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1956 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 75-87
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 771
Runs Allowed: 782
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,069,591
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 88-49, 1st in the AL
AA: 86-51, 2nd in the AL
A: 78-59, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Norm Zauchin 26 153 508 74 118 21 4 25 97 1 0 67 107 .232 .316 .437 .753 72.0 8.6 5.2
LF *Dusty Rhodes 29 149 512 68 146 15 3 20 84 0 0 42 81 .285 .339 .443 .782 72.1 10.5 2.2
CF  Wally Westlake 35 150 478 70 122 14 3 20 72 2 0 43 109 .255 .318 .423 .741 64.2 8.4 2.7
1B *Bobby Brown 31 102 394 72 130 26 3 3 45 3 2 52 10 .330 .408 .434 .842 67.2 12.6 3.4
1B *Earl Torgeson 32 105 341 71 97 16 7 19 69 3 3 96 49 .284 .437 .540 .976 79.6 15.0 1.0
LF  Ralph Kiner 33 102 361 66 93 8 2 20 62 1 0 77 54 .258 .388 .457 .845 66.5 10.9 1.3
SS *Preston Ward 28 140 355 47 97 20 4 9 49 0 0 63 40 .273 .385 .428 .813 59.8 10.0 2.6
1B  Hector Lopez 26 120 343 52 97 25 0 9 43 0 0 26 48 .283 .334 .434 .769 45.7 6.7 2.0
C  Earl Battey 21 102 318 49 86 11 2 15 54 0 0 30 46 .270 .331 .459 .791 48.2 6.9 3.7
2B  Johnny Temple 28 88 227 25 60 17 1 0 11 1 0 20 20 .264 .324 .348 .672 25.4 3.0 1.5
2B *Don Blasingame 24 82 225 22 51 4 2 3 22 2 1 14 17 .227 .271 .302 .573 16.0 0.0 3.0
C  Elston Howard 27 83 194 28 51 9 4 7 29 0 0 16 39 .263 .319 .459 .778 27.4 3.8 2.0
RF *Dale Mitchell 34 51 188 22 53 8 1 3 16 1 1 13 2 .282 .325 .383 .708 22.3 2.7 0.9
C *Johnny Blanchard 23 52 154 30 41 5 0 16 35 0 1 14 24 .266 .329 .610 .940 30.0 5.0 1.8
1B *Ray Sanders 39 35 110 10 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 27 .236 .294 .300 .594 8.3 0.3 0.3
C *Smoky Burgess 29 68 101 13 24 5 0 3 19 1 0 9 16 .238 .295 .376 .671 10.6 0.5 0.9
CF *Elmer Valo 35 42 89 5 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 14 12 .124 .248 .146 .394 3.9 0.0 1.1
3B *Jim King 23 33 89 7 17 6 1 0 9 0 0 7 13 .191 .247 .281 .528 5.5 0.0 0.3
P  Jack Meyer 24 41 82 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 35 .159 .167 .183 .350 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Don Drysdale 19 27 75 7 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 .147 .145 .173 .318 0.6 0.0 0.0
3B  Clem Koshorek 31 46 73 8 18 4 0 1 7 0 0 7 6 .247 .313 .342 .655 7.1 0.7 0.5
P  Lindy McDaniel 20 22 47 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .064 .102 .064 .166 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Marlowe 27 49 43 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 .070 .091 .070 .161 -1.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Rocky Bridges 28 22 40 1 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .200 .250 .250 .500 2.6 0.0 0.4
P  Dick Hall 25 87 34 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 .235 .250 .235 .485 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Fischer 25 14 34 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .118 .143 .176 .319 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 24 13 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Lloyd Merriman 31 14 16 3 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 .313 .353 .500 .853 2.8 0.5 0.0
P  Don Kaiser 21 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Qualters 21 81 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .077 .000 .077 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 27 28 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Barney Schultz 29 30 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Chris Van Cuyk 29 41 8 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.3 0.4 0.0
P  Don Ferrarese 27 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 27.4 2206 5506 771 1400 231 38 174 752 16 9 628 865 .254 .330 .405 .735 736.2 106.7 36.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 4 5 6 1 3 4 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jack Meyer 24 15 10 .600 42 41 0 252.0 177 87 20 150 261 3.11 23.0
 Don Drysdale 19 13 9 .591 27 27 0 200.0 201 91 20 63 129 4.10 13.4
 Dick Hall 25 6 11 .353 75 15 4 168.0 200 104 27 23 89 5.57 5.2
 Dick Marlowe 27 7 9 .438 49 20 1 164.0 169 82 25 45 98 4.50 8.7
 Lindy McDaniel 20 6 10 .375 22 22 0 138.3 162 76 9 40 89 4.94 4.8
