1956 New York Yankees season 1956 New York Yankees season was the 54th season for the team in New York , and its 56th season overall. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 22nd pennant , finishing 9 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians . New York was managed by Casey Stengel . The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium . In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. The Series featured the only no-hitter in Series play, a perfect game , delivered by the Yankees' Don Larsen in Game 5.Offseason February 8 , 1956: Lou Berberet , Bob Wiesler , Herb Plews , Dick Tettelbach , and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Washington Senators for Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline . The Yankees completed the deal by sending Whitey Herzog to the Senators on April 2.Regular season April 17, 1956: Opening Day at Washington D.C.,. With president Dwight D. Eisenhower in attendance, Mickey Mantle began his triple crown year with two mammoth home runs in a 10-4 Yankees win over The Senators. April 18 , 1956: Umpire Eddie Rommel was the first umpire to wear glasses in a major league game. The game was played between the Yankees and the Washington Senators. September 18, 1956: In a historic day for the Yankees. Mickey Mantle hit a game winning home run in the 11th inning to give The yankees a 3-2 win over The Chicago White Sox in Chicago . It was Mickey's 50th homer this season becoming the first Yankee since Babe Ruth in 1928 to hit 50 home runs in a season. That win also clinch the Yankees as American League Champions.Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions 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 140 521 155 .298 30 105 1B 134 464 143 .308 23 90 2B 121 458 121 .264 9 49 3B 132 422 100 .238 7 50 SS 120 438 136 .311 13 56 LF 98 290 76 .262 5 34 CF 150 533 188 .353 52 130 RF 147 539 130 .241 26 84
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 100 262 59 .225 7 43 80 183 47 .257 0 18 54 162 33 .204 4 21 54 115 35 .304 3 25 24 83 24 .289 0 4 39 75 21 .280 0 11 20 62 16 .258 0 4 31 52 12 .231 0 6 29 37 8 .216 0 6 26 54 12 .222 5 11 36 17 6 .353 0 0 11 12 2 .167 0 0 7 9 2 .222 0 2 5 7 1 .143 0 0 6 6 1 .167 0 1
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 31 225.2 19 6 2.47 141 34 224.1 18 9 3.85 67 27 132 8 4 5.05 91 3 13.1 1 2 9.45 8
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 38 179.2 11 5 3.26 107 32 158.1 16 8 3.30 110 29 88.1 3 5 3.67 42 26 74.2 6 1 2.77 48 23 87 2 6 4.24 38
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 41 6 7 11 4.16 20 37 7 3 6 3.36 52 8 0 0 2 4.91 6 3 0 1 1 2.08 1 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 1 0 0 0 108.00 1
AL New York Yankees vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system Bradford club folded, May 18, 1956
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