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1959 American League
Team Record GB
Chicago White Sox 94 - 60
Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 5.0
New York Yankees 79 - 75 15.0
Detroit Tigers 76 - 78 18.0
Boston Red Sox 75 - 79 19.0
Baltimore Orioles 74 - 80 20.0
Kansas City Athletics 66 - 88 28.0
Washington Senators 63 - 91 31.0

3rd (AL)
Runs Scored: 687
Runs Allowed: 647
Attendance: 1,552,030

1959 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 34 131 472 64 134 25 1 19 69 43 5 38 1 2 0 4 6 .284 .347 .462 .809
Bill Skowron 1B 28 74 282 39 84 13 5 15 59 20 0 47 1 0 2 3 10 .298 .349 .539 .888
Bobby Richardson 2B 23 134 469 53 141 18 6 2 33 26 3 20 5 5 10 0 3 .301 .335 .377 .712
Hector Lopez 3B 29 112 406 60 115 16 2 16 69 28 1 54 3 1 3 6 9 .283 .336 .451 .787
Tony Kubek SS 23 132 512 67 143 25 7 6 51 24 3 46 3 3 13 2 11 .279 .313 .391 .704
Norm Siebern LF 25 120 380 52 103 17 0 11 53 41 2 71 3 1 3 2 3 .271 .341 .403 .744
Mickey Mantle CF 27 144 541 104 154 23 4 31 75 93 6 126 21 3 1 2 7 .285 .390 .514 .904
Hank Bauer RF 36 114 341 44 81 20 0 9 39 33 1 54 4 2 2 2 4 .238 .307 .375 .682

1959 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
Gil McDougald 31 127 434 44 109 16 8 4 34 35 3 40 0 3 5 3 11 .251 .309 .353 .662
Elston Howard 30 125 443 59 121 24 6 18 73 20 4 57 0 1 4 3 12 .273 .306 .476 .782
Marv Throneberry 25 80 192 27 46 5 0 8 22 18 1 51 0 0 2 0 2 .240 .302 .391 .693
Enos Slaughter 43 74 99 10 17 2 0 6 21 13 1 19 1 0 1 0 2 .172 .265 .374 .639
Johnny Blanchard 26 49 59 6 10 1 0 2 4 7 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 .169 .258 .288 .546
Clete Boyer 22 47 114 4 20 2 0 0 3 6 2 23 1 0 3 0 2 .175 .215 .193 .408
Andy Carey 27 41 101 11 26 1 0 3 9 7 0 17 1 1 1 0 4 .257 .306 .356 .662
Bobby Shantz 33 40 23 4 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 .217 .308 .304 .612
Don Larsen 29 29 47 8 12 2 0 0 8 7 0 15 0 0 1 0 2 .255 .345 .298 .643
Fritz Brickell 24 18 39 4 10 1 0 1 4 1 0 10 0 0 1 0 1 .256 .275 .359 .634
Jerry Lumpe 26 18 45 2 10 0 0 0 2 6 5 7 0 0 2 0 2 .222 .314 .222 .536
Jim Pisoni 29 17 17 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 .176 .222 .294 .516
Gordie Windhorn 25 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ken Hunt 24 6 12 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .308 .417 .725

1959 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 30 35 65 6 15 4 0 1 6 12 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 .231 .351 .338 .689
Art Ditmar P 30 38 76 6 15 4 0 1 11 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 5 .197 .195 .289 .484
Bob Turley P 28 33 46 3 4 0 0 0 1 5 0 18 0 0 2 1 1 .087 .192 .087 .279
Duke Maas P 30 38 40 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 15 0 0 5 0 1 .125 .182 .125 .307
Ralph Terry P 23 24 41 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 .098 .119 .098 .217
Jim Coates P 26 37 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .136 .095 .231
Ryne Duren P 30 41 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 3 1 1 .000 .176 .000 .176
Eli Grba P 24 19 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .267 .286 .553
Jim Bronstad P 23 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
John Gabler P 28 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tom Sturdivant P 29 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Gary Blaylock P 27 15 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Mark Freeman P 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Johnny Kucks P 25 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 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
Whitey Ford 30 35 29 16 10 .615 3.04 204.0 82 69 194 13 89 114 .247 1 5 9 2 1 4.03
Art Ditmar 30 38 25 13 9 .591 2.90 202.0 75 65 156 17 52 96 .208 8 0 7 1 1 4.03
Bob Turley 28 33 22 8 11 .421 4.32 154.1 80 74 141 15 83 111 .238 3 2 7 3 0 4.50
Duke Maas 30 38 21 14 8 .636 4.43 138.0 82 68 149 14 53 67 .273 2 1 3 1 4 4.54
Don Larsen 29 25 18 6 7 .462 4.33 124.2 65 60 122 14 76 69 .253 2 7 3 1 3 5.23
Ralph Terry 23 24 16 3 7 .300 3.39 127.1 55 48 130 7 30 55 .262 2 2 5 1 0 3.60
Mark Freeman 28 1 1 0 0 .000 2.57 7.0 2 2 6 0 2 4 .231 1 0 0 0 0 3.14

1959 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
Ryne Duren 30 41 0 3 6 .333 1.88 76.2 18 16 49 6 43 96 .178 3 4 0 0 14 3.31
Jim Coates 26 37 4 6 1 .857 2.87 100.1 39 32 89 10 36 64 .231 3 1 2 0 0 4.19
Bobby Shantz 33 33 4 7 3 .700 2.38 94.2 33 25 64 4 33 66 .187 0 3 2 2 3 3.20
Eli Grba 24 19 6 2 5 .286 6.44 50.1 44 36 52 6 39 23 .259 0 0 0 0 0 5.96
Jim Bronstad 23 16 3 0 3 .000 5.22 29.1 19 17 34 2 13 14 .286 1 1 0 0 2 4.36
Gary Blaylock 27 15 1 0 1 .000 3.51 25.2 13 10 30 0 15 20 .294 1 1 0 0 0 3.31
Johnny Kucks 25 9 1 0 1 .000 8.64 16.2 16 16 21 5 9 9 .313 0 1 0 0 0 7.44
Tom Sturdivant 29 7 3 0 2 .000 4.97 25.1 16 14 20 4 9 16 .213 0 1 0 0 0 4.86
John Gabler 28 3 1 1 1 .500 2.79 19.1 6 6 21 1 10 11 .284 1 1 0 0 0 4.24
Zach Monroe 27 3 0 0 0 .000 5.40 3.1 2 2 3 2 2 1 .231 0 0 0 0 0 12.00