1955 New York Yankees roster

34 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1955 MLB season. They reached the 1955 World Series and lost 4-3.

1955 Yankees roster: batting

1955 New York Yankees batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Yogi Berra14754184147271081.272.349.819
Gil McDougald1415337915213536.285.361.768
Mickey Mantle14751712115837998.306.4311.042
Andy Carey135510731317473.257.313.692
Hank Bauer1394929713720538.278.360.821
Irv Noren13237149948595.253.331.706
Bill Skowron108288469212611.319.369.894
Elston Howard97279338110430.290.336.812
Joe Collins105278406513450.234.339.753
Billy Hunter9825514583209.227.269.567
Eddie Robinson88173253616420.208.358.849
Phil Rizzuto811431937197.259.369.691
Jerry Coleman43961222080.229.321.602
Bob Cerv558517293224.341.411.952
Billy Martin2070821191.300.354.726
Bobby Richardson112624031.154.214.368
Charlie Silvera142615010.192.344.536
Tom Carroll14632000.333.333.667
Lou Berberet2512020.400.500.900
Dick Tettelbach2500000.000.000.000
Johnny Blanchard1300000.000.250.250
Marv Throneberry12120311.000.6672.167
Frank Leja7210000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1955 Yankees roster: pitching

1955 New York Yankees pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Whitey FordP39331872.63253.21371.192
Bob TurleyP363417133.06246.22101.401
Tommy ByrneP27221653.15160.0761.402
Johnny KucksP2913873.41126.2491.310
Don LarsenP1913923.0697.0441.362
Bob GrimP2611754.1992.1631.334
Jim KonstantyP450722.3273.2191.2511
Tom MorganP401733.2572.0171.3310
Tom SturdivantP331133.1668.1481.320
Bob WieslerP167023.9153.0221.660
Rip ColemanP106215.2829.0151.931

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.