1955 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 53-109
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 624
Runs Allowed: 912
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 848,210
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 95-42, 1st in the AL
AA: 90-47, 1st in the AL
A: 78-59, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
2B  Johnny Temple 27 156 550 52 128 27 4 2 51 10 4 69 38 .233 .318 .307 .625 54.0 3.7 4.8
3B *Don Bollweg 34 148 450 59 106 32 2 8 55 6 5 54 68 .236 .318 .369 .687 52.7 5.4 4.2
2B  Rocky Bridges 27 147 446 49 119 13 1 4 37 5 0 30 23 .267 .312 .327 .639 43.2 3.6 2.8
CF *Elmer Valo 34 107 376 53 107 20 3 6 38 22 19 67 34 .285 .392 .402 .793 59.8 9.2 2.3
SS *Preston Ward 27 112 391 44 118 23 3 6 52 0 0 40 42 .302 .366 .422 .788 55.0 8.6 2.0
C *Smoky Burgess 28 106 390 40 114 30 1 5 45 3 5 33 42 .292 .346 .413 .759 50.5 7.3 2.2
1B *Ray Sanders 38 110 366 46 111 26 1 4 48 3 5 36 57 .303 .366 .413 .778 49.2 7.5 2.2
1B *Lloyd Merriman 30 116 310 31 75 24 3 7 47 6 3 32 25 .242 .312 .406 .718 35.3 3.7 2.5
LF  Joe Taylor 29 102 273 28 52 15 2 7 30 0 0 26 75 .190 .257 .337 .594 22.7 0.0 1.7
C  Jack Shepard 23 91 221 21 52 11 1 2 24 0 2 29 23 .235 .327 .321 .648 22.7 1.9 1.5
RF *Dale Mitchell 33 53 217 32 67 11 1 3 25 5 3 13 8 .309 .346 .410 .756 25.5 3.2 1.8
3B *Tom Burgess 27 102 187 27 37 14 1 0 10 6 1 37 37 .198 .330 .283 .614 19.4 1.5 0.8
DH *Joe Collins 32 90 189 34 54 6 1 8 31 6 7 25 28 .286 .366 .455 .821 29.5 4.3 0.9
RF *Lou Limmer 30 73 147 31 32 8 2 5 28 5 1 19 20 .218 .302 .401 .703 20.8 2.5 0.9
3B  Clem Koshorek 30 47 145 17 34 5 0 2 14 0 0 8 16 .234 .288 .310 .599 12.1 0.7 1.2
C  Bob Roselli 23 29 97 9 20 5 1 3 10 2 1 9 31 .206 .269 .371 .640 10.8 0.7 0.4
2B *Johnny Bero 32 52 69 6 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 16 8 .188 .341 .232 .573 7.4 0.4 0.6
1B  Brooks Robinson 18 31 79 6 25 2 0 1 10 0 0 4 10 .316 .360 .380 .740 9.9 1.4 0.7
LF *Hal Rice 31 36 62 3 11 3 0 1 8 0 0 1 5 .177 .190 .274 .465 1.7 0.0 0.2
P  Johnny Sain 37 40 47 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 .085 .173 .170 .343 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Chris Van Cuyk 28 30 46 3 8 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 .174 .208 .261 .469 2.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Dick Sipek 32 18 37 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .135 .200 .189 .389 0.7 0.0 0.2
P  Bud Podbielan 31 67 34 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .059 .086 .059 .145 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lino Donoso 32 41 31 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .065 .065 .065 .129 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Chambers 33 41 33 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 4 .273 .294 .273 .567 2.4 0.1 0.0
C *Johnny Blanchard 22 8 30 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .233 .314 .233 .548 2.8 0.0 0.1
P  Hersh Freeman 26 14 30 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .133 .161 .200 .361 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 23 9 30 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .267 .313 .300 .613 2.5 0.2 0.0
1B  Norm Zauchin 25 8 31 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .258 .324 .290 .614 2.3 0.0 0.2
