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1957 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1957
misc	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
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
radio	WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)

(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) |}}

The 1957 New York Yankees season was the 55th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 98–56 to win their 23rd pennant, finishing eight games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

In the World Series, the Yankees were defeated by the Milwaukee Braves in seven games. They lost the crucial seventh game in Yankee Stadium to the starting pitcher for the Braves, Lew Burdette, who was selected the World Series Most Valuable Player based on this and his other two victories in the Series.

Phil Rizzuto, the former team shortstop from the early 50s, joined the broadcast team for the radio and television broadcasts taking over from Jim Woods in what would be the first of many seasons as a Yankees broadcaster.

Offseason

October 15, 1956: Bob Cerv was purchased from the Yankees by the Kansas City Athletics.
December 11, 1956: Charlie Silvera and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Harry Chiti to the Yankees on December 14.
February 19, 1957: Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter, and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi, and players to be named later. The Yankees completed their part of the deal by sending Jack Urban to the Athletics on April 5. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Curt Roberts to the Yankees on April 4 and Clete Boyer to the Yankees on June 4.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 26, 1957: Tommy Lasorda was purchased from the Yankees by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
June 15, 1957: Ralph Terry, Woodie Held, Billy Martin, and Bob Martyn were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni, and Harry Simpson.
September 10, 1957: Bobby Del Greco was purchased by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs.

Roster

1957 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	134	482	121	.251	24	82
1B	122	457	139	.304	17	88
2B	141	539	156	.289	13	62
3B	85	247	63	.255	6	33
SS	120	438	136	.311	13	56
LF	110	356	90	.253	8	44
CF	144	473	173	.365	34	94
RF	137	479	124	.259	18	65

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
127	431	128	.297	3	39
75	224	56	.250	7	39
96	209	53	.254	5	34
72	157	42	.268	2	12
79	149	30	.201	2	10
43	145	35	.241	1	12
40	103	35	.340	0	11
21	46	10	.217	1	8
5	10	1	.100	0	0
8	7	3	.429	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
28	201.2	16	6	2.54	118
32	176.1	13	6	2.71	152
30	173.0	11	5	2.45	72
27	139.2	10	4	3.74	81
24	129.1	11	5	2.57	84

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
37	179.1	8	10	3.56	78
46	127.1	8	3	3.25	64
6	26.0	2	0	1.73	9
7	20.2	1	1	3.05	7

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
46	12	8	19	2.63	52
30	4	6	2	4.36	9
20	2	2	2	3.03	36

1957 World Series

Main article: 1957 World Series

NL Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Awards and honors

Mickey Mantle, American League MVP All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver, Alexandria

Notes

References

1957 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
1957 World Series
1957 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cervbo01.shtml Bob Cerv] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl01.shtml Clete Boyer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/delgrbo01.shtml Bobby Del Greco] 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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