1956 New York Yankees season

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1956 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersDan Topping and Del Webb
General managersGeorge Weiss
ManagersCasey Stengel
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)
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The 1956 New York Yankees season was the 54th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 22nd pennant, finishing nine games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. The Series featured the first no-hitter in Series play and only World Series perfect game, delivered by the Yankees' Don Larsen in Game 5.

Offseason

Regular season

  • April 17, 1956: Opening Day at Washington D.C. With president Dwight D. Eisenhower in attendance, Mickey Mantle began his triple crown year with two mammoth home runs in a 10-4 Yankees win over The Senators.
  • April 18, 1956: Umpire Eddie Rommel was the first umpire to wear glasses in a major league game. The game was played between the Yankees and the Washington Senators.[2]
  • September 18, 1956: In a historic day for the Yankees. Mickey Mantle hit a game winning home run in the 11th inning to give the Yankees a 3-2 win over The Chicago White Sox in Chicago. It was Mickey's 50th homer this season becoming the first Yankee since Babe Ruth in 1928 to hit 50 home runs in a season. This win also clinched the Yankees as American League Champions.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 — 49‍–‍28 48‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 9 46‍–‍31 42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 85 69 .552 12 46‍–‍31 39‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 13 43‍–‍34 41‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers 82 72 .532 15 37‍–‍40 45‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles 69 85 .448 28 41‍–‍36 28‍–‍49
Washington Senators 59 95 .383 38 32‍–‍45 27‍–‍50
Kansas City Athletics 52 102 .338 45 22‍–‍55 30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1956 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore — 6–16 9–13 5–17 13–9 15–7 9–13 12–10
Boston 16–6 — 14–8 13–9–1 12–10 12–10 8–14 9–13
Chicago 13–9 8–14 — 15–7 13–9 14–8 9–13 13–9
Cleveland 17–5 9–13–1 7–15 — 11–11 17–5 10–12 17–5
Detroit 9–13 10–12 9–13 11–11 — 16–6 12–10 15–7–1
Kansas City 7–15 10–12 8–14 5–17 6–16 — 4–18 12–10
New York 13–9 14–8 13–9 12–10 10–12 18–4 — 17–5
Washington 10–12 13–9 9–13 5–17 7–15–1 10–12 5–17 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1956 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Yogi Berra 140 521 155 .298 30 105
1B Bill Skowron 134 464 143 .308 23 90
2B Billy Martin 121 458 121 .264 9 49
3B Andy Carey 132 422 100 .238 7 50
SS Gil McDougald 120 438 136 .311 13 56
LF Elston Howard 98 290 76 .262 5 34
CF Mickey Mantle 150 533 188 .353 52 130
RF Hank Bauer 147 539 130 .241 26 84

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe Collins 100 262 59 .225 7 43
Jerry Coleman 80 183 47 .257 0 18
Norm Siebern 54 162 33 .204 4 21
Bob Cerv 54 115 35 .304 3 25
Enos Slaughter 24 83 24 .289 0 4
Billy Hunter 39 75 21 .280 0 11
Jerry Lumpe 20 62 16 .258 0 4
Eddie Robinson 26 54 12 .222 5 11
Phil Rizzuto 31 52 12 .231 0 6
Irv Noren 29 37 8 .216 0 6
Tom Carroll 36 17 6 .353 0 0
George Wilson 11 12 2 .167 0 0
Charlie Silvera 7 9 2 .222 0 2
Bobby Richardson 5 7 1 .143 0 0
Lou Skizas 6 6 1 .167 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Whitey Ford 31 225.2 19 6 2.47 141
Johnny Kucks 34 224.1 18 9 3.85 67
Bob Turley 27 132.0 8 4 5.05 91
Ralph Terry 3 13.1 1 2 9.45 8

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Larsen 38 179.2 11 5 3.26 107
Tom Sturdivant 32 158.1 16 8 3.30 110
Rip Coleman 29 88.1 3 5 3.67 42
Mickey McDermott 23 87.0 2 6 4.24 38
Bob Grim 26 74.2 6 1 2.77 48

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Morgan 41 6 7 11 4.16 20
Tommy Byrne 37 7 3 6 3.36 52
Jim Konstanty 8 0 0 2 4.91 6
Sonny Dixon 3 0 1 1 2.08 1
Jim Coates 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
Gerry Staley 1 0 0 0 108.00 1

1956 World Series

Main article: 1956 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6 October 3 Ebbets Field 34,479
2 Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13 October 5 Ebbets Field 36,217
3 Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5 October 6 Yankee Stadium 73,977
4 Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6 October 7 Yankee Stadium 69,705
5 Archived January 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2 October 8 Yankee Stadium 64,519
6 Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings) October 9 Ebbets Field 33,224
7 Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0 October 10 Ebbets Field 33,782

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Ralph Houk
AAA Richmond Virginians International League Eddie Lopat
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Phil Page
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Fred Fitzsimmons
B Winston-Salem Twins Carolina League George Hausmann and Lee "Pete" Peterson
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Vern Hoscheit
C Modesto Reds California League Al Lyons
C Monroe Sports Evangeline League Ed Head
D St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League Ken Silvestri
D Kearney Yankees Nebraska State League Randy Gumpert
D Bradford Yankees PONY League Randy Gumpert
D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Marvin Crater

Bradford club folded, May 18, 1956[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "Whitey Herzog Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  2. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ^ Gerry Staley at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Lou Skizas at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Tommy Lasorda at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References