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1956 American League
Team Record GB
New York Yankees 97 - 57
Cleveland Indians 88 - 66 9.0
Chicago White Sox 85 - 69 12.0
Boston Red Sox 84 - 70 13.0
Detroit Tigers 82 - 72 15.0
Baltimore Orioles 69 - 85 28.0
Washington Senators 59 - 95 38.0
Kansas City Athletics 52 - 102 45.0

World Champion
Runs Scored: 857
Runs Allowed: 631
Attendance: 1,491,784

1956 New York Yankees Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Yogi Berra C 31 140 521 93 155 29 2 30 105 65 7 29 3 2 1 5 8 .298 .378 .534 .912
Bill Skowron 1B 25 134 464 78 143 21 6 23 90 50 3 60 4 4 2 6 16 .308 .382 .528 .910
Billy Martin 2B 28 121 458 76 121 24 5 9 49 30 0 56 7 3 8 3 8 .264 .310 .397 .707
Andy Carey 3B 24 132 422 54 100 18 2 7 50 45 4 53 9 6 6 2 9 .237 .310 .339 .649
Gil McDougald SS 28 120 438 79 136 13 3 13 56 68 1 59 3 8 7 3 5 .311 .405 .443 .848
Elston Howard LF 27 98 290 35 76 8 3 5 34 21 6 30 0 1 2 1 11 .262 .312 .362 .674
Mickey Mantle CF 24 150 533 132 188 22 5 52 130 112 6 99 10 1 1 2 4 .353 .464 .705 1.169
Hank Bauer RF 33 147 539 96 130 18 7 26 84 59 3 72 4 2 7 2 11 .241 .316 .445 .761

1956 New York Yankees Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Joe Collins 33 100 262 38 59 5 3 7 43 34 2 33 3 1 1 1 5 .225 .313 .347 .660
Jerry Coleman 31 80 183 15 47 5 1 0 18 12 2 33 1 2 6 1 5 .257 .305 .295 .600
Bob Cerv 30 54 115 16 35 5 6 3 25 18 0 13 0 1 1 0 3 .304 .396 .530 .926
Norm Siebern 22 54 162 27 33 1 4 4 21 19 0 38 1 1 2 0 3 .204 .286 .333 .619
Mickey McDermott 27 46 52 4 11 0 0 1 4 8 0 13 0 0 1 0 4 .212 .317 .269 .586
Don Larsen 26 45 79 10 19 5 0 2 12 6 0 17 0 0 1 0 2 .241 .294 .380 .674
Billy Hunter 28 39 75 8 21 3 4 0 11 2 0 4 0 1 2 0 3 .280 .299 .427 .726
Tom Carroll 19 36 17 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .353 .389 .353 .742
Phil Rizzuto 39 31 52 6 12 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 3 0 7 0 1 .231 .310 .231 .541
Irv Noren 31 29 37 4 8 1 0 0 6 12 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .408 .243 .651
Eddie Robinson 35 26 54 7 12 1 0 5 11 5 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 .222 .323 .519 .842
Enos Slaughter 40 24 83 15 24 4 2 0 4 5 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 .289 .330 .386 .716
Jerry Lumpe 23 20 62 12 16 3 0 0 4 5 2 11 1 1 1 0 1 .258 .313 .306 .619
George Wilson 30 11 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .333 .167 .500
Charlie Silvera 31 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .364 .222 .586
Lou Skizas 24 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
Bobby Richardson 20 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286

1956 New York Yankees Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Whitey Ford P 27 31 78 9 17 2 0 0 4 9 0 14 0 0 5 0 0 .218 .299 .244 .543
Johnny Kucks P 22 34 77 7 11 1 0 0 1 7 0 25 0 0 6 1 0 .143 .224 .156 .380
Tom Sturdivant P 26 32 64 5 20 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 .313 .308 .359 .667
Tommy Byrne P 36 44 52 8 14 1 1 3 10 2 1 11 0 0 2 0 1 .269 .296 .500 .796
Bob Turley P 25 27 46 5 8 2 0 0 3 3 0 16 0 1 3 0 0 .174 .224 .217 .441
Rip Coleman P 24 29 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 .042 .080 .042 .122
Bob Grim P 26 26 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 .063 .250 .063 .313
Tom Morgan P 26 41 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368
Ralph Terry P 20 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
Jim Konstanty P 39 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sonny Dixon P 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jerry Staley P 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 New York Yankees Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Johnny Kucks 22 34 31 18 9 .667 3.85 224.1 113 96 223 19 72 67 .258 10 3 12 3 0 4.60
Whitey Ford 27 31 30 19 6 .760 2.47 225.2 70 62 187 13 84 141 .225 4 6 18 2 1 3.67
Bob Turley 25 27 21 8 4 .667 5.05 132.0 76 74 138 13 103 91 .268 4 3 5 1 1 5.33
Don Larsen 26 38 20 11 5 .688 3.26 179.2 72 65 133 19 96 107 .203 7 3 6 1 1 4.90
Tom Sturdivant 26 32 17 16 8 .667 3.30 158.1 63 58 134 15 52 110 .223 4 2 6 2 5 3.90
Ralph Terry 20 3 3 1 2 .333 9.45 13.1 15 14 17 2 11 8 .333 0 0 0 0 0 6.23

1956 New York Yankees Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Tom Morgan 26 41 0 6 7 .462 4.16 71.1 41 33 74 2 27 20 .270 3 0 0 0 11 4.07
Tommy Byrne 36 37 8 7 3 .700 3.36 109.2 50 41 108 9 72 52 .258 2 0 1 0 6 5.14
Rip Coleman 24 29 9 3 5 .375 3.67 88.1 42 36 97 6 42 42 .278 1 1 0 0 2 4.39
Bob Grim 26 26 6 6 1 .857 2.77 74.2 27 23 64 3 31 48 .232 2 1 1 0 5 3.56
Mickey McDermott 27 23 9 2 6 .250 4.24 87.0 46 41 85 10 47 38 .252 0 2 1 0 0 5.24
Jim Konstanty 39 8 0 0 0 .000 4.91 11.0 6 6 15 3 6 6 .319 0 0 0 0 2 7.09
Sonny Dixon 31 3 0 0 1 .000 2.08 4.1 3 1 5 0 5 1 .278 0 0 0 0 1 6.00
Jim Coates 23 2 0 0 0 .000 13.50 2.0 3 3 1 0 4 0 .143 1 1 0 0 0 10.50
Jerry Staley 35 1 0 0 0 .000 108.00 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 1 .800 0 0 0 0 0 0.00