1959 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1959
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 (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Radio:	WMGM (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)

The 1959 New York Yankees season was the 57th season for the team. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 79–75, 15 games behind the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

Prior to 1959 season: Elvio Jiménez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.^[1]

April 13, 1959: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]
May 26, 1959: Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant, and Jerry Lumpe were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Ralph Terry and Héctor López.^[3]
September 11, 1959: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Milwaukee Braves.^[4]

1959 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	131	472	134	.284	19	69
1B	74	282	84	.298	15	59
2B	134	469	141	.301	2	33
SS	132	512	143	.279	6	51
3B	112	406	115	.283	16	69
LF	120	380	103	.271	11	53
CF	144	541	154	.285	31	75
RF	114	341	81	.238	9	39

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
125	443	121	.273	18	73
127	434	109	.251	4	34
80	192	46	.240	8	22
47	114	20	.175	0	3
41	101	26	.257	3	9
74	99	17	.172	6	21
49	59	10	.169	2	4
18	45	10	.222	0	2
18	39	10	.256	1	4
17	17	3	.176	0	1
6	12	4	.333	0	1
7	11	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	204.0	16	10	3.04	114
38	202.0	13	9	2.90	96
33	154.1	8	11	4.32	111
24	127.1	3	7	3.39	55
25	124.2	6	7	4.33	69
1	7.0	0	0	2.57	4

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	138.0	14	8	4.43	67
19	50.1	2	5	6.44	23
16	29.1	0	3	5.22	14
7	25.1	0	2	4.97	16
3	19.1	1	1	2.79	11

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
41	3	6	14	1.88	96
37	6	1	3	2.87	64
33	7	3	3	2.38	66
15	0	1	0	3.51	20
9	0	1	0	8.64	9
3	0	0	0	5.40	1