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Campeones de la Serie Mundial de 1956 Campeones de la Liga Americana de 1956 | |
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Propietario (s) | Dan Topping y Del Webb |
Gerente (s) general (es) | George Weiss |
Gerente (s) | Casey Stengel |
Televisión local | WPIX |
Radio local | GANANCIAS (AM) ( Mel Allen , Jim Woods , Red Barber ) |
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La temporada de los Yankees de Nueva York de 1956 fue la 54ª temporada del equipo en Nueva York y la 56ª temporada en general. El equipo terminó con un récord de 97–57, ganando su vigésimo segundo banderín , terminando 9 juegos por delante de los Indios de Cleveland . Nueva York fue dirigida por Casey Stengel . Los Yankees jugaron sus partidos en casa en el Yankee Stadium . En la Serie Mundial , derrotaron a los Brooklyn Dodgers en 7 juegos. La Serie contó con el único juego sin hits en la Serie, un juego perfecto , entregado por Don Larsen de los Yankees en el Juego 5.
Temporada baja [ editar ]
- 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.[1]
Regular season[edit]
- 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.
- 18 de abril de 1956: El árbitro Eddie Rommel fue el primer árbitro en usar anteojos en un juego de las Grandes Ligas. El partido se jugó entre los Yankees y los Senadores de Washington . [2]
- 18 de septiembre de 1956: En un día histórico para los Yankees. Mickey Mantle conectó un jonrón ganador del juego en la undécima entrada para darle a los Yankees una victoria por 3-2 sobre los Medias Blancas de Chicago en Chicago . Fue el cuadrangular número 50 de Mickey esta temporada convirtiéndose en el primer Yankee desde Babe Ruth en 1928 en conectar 50 jonrones en una temporada. Esa victoria también asegura a los Yankees como campeones de la Liga Americana.
Clasificación de la temporada [ editar ]
Liga americana | W | L | Pct. | GB | Casa | Camino |
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Yankees de Nueva York | 97 | 57 | 0,630 | - | 49-28 | 48-29 |
Indios de Cleveland | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 9 | 46–31 | 42–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 12 | 46–31 | 39–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 13 | 43–34 | 41–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 15 | 37–40 | 45–32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Washington Senators | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 38 | 32–45 | 27–50 |
Kansas City Athletics | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 45 | 22–55 | 30–47 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1956 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 6–16 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | |||||
Boston | 16–6 | — | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | |||||
Cleveland | 17–5 | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Kansas City | 7–15 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 4–18 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 18–4 | — | 17–5 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 7–15–1 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — |
Notable transactions[edit]
- May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Chicago White Sox.[3]
- 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.[4]
- July 11, 1956: Wally Burnette was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Tommy Lasorda.[5]
- August 25, 1956: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics.[6]
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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 |
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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[edit]
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 |
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Joe Collins | 100 | 262 | 59 | .225 | 7 | 43 |
Jerry Coleman | 80 | 183 | 47 | .257 | 0 | 18 |
Norm Siebern | 54 | 162 | 33 | .204 | 4 | 21 |
Bob Cerv | 54 | 115 | 35 | .304 | 3 | 25 |
Enos Slaughter | 24 | 83 | 24 | .289 | 0 | 4 |
Billy Hunter | 39 | 75 | 21 | .280 | 0 | 11 |
Jerry Lumpe | 20 | 62 | 16 | .258 | 0 | 4 |
Phil Rizzuto | 31 | 52 | 12 | .231 | 0 | 6 |
Irv Noren | 29 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 0 | 6 |
Eddie Robinson | 26 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 5 | 11 |
Tom Carroll | 36 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 0 |
George Wilson | 11 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Silvera | 7 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Bobby Richardson | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Skizas | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Whitey Ford | 31 | 225.2 | 19 | 6 | 2.47 | 141 |
Johnny Kucks | 34 | 224.1 | 18 | 9 | 3.85 | 67 |
Bob Turley | 27 | 132 | 8 | 4 | 5.05 | 91 |
Ralph Terry | 3 | 13.1 | 1 | 2 | 9.45 | 8 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Bob Grim | 26 | 74.2 | 6 | 1 | 2.77 | 48 |
Mickey McDermott | 23 | 87 | 2 | 6 | 4.24 | 38 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Morgan | 41 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4.16 | 20 |
Tommy Byrne | 37 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3.36 | 52 |
Jim Konstanty | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 6 |
Sonny Dixon | 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[edit]
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6 | October 3 | Ebbets Field | 34,479 |
2 | Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13 | October 5 | Ebbets Field | 36,217 |
3 | Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5 | October 6 | Yankee Stadium | 73,977 |
4 | Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6 | October 7 | Yankee Stadium | 69,705 |
5 | Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 64,519 |
6 | Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings) | October 9 | Ebbets Field | 33,224 |
7 | Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0 | October 10 | Ebbets Field | 33,782 |
Awards and honors[edit]
- Don Larsen, Babe Ruth Award
- Mickey Mantle, American League MVP
- Mickey Mantle, Associated Press Athlete of the Year
All-Star Game
Farm system[edit]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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, 1956[7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Whitey Herzog at Baseball Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Gerry Staley at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lou Skizas at Baseball Reference
- ^ Tommy Lasorda at Baseball Reference
- ^ Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References[edit]
- 1956 New York Yankees
- 1956 World Series
- 1956 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac