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1956 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1956
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
general_managers	George Weiss
managers	Casey Stengel
television	WPIX
radio	WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)

American League champions (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.

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.
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

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Chicago White Sox.
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.
July 11, 1956: Wally Burnette was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Tommy Lasorda.
August 25, 1956: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics.

Roster

1956 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	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

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

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

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

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

Main article: 1956 World Series

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

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4
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6
7

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

Bradford club folded, May 18, 1956

Notes

References

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

References

"Whitey Herzog Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
''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
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalege01.shtml Gerry Staley] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skizalo01.shtml Lou Skizas] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slaugen01.shtml Enos Slaughter] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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