1959 New York Yankees

79-75 • 0.513 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
75 Losses
0.513 Win %
3rd Rank
687 R 647 RA
Diff +40

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⚡ Quick Stats

687 Runs Scored
647 Runs Allowed
+40 Run Diff
1,656K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 3% above the 1959 league average (.253)
OBP .317 1% below the 1959 league average (.321)
SLG .345 4% above the 1959 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.60 7% better than the 1959 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 687 2% above the 1959 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,656,010
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Avg per Game 21,506

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Richardson 0.301 2 Bill Skowron 0.298 3 Mickey Mantle 0.285 4 Yogi Berra 0.284 5 Hector Lopez 0.283

Home Runs

1 Mickey Mantle 31 2 Yogi Berra 19 3 Elston Howard 18 4 Hector Lopez 16 5 Bill Skowron 15

RBI

1 Mickey Mantle 75 2 Elston Howard 73 3 Yogi Berra 69 4 Hector Lopez 69 5 Bill Skowron 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Mantle 144 541 104 154 0 0 31 75 93 126 21 0.285
Tony Kubek 132 512 67 143 0 0 6 51 24 46 3 0.279
Yogi Berra 131 472 64 134 0 0 19 69 43 38 1 0.284
Bobby Richardson 134 469 53 141 0 0 2 33 26 20 5 0.301
Elston Howard 125 443 59 121 0 0 18 73 20 57 0 0.273
Gil McDougald 127 434 44 109 0 0 4 34 35 40 0 0.251
Hector Lopez 112 406 60 115 0 0 16 69 28 54 3 0.283
Norm Siebern 120 380 52 103 0 0 11 53 41 71 3 0.271
Hank Bauer 114 341 44 81 0 0 9 39 33 54 4 0.238
Bill Skowron 74 282 39 84 0 0 15 59 20 47 1 0.298
Marv Throneberry 80 192 27 46 0 0 8 22 18 51 0 0.240
Clete Boyer 47 114 4 20 0 0 0 3 6 23 1 0.175
Andy Carey 41 101 11 26 0 0 3 9 7 17 1 0.257
Enos Slaughter 74 99 10 17 0 0 6 21 13 19 1 0.172
Art Ditmar 38 76 6 15 0 0 1 11 0 10 1 0.197
Whitey Ford 35 65 6 15 0 0 1 6 12 11 0 0.231
Johnny Blanchard 49 59 6 10 0 0 2 4 7 12 0 0.169
Don Larsen 29 47 8 12 0 0 0 8 7 15 0 0.255
Bob Turley 33 46 3 4 0 0 0 1 5 18 0 0.087
Jerry Lumpe 18 45 2 10 0 0 0 2 6 7 0 0.222
Ralph Terry 24 41 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.098
Duke Maas 38 40 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 15 0 0.125
Fritz Brickell 18 39 4 10 0 0 1 4 1 10 0 0.256
Bobby Shantz 40 23 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0.217
Jim Coates 37 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 0.095
Jim Pisoni 17 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.176
Ryne Duren 41 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.000
Eli Grba 19 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.214
Ken Hunt 6 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.333
Gordie Windhorn 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
John Gabler 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Sturdivant 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jim Bronstad 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Gary Blaylock 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Mark Freeman 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Johnny Kucks 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Zach Monroe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ryne Duren 1.88 2 Bobby Shantz 2.38 3 Jim Coates 2.87 4 Art Ditmar 2.90 5 Whitey Ford 3.04

Wins

1 Whitey Ford 16 2 Duke Maas 14 3 Art Ditmar 13 4 Bob Turley 8 5 Bobby Shantz 7

Strikeouts

1 Whitey Ford 114 2 Bob Turley 111 3 Art Ditmar 96 4 Ryne Duren 96 5 Don Larsen 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Whitey Ford 16 10 3.04 35 29 1 204.0 89 114
Art Ditmar 13 9 2.90 38 25 1 202.0 52 96
Bob Turley 8 11 4.32 33 22 0 154.1 83 111
Duke Maas 14 8 4.43 38 21 4 138.0 53 67
Ralph Terry 3 7 3.39 24 16 0 127.1 30 55
Don Larsen 6 7 4.33 25 18 3 124.2 76 69
Jim Coates 6 1 2.87 37 4 0 100.1 36 64
Bobby Shantz 7 3 2.38 33 4 3 94.2 33 66
Ryne Duren 3 6 1.88 41 0 14 76.2 43 96
Eli Grba 2 5 6.44 19 6 0 50.1 39 23
Jim Bronstad 0 3 5.22 16 3 2 29.1 13 14
Gary Blaylock 0 1 3.51 15 1 0 25.2 15 20
Tom Sturdivant 0 2 4.97 7 3 0 25.1 9 16
John Gabler 1 1 2.79 3 1 0 19.1 10 11
Johnny Kucks 0 1 8.64 9 1 0 16.2 9 9
Mark Freeman 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 7.0 2 4
Zach Monroe 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 3.1 2 1

👥 Roster (37)

Hank Bauer Yogi Berra Johnny Blanchard Gary Blaylock Clete Boyer Fritz Brickell Jim Bronstad Andy Carey Jim Coates Art Ditmar Ryne Duren Whitey Ford +25 more

37 players

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