1956 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1956
Misc:	World Series Champions American League Champions
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Yankee Stadium
City:	New York City
Owners:	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General Managers:	George Weiss
Managers:	Casey Stengel
Television:	WPIX
Radio:	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)

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

• February 8, 1956: Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach, and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Washington Senators for Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Whitey Herzog to the Senators on April 2.^[1]

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.

Notable transactions

• May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
• June 14, 1956: Lou Skizas and Eddie Robinson were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Moe Burtschy, Bill Renna and cash.^[4]
• July 11, 1956: Wally Burnette was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Tommy Lasorda.^[5]
• August 25, 1956: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics.^[6]

Roster

1956 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		140	521	155	.298	30	105
1B		134	464	143	.308	23	90
2B		121	458	121	.264	9	49
3B		132	422	100	.238	7	50
SS		120	438	136	.311	13	56
LF		98	290	76	.262	5	34
CF		150	533	188	.353	52	130
RF		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
	100	262	59	.225	7	43
	80	183	47	.257	0	18
	54	162	33	.204	4	21
	54	115	35	.304	3	25
	24	83	24	.289	0	4
	39	75	21	.280	0	11
	20	62	16	.258	0	4
	26	54	12	.222	5	11
	31	52	12	.231	0	6
	29	37	8	.216	0	6
	36	17	6	.353	0	0
	11	12	2	.167	0	0
	7	9	2	.222	0	2
	5	7	1	.143	0	0
	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
	31	225.2	19	6	2.47	141
	34	224.1	18	9	3.85	67
	27	132.0	8	4	5.05	91
	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
	38	179.2	11	5	3.26	107
	32	158.1	16	8	3.30	110
	29	88.1	3	5	3.67	42
	23	87.0	2	6	4.24	38
	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
	41	6	7	11	4.16	20
	37	7	3	6	3.36	52
	8	0	0	2	4.91	6
	3	0	1	1	2.08	1
	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
	1	0	0	0	108.00	1

1956 World Series

See main article: article and 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	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

• Don Larsen, Babe Ruth Award
• Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
• Mickey Mantle, Associated Press Athlete of the Year

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Bradford club folded, May 18, 1956^[7]

References

• 1956 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1956 World Series
• 1956 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml Whitey Herzog
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalege01.shtml Gerry Staley
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skizalo01.shtml Lou Skizas
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slaugen01.shtml Enos Slaughter
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