1959 New York Yankees season

1959 New York Yankees
1959 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	George Weiss
Managers	Casey Stengel
Television	WPIX; (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Radio	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.

Offseason

Prior to 1959 season: Elvio Jiménez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	60	0.610	—	47–30	47–30
Cleveland Indians	89	65	0.578	5	43–34	46–31
New York Yankees	79	75	0.513	15	40–37	39–38
Detroit Tigers	76	78	0.494	18	41–36	35–42
Boston Red Sox	75	79	0.487	19	43–34	32–45
Baltimore Orioles	74	80	0.481	20	38–39	36–41
Kansas City Athletics	66	88	0.429	28	37–40	29–48
Washington Senators	63	91	0.409	31	34–43	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	KCA	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–14	11–11–1	10–12	13–9	8–14	12–10	12–10
Boston	14–8	—	8–14	8–14	11–11	11–11	13–9	10–12
Chicago	11–11–1	14–8	—	15–7	13–9	12–10	13–9–1	16–6
Cleveland	12–10	14–8	7–15	—	14–8	15–7	11–11	16–6
Detroit	9–13	11–11	9–13	8–14	—	15–7	14–8	10–12
Kansas City	14–8	11–11	10–12	7–15	7–15	—	5–17	12–10
New York	10–12	9–13	9–13–1	11–11	8–14	17–5	—	15–7
Washington	10–12	12–10	6–16	6–16	12–10	10–12	7–15	—

Notable transactions

April 13, 1959: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]
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.^[3]
September 11, 1959: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Milwaukee Braves.^[4]

Roster

1959 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

8 Yogi Berra
38 Johnny Blanchard

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

Coaches

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