1956 New York Yankees roster

32 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1956 MLB season. They won the 1956 World Series, 4-3.

1956 Yankees roster: batting

1956 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.
Hank Bauer1475399613026844.241.316.761
Mickey Mantle1505331321885213010.353.4641.169
Yogi Berra14052193155301053.298.378.911
Bill Skowron1344647814323904.308.382.910
Billy Martin121458761219497.264.310.708
Gil McDougald1204387913613563.311.405.848
Andy Carey132422541007509.237.310.649
Elston Howard9829035765340.262.312.674
Joe Collins10026238597433.225.313.661
Jerry Coleman8018315470181.257.305.600
Norm Siebern5416227334211.204.286.619
Bob Cerv5411516353250.304.396.926
Billy Hunter39758210110.280.299.725
Jerry Lumpe20621216041.258.313.620
Phil Rizzuto3152612063.231.310.541
Irv Noren293748060.216.408.651
Tom Carroll3617116001.353.389.742
Charlie Silvera7902000.222.364.586
Bobby Richardson5711000.143.143.286

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

1956 Yankees roster: pitching

1956 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 FordP31301962.47225.21411.201
Johnny KucksP34311893.85224.1671.320
Don LarsenP38201153.26179.21071.271
Tom SturdivantP32171683.30158.11101.175
Bob TurleyP2721845.05132.0911.831
Tommy ByrneP378733.36109.2521.646
Rip ColemanP299353.6788.1421.572
Mickey McDermottP239264.2487.0381.520
Bob GrimP266612.7774.2481.275
Tom MorganP410674.1671.1201.4211
Ralph TerryP33129.4513.182.100
Sonny DixonP30012.084.112.311
Jim CoatesP200013.502.002.500

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.