grim 6 1 2.77 26 6 5 74.2 31 48
Tom Morgan 6 7 4.16 41 0 11 71.1 27 20
Ralph Terry 1 2 9.45 3 3 0 13.1 11 8
Jim Konstanty 0 0 4.91 8 0 2 11.0 6 6
Sonny Dixon 0 1 2.08 3 0 1 4.1 5 1
Jim Coates 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 4 0
Gerry Staley 0 0 108.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 1

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
NYA def. BRO 4-3

👥 Roster (38)

Hank Bauer Yogi Berra Tommy Byrne Andy Carey Tom Carroll Bob Cerv Jim Coates Jerry Coleman Rip Coleman Joe Collins Sonny Dixon Whitey Ford +26 more

38 players

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