P *Bob Cain 30 32 28 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .071 .103 .179 .282 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Al Sima 33 12 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .050 .050 .050 .100 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eddie Yuhas 30 12 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .095 .095 .095 .190 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Lindy McDaniel 19 9 21 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .095 .136 .095 .232 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 26 9 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .231 .385 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Hector Lopez 25 6 8 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .250 .364 .500 .864 2.0 0.3 0.1
C  Elston Howard 26 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .125 .143 .268 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 29 72 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Marlowe 26 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Meyer 23 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Jim Hearn 34 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Eddie Robinson 34 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF *Glen Gorbous 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2204 5458 624 1347 285 29 77 602 79 59 572 680 .247 .318 .352 .670 591.0 66.3 34.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 6 6 3 4 7 6 2 8 3 2 6 6 7 6 6  
* - 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
 Bud Podbielan 31 6 9 .400 67 13 2 165.7 185 98 29 78 54 5.32 5.3
 Johnny Sain 37 6 12 .333 40 20 3 155.7 160 86 28 80 89 4.97 7.0
*Chris Van Cuyk 28 3 10 .231 30 25 0 131.7 141 75 17 57 84 5.13 4.3
*Lino Donoso 32 3 9 .250 41 12 0 126.3 137 66 18 55 40 4.70 4.3
*Cliff Chambers 33 4 9 .308 41 11 3 119.7 137 64 23 48 58 4.81 6.4
*Bob Cain 30 3 10 .231 32 13 1 108.3 128 67 19 55 44 5.57 0.7
 Hersh Freeman 26 2 10 .167 14 14 0 96.0 107 44 9 21 31 4.13 5.5
 Ralph Branca 29 4 6 .400 72 1 2 92.7 133 83 19 67 32 8.06 0.0
 Eddie Yuhas 30 2 9 .182 12 12 0 78.0 86 32 5 44 32 3.69 4.2
*Al Sima 33 1 9 .100 12 12 0 75.7 97 52 13 26 29 6.19 0.0
 Jim Bunning 23 5 2 .714 9 9 0 71.3 73 32 9 19 33 4.04 5.8
 Jim Hearn 34 5 4 .556 53 0 8 69.0 77 38 11 26 28 4.96 5.6
 Lindy McDaniel 19 5 4 .556 9 9 0 61.3 60 32 7 16 32 4.70 3.6
 Joe Landrum 26 1 4 .200 9 7 0 42.0 50 26 9 13 20 5.57 0.1
 Dick Marlowe 26 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 15.3 10 2 0 6 6 1.17 2.7
 Jack Meyer 23 1 1 .500 2 2 0 12.3 10 6 3 9 8 4.38 0.9
 Barney Schultz 28 0 0 .000 3 0 1 4.0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 1.4
 Dick Hall 24 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.4
 Tom Qualters 20 0 1 .000 2 0 0 1.7 5 2 0 1 1 10.84 0.0
Team Totals 28.0 53 109 .327 453 162 20 1428.9 1599 805 219 625 623 5.07 58.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 6 8 7 8 8 7 6 7 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 .992 32.3
S.Burgess 835.0 92 101 399 30 6 3 .986 20.0
J.Shepard 381.0 45 47 188 18 2 0 .990 31.3
B.Roselli 205.0 24 24 60 7 1 1 .985 33.3
E.Howard 8.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1429.0 162 173 654 55 9 4 .987 24.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.09
R.Sanders 801.7 96 96 1025 65 8 102 .993 12.24
D.Bollweg 299.0 33 36 387 33 3 41 .993 12.64
J.Shepard 130.0 16 21 163 17 0 18 1.000 12.46
N.Zauchin 60.7 7 7 73 8 0 7 1.000 12.02
J.Collins 44.7 2 11 57 6 0 5 1.000 12.70
T.Burgess 44.0 5 6 64 5 0 6 1.000 14.11
R.Bridges 19.0 2 3 24 0 1 3 .960 11.37
L.Limmer 15.0 0 6 24 0 0 2 1.000 14.40
J.Blanchard 8.0 1 1 8 2 0 3 1.000 11.25
P.Ward 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
