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)
Seasons

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 49–28 48–29
Cleveland Indians 8866 0.571 9 46–31 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 13 43–34 41–36
Detroit Tigers 8272 0.532 15 37–40 45–32
Baltimore Orioles 6985 0.448 28 41–36 28–49
Washington Senators 5995 0.383 38 32–45 27–50
Kansas City Athletics 52102 0.338 45 22–55 30–47

Record vs. opponents

1956 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore —6–169–135–1713–915–79–1312–10
Boston 16–6—14–813–9–112–1012–108–149–13
Chicago 13–98–14—15–713–914–89–1313–9
Cleveland 17–59–13–17–15—11–1117–510–1217–5
Detroit 9–1310–129–1311–11—16–612–1015–7–1
Kansas City 7–1510–128–145–176–16—4–1812–10
New York 13–914–813–912–1010–1218–4—17–5
Washington 10–1213–99–135–177–15–110–125–17—

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
CYogi Berra140521155.29830105
1BBill Skowron134464143.3082390
2BBilly Martin121458121.264949
3BAndy Carey132422100.238750
SSGil McDougald120438136.3111356
LFElston Howard9829076.262534
CFMickey Mantle150533188.35352130
RFHank Bauer147539130.2412684

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 Collins10026259.225743
Jerry Coleman8018347.257018
Norm Siebern5416233.204421
Bob Cerv5411535.304325
Enos Slaughter248324.28904
Billy Hunter397521.280011
Jerry Lumpe206216.25804
Eddie Robinson265412.222511
Phil Rizzuto315212.23106
Irv Noren29378.21606
Tom Carroll36176.35300
George Wilson11122.16700
Charlie Silvera792.22202
Bobby Richardson571.14300
Lou Skizas661.16701

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 Ford31225.21962.47141
Johnny Kucks34224.11893.8567
Bob Turley27132.0845.0591
Ralph Terry313.1129.458

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 Larsen38179.21153.26107
Tom Sturdivant32158.11683.30110
Rip Coleman2988.1353.6742
Mickey McDermott2387.0264.2438
Bob Grim2674.2612.7748

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 Morgan4167114.1620
Tommy Byrne377363.3652
Jim Konstanty80024.916
Sonny Dixon30112.081
Jim Coates200013.500
Gerry Staley1000108.001

1956 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6October 3Ebbets Field34,479
2Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13October 5Ebbets Field36,217
3Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5October 6Yankee Stadium73,977
4Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6October 7Yankee Stadium69,705
5 Archived January 11, 2006, at the Wayback MachineDodgers – 0, Yankees – 2October 8Yankee Stadium64,519
6Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings)October 9Ebbets Field33,224
7Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0October 10Ebbets Field33,782

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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 at Baseball Reference
  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

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