1957 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1957 American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 98 56 y 1st Dan Topping and Del Webb George Weiss Casey Stengel WPIX(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) WINS (AM)(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.Bob Cerv at Baseball Reference 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.Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference 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.Clete Boyer at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions May 26, 1957: Tommy Lasorda was purchased from the Yankees by the Brooklyn Dodgers.Tommy Lasorda at Baseball Reference 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.Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference September 10, 1957: Bobby Del Greco was purchased by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs.Bobby Del Greco at Baseball Reference Roster 1957 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 23 Tommy Byrne 24 Al Cicotte 28 Art Ditmar 16 Whitey Ford 55 Bob Grim 53 Johnny Kucks 18 Don Larsen 21 Sal Maglie 30 Bobby Shantz 47 Tom Sturdivant 21 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 39 Darrell Johnson Infielders  6 Andy Carey 42 Jerry Coleman 15 Joe Collins 11 Jerry Lumpe  1 Billy Martin 12 Gil McDougald 29 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 25 Zeke Bella 27 Bobby Del Greco 32 Elston Howard 34 Tony Kubek  7 Mickey Mantle 36 Harry Simpson 17 Enos Slaughter Other batters 12 Woodie Held Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Randy Gumpert 33 Charlie Keller 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 134 482 121 .251 24 82 1B Bill Skowron 122 457 139 .304 17 88 2B Bobby Richardson 97 305 78 .256 0 19 3B Andy Carey 85 247 63 .255 6 33 SS Gil McDougald 141 539 156 .289 13 62 LF Elston Howard 110 356 90 .253 8 44 CF Mickey Mantle 144 474 173 .365 34 94 RF Hank Bauer 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Tony Kubek127431128.297339 Harry Simpson7522456.250739 Enos Slaughter9620953.254534 Jerry Coleman7215742.268212 Joe Collins7914930.201210 Billy Martin4314535.241112 Jerry Lumpe4010335.340011 Darrell Johnson214610.21718 Zeke Bella5101.10000 Bobby Del Greco873.42900 Woodie Held110.00000 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 Tom Sturdivant 28 201.2 16 6 2.54 118 Bob Turley 32 176.1 13 6 2.71 152 Bobby Shantz 30 173.0 11 5 2.45 72 Don Larsen 27 139.2 10 4 3.74 81 Whitey Ford 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Johnny Kucks 37 179.1 8 10 3.56 78 Art Ditmar 46 127.1 8 3 3.25 64 Sal Maglie 6 26.0 2 0 1.73 9 Ralph Terry 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Bob Grim Bob Grim (baseball) 46 12 8 19 2.63 52 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 30 4 6 2 4.36 9 Al Cicotte 20 2 2 2 3.03 36 1957 World Series 1957 World Series NL Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Braves – 1, Yankees – 3October 2Yankee Stadium 69,4762 Braves – 4, Yankees – 2 October 3Yankee Stadium 65,2023 Yankees – 12, Braves – 3 October 5Milwaukee County Stadium 45,8044 Yankees – 5, Braves – 7 (10 innings)October 6Milwaukee County Stadium 45,8045 Yankees – 0, Braves – 1 October 7Milwaukee County Stadium 45,8116 Braves – 2, Yankees – 3 October 9Yankee Stadium 61,4087 Braves – 5, Yankees – 0 October 10Yankee Stadium 61,207 Awards and honors Mickey Mantle, American League MVP All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Ralph Houk AAA Richmond Virginians International League Eddie Lopat AA New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Peanuts Lowrey A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Steve Souchock B Peoria Chiefs Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Vern Hoscheit C Modesto Reds California League Dee Phillips C Alexandria Aces Evangeline League Ken Silvestri D St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League Nesbit Wilson D Kearney Yankees Nebraska State League Randy Gumpert D Greenville Majors Sooner State League Tom Gott LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver, AlexandriaJohnson, 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 1957 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1957 World Series 1957 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1950s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons