1959 New York Yankees season

The 1959 New York Yankees season was the 57th season for the team in New York and its 59th overall. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 79–75, 15 games behind the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

1959 New York Yankees
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	WMGM (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
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Offseason

• Prior to 1959 season: Elvio Jiménez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	60	0.610	—	47–30	47–30
Cleveland Indians	89	65	0.578	5	43–34	46–31
New York Yankees	79	75	0.513	15	40–37	39–38
Detroit Tigers	76	78	0.494	18	41–36	35–42
Boston Red Sox	75	79	0.487	19	43–34	32–45
Baltimore Orioles	74	80	0.481	20	38–39	36–41
Kansas City Athletics	66	88	0.429	28	37–40	29–48
Washington Senators	63	91	0.409	31	34–43	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–14	11–11–1	10–12	13–9	8–14	12–10	12–10
Boston	14–8	—	8–14	8–14	11–11	11–11	13–9	10–12
Chicago	11–11–1	14–8	—	15–7	13–9	12–10	13–9–1	16–6
Cleveland	12–10	14–8	7–15	—	14–8	15–7	11–11	16–6
Detroit	9–13	11–11	9–13	8–14	—	15–7	14–8	10–12
Kansas City	14–8	11–11	10–12	7–15	7–15	—	5–17	12–10
New York	10–12	9–13	9–13–1	11–11	8–14	17–5	—	15–7
Washington	10–12	12–10	6–16	6–16	12–10	10–12	7–15	—

Notable transactions

• April 13, 1959: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]
• May 26, 1959: Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant, and Jerry Lumpe were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Ralph Terry and Héctor López.[3]
• September 11, 1959: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Milwaukee Braves.[4]

Roster

1959 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 22 Gary Blaylock 22,49 Jim Bronstad 39 Jim Coates 28 Art Ditmar 26 Ryne Duren 16 Whitey Ford 45 Mark Freeman 48 John Gabler 47 Eli Grba 53 Johnny Kucks 18 Don Larsen 24 Duke Maas 55 Zach Monroe 30 Bobby Shantz 47 Tom Sturdivant 23 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 38 Johnny Blanchard Infielders 34 Clete Boyer 29 Fritz Brickell  6 Andy Carey 32 Elston Howard 10 Tony Kubek 11 Héctor López 11 Jerry Lumpe 12 Gil McDougald  1 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron 20 Marv Throneberry		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 44 Ken Hunt  7 Mickey Mantle 15 Jim Pisoni 25 Norm Siebern 17 Enos Slaughter 51 Gordie Windhorn		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 35 Ralph Houk 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

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

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

Other pitchersl

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	7	25.1	0	2	4.97	16

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
Gary Blaylock	15	0	1	0	3.51	20
Johnny Kucks	9	0	1	0	8.64	9

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Virginians	International League	Steve Souchock
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Charlie Silvera
B	Greensboro Yankees	Carolina League	Vern Hoscheit
C	Modesto Reds	California League	Hal Charnofsky
C	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Dee Phillips
D	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	Tom Hamilton
D	Kearney Yankees	Nebraska State League	Jim Gleeson
D	Auburn Yankees	New York–Penn League	Bob Bauer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto, St. Petersburg[5]

Notes

1. Elvio Jiménez at Baseball-Reference
2. Bobby Del Greco at Baseball-Reference
3. K.C. A's trade two to Yankees
4. Enos Slaughter at Baseball-Reference
5. 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

• 1959 New York Yankees
• 1959 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com