L.Merriman 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1429.0 162 190 1835 136 12 188 .994 12.41
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.12
J.Temple 584.7 68 75 128 274 16 69 .962 6.19
C.Koshorek 363.0 45 45 99 159 11 43 .959 6.40
R.Bridges 307.7 36 43 72 151 8 28 .965 6.52
J.Bero 110.0 9 24 42 56 4 19 .961 8.02
D.Bollweg 55.0 4 12 14 22 3 6 .923 5.89
H.Lopez 8.7 0 3 3 5 0 1 1.000 8.31
Team Total 1429.0 162 202 358 667 42 166 .961 6.46
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.93
P.Ward 845.3 99 101 51 227 22 20 .927 2.96
T.Burgess 318.0 37 43 20 70 3 8 .968 2.55
J.Temple 147.0 18 18 15 32 3 3 .940 2.88
D.Bollweg 48.0 5 7 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.81
R.Bridges 39.0 2 12 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.54
L.Limmer 18.0 0 7 0 9 0 2 1.000 4.50
N.Zauchin 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00
E.Valo 2.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Sipek 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Bero 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.0 162 193 92 362 28 36 .942 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.32
D.Bollweg 661.0 76 81 111 285 9 62 .978 5.39
J.Temple 524.7 60 62 85 245 9 49 .973 5.66
B.Robinson 152.0 18 18 21 73 3 12 .969 5.57
J.Bero 47.7 4 13 9 13 3 4 .880 4.15
R.Bridges 31.7 3 6 4 15 0 2 1.000 5.40
P.Ward 10.0 1 2 5 4 0 2 1.000 8.10
C.Koshorek 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1429.0 162 183 235 636 24 131 .973 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.92
R.Bridges 650.3 81 84 139 1 2 1 .986 1.94
J.Taylor 308.7 35 46 74 4 0 0 1.000 2.27
L.Limmer 292.7 30 40 68 1 1 0 .986 2.12
L.Merriman 63.7 4 16 10 1 1 1 .917 1.56
J.Blanchard 55.7 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
H.Rice 38.0 4 11 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
H.Lopez 11.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Valo 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Ward 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Sipek 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.0 162 211 306 7 4 2 .987 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.40
L.Merriman 571.7 66 69 175 2 4 1 .978 2.79
D.Mitchell 463.3 52 53 136 4 1 1 .993 2.72
E.Valo 281.3 33 34 72 4 3 3 .962 2.43
D.Sipek 61.0 7 7 11 1 2 0 .857 1.77
H.Rice 28.0 3 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Limmer 13.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Taylor 8.0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.13
J.Shepard 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Ward 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.0 162 178 398 12 10 6 .976 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.94
E.Valo 552.3 65 65 125 4 5 1 .963 2.10
J.Collins 377.7 44 45 72 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Taylor 285.3 33 39 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
L.Merriman 95.3 11 13 20 3 0 0 1.000 2.17
H.Rice 46.7 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
R.Sanders 21.0 0 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
D.Sipek 19.0 1 6 6 2 1 1 .889 3.79
C.Koshorek 15.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Robinson 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Ward 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Gorbous 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Blanchard 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.0 162 196 309 10 6 2 .982 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.32