 Bill Fischer 25 5 3 .625 14 14 0 104.7 99 45 11 25 25 3.87 7.6
 Tom Qualters 21 6 12 .333 81 0 5 99.7 102 59 3 57 71 5.33 4.1
 Jim Bunning 24 3 9 .250 13 13 0 80.7 103 65 17 37 56 7.25 0.0
 Don Kaiser 21 1 5 .167 19 6 1 58.7 64 31 11 19 35 4.76 2.1
*Chris Van Cuyk 29 6 3 .667 41 0 6 57.3 47 24 8 31 50 3.77 6.9
 Joe Landrum 27 4 2 .667 28 4 1 53.0 68 30 8 5 26 5.09 2.5
 Barney Schultz 29 0 3 .000 30 0 1 40.3 54 32 11 21 31 7.14 0.0
*Don Ferrarese 27 2 1 .667 15 0 1 17.7 13 3 1 8 9 1.53 3.2
 Tom Sturdivant 26 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 8.0 14 13 1 3 4 14.63 0.0
Team Totals 24.6 75 87 .463 467 162 20 1442.3 1473 742 172 527 973 4.63 81.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 8 6 6 6 5 7 3 3 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 34.1
E.Battey 643.7 75 81 453 18 1 3 .998 23.1
E.Howard 345.0 42 49 232 14 0 0 1.000 45.5
J.Blanchard 307.3 37 40 219 11 1 1 .996 33.3
S.Burgess 146.3 8 49 104 6 0 0 1.000 28.6
E.Torgeson 64.0 7 8 51 1 1 0 .981 0.0
Team Total 1506.3 169 227 1059 50 3 4 .997 32.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
E.Torgeson 786.6 89 96 880 73 8 75 .992 10.90
R.Sanders 244.7 30 31 252 22 1 19 .996 10.08
N.Zauchin 190.3 22 22 195 16 4 8 .981 9.98
P.Ward 51.0 7 7 48 2 2 4 .962 8.82
J.Blanchard 37.0 4 7 43 4 0 3 1.000 11.43
J.King 27.0 3 3 24 4 0 3 1.000 9.33
H.Lopez 16.0 2 3 11 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
L.Merriman 8.0 0 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 11.25
W.Westlake 5.0 0 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60
C.Koshorek 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Bridges 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1370.6 157 177 1472 124 15 114 .991 10.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
B.Brown 526.7 59 61 109 197 5 41 .984 5.23
J.Temple 419.7 50 54 99 148 9 21 .965 5.30
H.Lopez 391.3 42 52 76 145 3 27 .987 5.08
P.Ward 80.7 9 16 11 29 0 8 1.000 4.46
R.Bridges 16.0 1 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.94
C.Koshorek 13.0 1 5 3 4 0 2 1.000 4.85
D.Blasingame 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.4 162 194 300 528 17 99 .980 5.15
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
N.Zauchin 1049.0 127 128 66 267 4 15 .988 2.86
E.Valo 196.0 23 25 16 47 0 3 1.000 2.89
P.Ward 65.0 4 12 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.80
H.Lopez 63.7 5 17 8 14 1 0 .957 3.11
R.Bridges 22.7 2 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.78
B.Brown 20.2 1 7 1 3 1 0 .800 1.78
E.Battey 18.0 0 9 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Blasingame 17.0 1 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12
C.Koshorek 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1456.5 163 209 96 358 6 20 .987 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
D.Blasingame 543.7 63 68 78 226 2 39 .993 5.03
P.Ward 426.0 49 59 56 131 6 18 .969 3.95
B.Brown 285.8 31 31 53 109 1 21 .994 5.10
C.Koshorek 57.7 5 13 9 21 1 1 .968 4.68
J.Temple 56.7 5 16 5 18 2 1 .920 3.65
R.Bridges 49.3 6 8 9 17 0 3 1.000 4.74
J.Bero 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1421.1 159 196 211 523 12 83 .984 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
R.Kiner 845.7 97 101 155 8 2 2 .988 1.73
D.Mitchell 280.8 30 33 62 2 2 0 .970 2.05
D.Rhodes 269.3 31 34 67 2 2 0 .972 2.31
H.Lopez 198.0 24 24 34 1 1 1 .972 1.59
P.Ward 37.0 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
E.Howard 33.3 2 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
J.King 30.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Koshorek 9.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
W.Westlake 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Bridges 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Blanchard 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Valo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1710.8 192 216 349 13 7 3 .981 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
W.Westlake 861.0 99 104 251 7 7 1 .974 2.70
P.Ward 127.0 14 18 45 0 0 0 1.000 3.19
J.King 105.3 12 15 21 0 1 0 .955 1.79
D.Mitchell 84.0 10 10 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.79
C.Koshorek 80.7 7 18 18 0 1 0 .947 2.01
