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]

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	—

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]

1959 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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. Petersburg^[5]

^ Elvio Jiménez at Baseball-Reference
^ Bobby Del Greco at Baseball-Reference
^ K.C. A's trade two to Yankees
^ 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