B.Podbielan 165.7 13 67 11 42 0 1 1.000 2.88
J.Sain 155.7 20 40 5 29 0 3 1.000 1.97
C.Van Cuyk 131.7 25 30 9 23 0 2 1.000 2.19
L.Donoso 126.3 12 41 6 31 0 0 1.000 2.64
C.Chambers 119.7 11 41 5 30 3 1 .921 2.63
B.Cain 108.3 13 32 9 21 2 2 .938 2.49
H.Freeman 96.0 14 14 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.63
R.Branca 92.7 1 72 7 19 1 3 .963 2.53
E.Yuhas 78.0 12 12 3 15 2 2 .900 2.08
A.Sima 75.7 12 12 4 19 2 3 .920 2.74
J.Bunning 71.3 9 9 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.51
J.Hearn 69.0 0 53 6 18 0 2 1.000 3.13
L.McDaniel 61.3 9 9 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Landrum 42.0 7 9 3 13 0 2 1.000 3.43
D.Marlowe 15.3 2 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.76
J.Meyer 12.3 2 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Schultz 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Hall 2.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.73
T.Qualters 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.9 162 453 87 308 10 24 .975 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ward .256
On-Base Pct Valo .347
Slugging Pct Bollweg .369
OPS Valo .695
XR Valo 59.8
Games Temple 156
At-Bats Temple 550
Runs Bollweg 59
Hits Temple 128
Total Bases Temple 169
Singles Bridges 101
Doubles Bollweg 32
Triples Temple 4
Homeruns Collins, Bollweg 8
RBIs Bollweg 55
Stolen Bases Valo 22
Caught Stealing Valo 19
Walks Temple 69
Strikeouts Taylor 75
ERA Podbielan 5.32
Wins Podbielan, Sain 6
Losses Sain 12
Winning Pct Sain .333
Saves Hearn 8
Games Pitched Branca 72
Games Started Van Cuyk 25
Complete Games Bunning, Chambers 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Podbielan 165.7
Hits Allowed Podbielan 185
Homeruns Allowed Podbielan 29
Strikeouts Sain 89
Walks Allowed Sain 80
Walks per 9IP Podbielan 4.2
Hits per 9IP Podbielan 10.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Podbielan 2.9
WHiP Podbielan 1.59
OAVG Podbielan .287
OOBP Podbielan .363
OSLG Podbielan .478
OOPS Podbielan .841
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Sain $ 7,000,000
Dale Mitchell $ 6,500,000
Ralph Branca $ 2,100,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,000,000
Smoky Burgess $ 2,000,000
Joe Landrum $ 1,907,143
Elmer Valo $ 970,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 585,714
Joe Collins $ 350,000
Rocky Bridges $ 300,000
Jim Bunning $ 300,000
Lloyd Merriman $ 300,000
Don Bollweg $ 300,000
Lou Limmer $ 300,000
Glen Gorbous $ 300,000
Dick Hall $ 300,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 300,000
Elston Howard $ 300,000
Clem Koshorek $ 300,000
Tom Burgess $ 300,000
Brooks Robinson $ 300,000
Eddie Yuhas $ 300,000
Preston Ward $ 300,000
Johnny Temple $ 300,000
Joe Taylor $ 300,000
Jack Shepard $ 300,000
Dick Marlowe $ 300,000
Bob Roselli $ 300,000
Hector Lopez $ 300,000
Tom Qualters $ 300,000
Bud Podbielan $ 300,000
Jack Meyer $ 300,000
Norm Zauchin $ 300,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 300,000
Johnny Bero $ 300,000
Barney Schultz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Gil Coan New York (N) Dick Marlowe
Dick Tomanek
2/1 Traded Howie Schultz Cincinnati Dale Mitchell
2/1 Traded Frank Thomas Boston (N) Bob Cain
3/3 Traded Bill Glynn Boston (N) Lindy Mcdaniel
6/1 Traded Hersh Freeman Brooklyn Dave Jolly
9/22 Released Bob Cain    
9/22 Released Eddie Robinson    
9/22 Released Cliff Chambers    
9/22 Released Hal Rice    
9/22 Released Al Sima    
9/22 Released Dick Sipek    
9/22 Released Jim Hearn    
9/22 Released Lloyd Hittle    
9/22 Released Lino Donoso