E.Valo 13.7 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.95
L.Merriman 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Battey 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1287.7 143 173 370 8 9 2 .977 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
D.Rhodes 857.0 96 103 185 5 1 2 .995 2.00
W.Westlake 231.7 27 29 53 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
D.Mitchell 65.4 8 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
P.Ward 56.0 5 11 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.41
J.King 43.0 5 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
E.Valo 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
H.Lopez 25.0 4 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.52
C.Koshorek 9.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
R.Sanders 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Blanchard 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1319.1 148 170 296 7 1 4 .997 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
J.Meyer 252.0 41 41 12 28 2 0 .952 1.43
D.Drysdale 200.0 27 27 15 23 3 0 .927 1.71
D.Hall 168.0 15 75 10 38 1 2 .980 2.57
D.Marlowe 164.0 20 49 9 18 2 0 .931 1.48
L.McDaniel 138.3 22 22 6 27 1 1 .971 2.15
B.Fischer 104.7 14 14 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.32
T.Qualters 99.7 0 81 6 18 1 1 .960 2.17
J.Bunning 80.7 13 13 5 11 1 0 .941 1.79
D.Kaiser 58.7 6 19 6 12 1 2 .947 2.76
C.Van Cuyk 57.3 0 41 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.41
J.Landrum 53.0 4 28 7 11 0 1 1.000 3.06
B.Schultz 40.3 0 30 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.45
D.Ferrarese 17.7 0 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.53
T.Sturdivant 8.0 0 11 1 3 1 1 .800 4.50
Team Total 1442.3 162 466 85 222 13 11 .959 1.92
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Brown .291
On-Base Pct Torgeson .385
Slugging Pct Torgeson .460
OPS Torgeson .845
XR Torgeson 79.6
Games Zauchin 153
At-Bats Rhodes 512
Runs Zauchin 74
Hits Rhodes 146
Total Bases Rhodes 227
Singles Rhodes 108
Doubles Brown 26
Triples Torgeson 7
Homeruns Zauchin 25
RBIs Zauchin 97
Stolen Bases Brown, Torgeson 3
Caught Stealing Torgeson 3
Walks Torgeson 96
Strikeouts Westlake 109
ERA Meyer 3.11
Wins Meyer 15
Losses Qualters 12
Winning Pct Meyer .600
Saves Van Cuyk 6
Games Pitched Qualters 81
Games Started Meyer 41
Complete Games Drysdale, Fischer 4
Shutouts Fischer 2
Innings Pitched Meyer 252.0
Hits Allowed Drysdale 201
Homeruns Allowed Hall 27
Strikeouts Meyer 261
Walks Allowed Meyer 150
Walks per 9IP Hall 1.2
Hits per 9IP Meyer 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Meyer 9.3
WHiP Meyer 1.30
OAVG Meyer .197
OOBP Meyer .311
OSLG Meyer .327
OOPS Meyer .637
Team All-Stars
Bobby Brown
Ralph Kiner
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Earl Torgeson $ 15,090,300
Bobby Brown $ 8,500,000
Ralph Kiner $ 7,000,000
Smoky Burgess $ 2,000,000
Joe Landrum $ 1,907,143
Dusty Rhodes $ 1,707,143
Preston Ward $ 1,342,857
Chris Van Cuyk $ 585,714
Johnny Temple $ 350,000
Don Blasingame $ 300,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 300,000
Don Drysdale $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
Bill Fischer $ 300,000
Dick Hall $ 300,000
Elston Howard $ 300,000
Rocky Bridges $ 300,000
Don Kaiser $ 300,000
Earl Battey $ 300,000
Clem Koshorek $ 300,000
Norm Zauchin $ 300,000
Hector Lopez $ 300,000
Dick Marlowe $ 300,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 300,000
Jack Meyer $ 300,000
Tom Qualters $ 300,000
Barney Schultz $ 300,000
Tom Sturdivant $ 300,000
Jim King $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Wally Westlake
2/4 Signed     Johnny Bero
2/9 Signed     Ray Sanders
2/13 Traded Dave Jolly Montreal Dusty Rhodes
6/1 Traded Jim Bunning
Tito Francona
Dale Mitchell		 St. Louis Bobby Brown
Ralph Kiner
Earl Torgeson
10/13 Released Wally Westlake    
10/13 Released Johnny Bero    
10/13 Released Elmer Valo    
10/13 Released Jim Davis    
10/13 Released Ray Sanders    
10/13 Released Don Bollweg    
10/13 Released Bob Hall    
10/13 Released Dick Smith    
10/13 Released Eddie Yuhas    
10/13 Released Joe Collins    
10/13 Released Bud Podbielan    
10/13 Released Lloyd Merriman    
 
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