1956 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 July 2025 New York Yankees 1956 World Series championsAmerican League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 97 57 y 1st Dan Topping and Del Webb George Weiss Casey Stengel WPIX WINS (AM)(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.Whitey Herzog Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herzowh01.shtml March 21, 2025 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season thumb|Opening Day on April 17, 1956 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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 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 New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Chicago White Sox.Gerry Staley at Baseball Reference 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.Lou Skizas at Baseball Reference July 11, 1956: Wally Burnette was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Tommy Lasorda.Tommy Lasorda at Baseball Reference August 25, 1956: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics.Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference Roster 1956 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 23 Tommy Byrne 52 Jim Coates 30 Rip Coleman 21 Sonny Dixon 16 Whitey Ford 55 Bob Grim 21 Jim Konstanty 53 Johnny Kucks 18 Don Larsen 22 Mickey McDermott 28 Tom Morgan 24 Gerry Staley 47 Tom Sturdivant 21 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 29 Charlie Silvera Infielders  6 Andy Carey 40 Tom Carroll 42 Jerry Coleman 20 Billy Hunter 11 Jerry Lumpe  1 Billy Martin 12 Gil McDougald 17 Bobby Richardson 10 Phil Rizzuto 36 Eddie Robinson 14 Bill Skowron Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 41 Bob Cerv 15 Joe Collins 32 Elston Howard  7 Mickey Mantle 25 Irv Noren 36 Norm Siebern 17 Enos Slaughter 39 George Wilson Other batters 45 Lou Skizas Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 31 Jim Turner 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Yogi Berra 140 521 155 .298 30 105 1B Bill Skowron 134 464 143 .308 23 90 2B Billy Martin 121 458 121 .264 9 49 3B Andy Carey 132 422 100 .238 7 50 SS Gil McDougald 120 438 136 .311 13 56 LF Elston Howard 98 290 76 .262 5 34 CF Mickey Mantle 150 533 188 .353 52 130 RF Hank Bauer 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Joe Collins 10026259.225743 Jerry Coleman 8018347.257018 Norm Siebern 5416233.204421 Bob Cerv 5411535.304325 Enos Slaughter 248324.28904 Billy Hunter Billy Hunter (baseball) 397521.280011 Jerry Lumpe 206216.25804 Eddie Robinson Eddie Robinson (baseball) 265412.222511 Phil Rizzuto 315212.23106 Irv Noren 29378.21606 Tom Carroll Tom Carroll (infielder) 36176.35300 George Wilson George Wilson (outfielder) 11122.16700 Charlie Silvera 792.22202 Bobby Richardson 571.14300 Lou Skizas 661.16701 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Whitey Ford 31 225.2 19 6 2.47 141 Johnny Kucks 34 224.1 18 9 3.85 67 Bob Turley 27 132.0 8 4 5.05 91 Ralph Terry 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Don Larsen 38 179.2 11 5 3.26 107 Tom Sturdivant 32 158.1 16 8 3.30 110 Rip Coleman 29 88.1 3 5 3.67 42 Mickey McDermott 23 87.0 2 6 4.24 38 Bob Grim Bob Grim (baseball) 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Tom Morgan Tom Morgan (baseball) 41 6 7 11 4.16 20 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 37 7 3 6 3.36 52 Jim Konstanty 8 0 0 2 4.91 6 Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon (baseball) 3 0 1 1 2.08 1 Jim Coates 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 Gerry Staley 1 0 0 0 108.00 1 1956 World Series 1956 World Series AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6October 3Ebbets Field 34,4792 Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13 October 5Ebbets Field 36,2173 Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5 October 6Yankee Stadium 73,9774 Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6 October 7Yankee Stadium 69,7055 https://web.archive.org/web/20060111022434/http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_56ws_gm5_bknnyy January 11, 2006 Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2 October 8Yankee Stadium 64,519 6 Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings)October 9Ebbets Field 33,2247 Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0 October 10Ebbets Field 33,782 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Ralph Houk AAA Richmond Virginians International League Eddie Lopat AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Phil Page A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Fred Fitzsimmons B Winston-Salem Twins Carolina League George Hausmann and Lee "Pete" Peterson B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Vern Hoscheit C Modesto Reds California League Al Lyons C Monroe Sports Evangeline League Ed Head D St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League Ken Silvestri D Kearney Yankees Nebraska State League Randy Gumpert D Bradford Yankees PONY League Randy Gumpert D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Marvin Crater Bradford club folded, May 18, 1956Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1956 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1956 World Series 1956 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees season New York Yankees Category:1950s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons