1959 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1959 American League Yankee Stadium New York City 79 75 y 3rd Dan Topping and Del Webb George Weiss Casey Stengel WPIX(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) WMGM(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) The 1959 New York Yankees season was the 57th season for the team. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 79–75, 15 games behind the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This was the only season between 1955 and 1964 in which the Yankees failed to win the American League pennant. Offseason Prior to 1959 season: Elvio Jiménez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.Elvio Jiménez at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions April 13, 1959: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies.Bobby Del Greco at Baseball-Reference May 26, 1959: Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant, and Jerry Lumpe were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Ralph Terry and Héctor López.K.C. A's trade two to Yankees September 11, 1959: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Milwaukee Braves.Enos Slaughter at Baseball-Reference Roster 1959 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 22 Gary Blaylock 22,49 Jim Bronstad 39 Jim Coates 28 Art Ditmar 26 Ryne Duren 16 Whitey Ford 45 Mark Freeman 48 John Gabler 47 Eli Grba 53 Johnny Kucks 18 Don Larsen 24 Duke Maas 55 Zach Monroe 30 Bobby Shantz 47 Tom Sturdivant 23 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 38 Johnny Blanchard Infielders 34 Clete Boyer 29 Fritz Brickell  6 Andy Carey 32 Elston Howard 10 Tony Kubek 11 Héctor López 11 Jerry Lumpe 12 Gil McDougald  1 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron 20 Marv Throneberry Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 44 Ken Hunt  7 Mickey Mantle 15 Jim Pisoni 25 Norm Siebern 17 Enos Slaughter 51 Gordie Windhorn Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 35 Ralph Houk 33 Charlie Keller 31 Jim Turner 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Yogi Berra 131 472 134 .284 19 69 1B Bill Skowron 74 282 84 .298 15 59 2B Bobby Richardson 134 469 141 .301 2 33 SS Tony Kubek 132 512 143 .279 6 51 3B Héctor López 112 406 115 .283 16 69 LF Norm Siebern 120 380 103 .271 11 53 CF Mickey Mantle 144 541 154 .285 31 75 RF Hank Bauer 114 341 81 .238 9 39 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 Elston Howard 125 443 121 .273 18 73 Gil McDougald 127 434 109 .251 4 34 Marv Throneberry 80 192 46 .240 8 22 Clete Boyer 47 114 20 .175 0 3 Andy Carey 41 101 26 .257 3 9 Enos Slaughter 74 99 17 .172 6 21 Johnny Blanchard 49 59 10 .169 2 4 Jerry Lumpe 18 45 10 .222 0 2 Fritz Brickell 18 39 10 .256 1 4 Jim Pisoni 17 17 3 .176 0 1 Ken Hunt 6 12 4 .333 0 1 Gordie Windhorn 7 11 0 .000 0 0 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 35 204.0 16 10 3.04 114 Art Ditmar 38 202.0 13 9 2.90 96 Bob Turley 33 154.1 8 11 4.32 111 Ralph Terry 24 127.1 3 7 3.39 55 Don Larsen 25 124.2 6 7 4.33 69 Mark Freeman 1 7.0 0 0 2.57 4 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 Duke Maas 38 138.0 14 8 4.43 67 Eli Grba 19 50.1 2 5 6.44 23 Jim Bronstad 16 29.1 0 3 5.22 14 Tom Sturdivant 7 25.1 0 2 4.97 16 John Gabler 3 19.1 1 1 2.79 11 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 Ryne Duren 41 3 6 14 1.88 96 Jim Coates 37 6 1 3 2.87 64 Bobby Shantz 33 7 3 3 2.38 66 Gary Blaylock 15 0 1 0 3.51 20 Johnny Kucks 9 0 1 0 8.64 9 Zach Monroe 3 0 0 0 5.40 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Virginians International League Steve Souchock A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Charlie Silvera B Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Vern Hoscheit C Modesto Reds California League Hal Charnofsky C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Dee Phillips D St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League Tom Hamilton D Kearney Yankees Nebraska State League Jim Gleeson D Auburn Yankees New York–Penn League Bob Bauer LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto, St. PetersburgJohnson, 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 1959 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1959 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1950s in the Bronx