1957 New York Yankees season

1957 New York Yankees
1957 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s) Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s) George Weiss
Manager(s) Casey Stengel
Local television

WPIX

(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Local radio WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
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The 1957 New York Yankees season was the 55th season for the team in New York, and its 57th season overall. 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 98 56 .636 --
Chicago White Sox 90 64 .584 8
Boston Red Sox 82 72 .532 16
Detroit Tigers 78 76 .506 20
Baltimore Orioles 76 76 .500 21
Cleveland Indians 76 77 .497 21.5
Kansas City Athletics 59 94 .386 38.5
Washington Senators 55 99 .357 43

Record vs. opponents

1957 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore 8–14 10–12–1 9–12 9–13 16–5–1 9–13 15–7
Boston 14–8 8–14 12–10 10–12 16–6 8–14 14–8
Chicago 12–10–1 14–8 14–8 11–11 14–8 8–14 17–5
Cleveland 12–9 10–12 8–14 11–11 11–11 9–13 15–7
Detroit 13–9 12–10 11–11 11–11 8–14 10–12 13–9
Kansas City 5–16–1 6–16 8–14 11–11 14–8 3–19 12–10
New York 13–9 14–8 14–8 13–9 12–10 19–3 13–9
Washington 7–15 8–14 5–17 7–15 9–13 10–12 9–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1957 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Berra, YogiYogi Berra 134 482 121 .251 24 82
1B Skowron, BillBill Skowron 122 457 139 .304 17 88
2B Richardson, BobbyBobby Richardson 141 539 156 .289 13 62
3B Carey, AndyAndy Carey 85 247 63 .255 6 33
SS McDougald, GilGil McDougald 120 438 136 .311 13 56
LF Howard, ElstonElston Howard 110 356 90 .253 8 44
CF Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle 144 473 173 .365 34 94
RF Bauer, HankHank 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
Kubek, TonyTony Kubek127431128.297339
Simpson, HarryHarry Simpson7522456.250739
Slaughter, EnosEnos Slaughter9620953.254534
Coleman, JerryJerry Coleman7215742.268212
Collins, JoeJoe Collins7914930.201210
Martin, BillyBilly Martin4314535.241112
Lumpe, JerryJerry Lumpe4010335.340011
Johnson, DarrellDarrell Johnson214610.21718
Bella, ZekeZeke Bella5101.10000
Del Greco, BobbyBobby Del Greco873.42900
Held, WoodieWoodie 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
Sturdivant, TomTom Sturdivant 28 201.2 16 6 2.54 118
Turley, BobBob Turley 32 176.1 13 6 2.71 152
Shantz, BobbyBobby Shantz 30 173 11 5 2.45 72
Larsen, DonDon Larsen 27 139.2 10 4 3.74 81
Ford, WhiteyWhitey 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
Kucks, JohnnyJohnny Kucks 37 179.1 8 10 3.56 78
Ditmar, ArtArt Ditmar 46 127.1 8 3 3.25 64
Maglie, SalSal Maglie 6 26 2 0 1.73 9
Terry, RalphRalph Terry 7 20.7 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
Grim, BobBob Grim 46 12 8 19 2.63 52
Byrne, TommyTommy Byrne 30 4 6 2 4.36 9
Cicotte, AlAl Cicotte 20 2 2 2 3.03 36

1957 World Series

Main article: 1957 World Series

NL Milwaukee Braves (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Braves – 1, Yankees – 3October 2Yankee Stadium 69,476
2 Braves – 4, Yankees – 2 October 3Yankee Stadium 65,202
3 Yankees – 12, Braves – 3 October 5Milwaukee County Stadium 45,804
4 Yankees – 5, Braves – 7 (10 innings)October 6Milwaukee County Stadium 45,804
5 Yankees – 0, Braves – 1 October 7Milwaukee County Stadium 45,811
6 Braves – 2, Yankees – 3 October 9Yankee Stadium 61,408
7 Braves – 5, Yankees – 0 October 10Yankee Stadium 61,207

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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, Alexandria[7]

Notes

References

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