1957 New York Yankees season

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.

1957 New York Yankees
1957 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923) 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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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.

Phil Rizzuto, the former team shortstop from the early 50s, joined the broadcast team for the radio and television broadcasts taking over from Jim Woods in what would be the first of many seasons as a Yankees broadcaster.

Offseason

• October 15, 1956: Bob Cerv was purchased from the Yankees by the Kansas City Athletics.[1]
• December 11, 1956: Charlie Silvera and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Harry Chiti to the Yankees on December 14.[2]
• February 19, 1957: Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter, and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi, and players to be named later. The Yankees completed their part of the deal by sending Jack Urban to the Athletics on April 5. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Curt Roberts to the Yankees on April 4 and Clete Boyer to the Yankees on June 4.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	48–29	50–27
Chicago White Sox	90	64	0.584	8	45–32	45–32
Boston Red Sox	82	72	0.532	16	44–33	38–39
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	20	45–32	33–44
Baltimore Orioles	76	76	0.500	21	42–33	34–43
Cleveland Indians	76	77	0.497	21½	40–37	36–40
Kansas City Athletics	59	94	0.386	38½	37–40	22–54
Washington Senators	55	99	0.357	43	28–49	27–50

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

• May 26, 1957: Tommy Lasorda was purchased from the Yankees by the Brooklyn Dodgers.[4]
• June 15, 1957: Ralph Terry, Woodie Held, Billy Martin, and Bob Martyn were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni, and Harry Simpson.[5]
• September 10, 1957: Bobby Del Greco was purchased by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs.[6]

Roster

1957 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 23 Tommy Byrne 24 Al Cicotte 28 Art Ditmar 16 Whitey Ford 55 Bob Grim 53 Johnny Kucks 18 Don Larsen 21 Sal Maglie 30 Bobby Shantz 47 Tom Sturdivant 21 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 39 Darrell Johnson Infielders  6 Andy Carey 42 Jerry Coleman 15 Joe Collins 11 Jerry Lumpe  1 Billy Martin 12 Gil McDougald 29 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 25 Zeke Bella 27 Bobby Del Greco 32 Elston Howard 34 Tony Kubek  7 Mickey Mantle 36 Harry Simpson 17 Enos Slaughter Other batters 12 Woodie Held		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Randy Gumpert 33 Charlie Keller 31 Jim Turner

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	Yogi Berra	134	482	121	.251	24	82
1B	Bill Skowron	122	457	139	.304	17	88
2B	Bobby Richardson	141	539	156	.289	13	62
3B	Andy Carey	85	247	63	.255	6	33
SS	Gil McDougald	120	438	136	.311	13	56
LF	Elston Howard	110	356	90	.253	8	44
CF	Mickey Mantle	144	473	173	.365	34	94
RF	Hank 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
Tony Kubek	127	431	128	.297	3	39
Harry Simpson	75	224	56	.250	7	39
Enos Slaughter	96	209	53	.254	5	34
Jerry Coleman	72	157	42	.268	2	12
Joe Collins	79	149	30	.201	2	10
Billy Martin	43	145	35	.241	1	12
Jerry Lumpe	40	103	35	.340	0	11
Darrell Johnson	21	46	10	.217	1	8
Zeke Bella	5	10	1	.100	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	8	7	3	.429	0	0
Woodie Held	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Tom Sturdivant	28	201.2	16	6	2.54	118
Bob Turley	32	176.1	13	6	2.71	152
Bobby Shantz	30	173	11	5	2.45	72
Don Larsen	27	139.2	10	4	3.74	81
Whitey 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
Johnny Kucks	37	179.1	8	10	3.56	78
Art Ditmar	46	127.1	8	3	3.25	64
Sal Maglie	6	26	2	0	1.73	9
Ralph 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
Bob Grim	46	12	8	19	2.63	52
Tommy Byrne	30	4	6	2	4.36	9
Al 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)

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

Awards and honors

• Mickey Mantle, American League MVP

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

1. Bob Cerv at Baseball Reference
2. Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference
3. Clete Boyer at Baseball Reference
4. Tommy Lasorda at Baseball Reference
5. Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
6. Bobby Del Greco at Baseball Reference
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1957 New York Yankees
• 1957 World Series
• 1957 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac