1959 New York Yankees roster

28 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Yankees roster: batting

1959 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.
Mickey Mantle144541104154317521.285.390.904
Tony Kubek132512671436513.279.313.704
Yogi Berra1314726413419691.284.347.809
Bobby Richardson134469531412335.301.335.713
Elston Howard1254435912118730.273.306.783
Gil McDougald127434441094340.251.309.661
Norm Siebern1203805210311533.271.341.744
Hank Bauer11434144819394.238.307.682
Bill Skowron74282398415591.298.349.888
Marv Throneberry8019227468220.240.302.693
Clete Boyer47114420031.175.215.408
Andy Carey411011126391.257.306.662
Johnny Blanchard4959610240.169.258.546
Fritz Brickell1839410140.256.275.634
Ken Hunt61224010.333.308.724
Gordie Windhorn71100000.000.000.000

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

1959 Yankees roster: pitching

1959 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 FordP352916103.04204.01141.391
Art DitmarP38251392.90202.0961.031
Bob TurleyP33228114.32154.11111.450
Duke MaasP38211484.43138.0671.464
Don LarsenP2518674.33124.2691.593
Jim CoatesP374612.87100.1641.250
Bobby ShantzP334732.3894.2661.023
Ryne DurenP410361.8876.2961.2014
Eli GrbaP196256.4450.1231.810
Jim BronstadP163035.2229.1141.602
Gabe GablerP31112.7919.1111.600
Zach MonroeP30005.403.111.500

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.