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Positional Players from the 1959 New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Yogi Berra | C | F | 131 | 549 | 134 | 19 | 69 | 64 | 1 | 38 | 43 | .284 | .347 | .462 | A/A/A | $4.85M | |
| Johnny Blanchard | C | F | 49 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .169 | .258 | .288 | C/D-/D- | $200K | |
| Elston Howard | 1B | F | 125 | 499 | 121 | 18 | 73 | 59 | 0 | 57 | 20 | .273 | .306 | .476 | C-/B/B+ | $3.09M | |
| Bill Skowron | 1B | F | 74 | 326 | 84 | 15 | 59 | 39 | 1 | 47 | 20 | .298 | .349 | .539 | B/B- | $2.63M | |
| Marv Throneberry | 1B | F | 80 | 226 | 46 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 51 | 18 | .240 | .302 | .391 | C+/D- | $939K | |
| Gil McDougald | 2B | F | 127 | 506 | 109 | 4 | 34 | 44 | 0 | 40 | 35 | .251 | .309 | .353 | A/B- | $3.53M | |
| Bobby Richardson | 2B | F | 134 | 535 | 141 | 2 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 20 | 26 | .301 | .335 | .377 | C/B- | $3.44M | |
| Hector Lopez | 3B | P | 112 | 471 | 115 | 16 | 69 | 60 | 3 | 54 | 28 | .283 | .336 | .451 | D/C+ | $2.86M | |
| Andy Carey | 3B | F | 41 | 115 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 7 | .257 | .306 | .356 | D/D | $453K | |
| Tony Kubek | SS | F | 132 | 582 | 143 | 6 | 51 | 67 | 3 | 46 | 24 | .279 | .313 | .391 | B/A | $4.94M | |
| Clete Boyer | SS | F | 47 | 131 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | .175 | .215 | .193 | A+/D- | $278K | |
| Mickey Mantle | OF | F | 144 | 673 | 154 | 31 | 75 | 104 | 21 | 126 | 93 | .285 | .390 | .514 | A/A | $7.65M | |
| Norm Siebern | OF | F | 120 | 454 | 103 | 11 | 53 | 52 | 3 | 71 | 41 | .271 | .341 | .403 | B+/C- | $2.82M | |
| Hank Bauer | OF | F | 114 | 400 | 81 | 9 | 39 | 44 | 4 | 54 | 33 | .238 | .307 | .375 | C/D- | $1.81M | |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | P | 74 | 120 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 13 | .172 | .265 | .374 | C-/D- | $429K | |
Pitchers from the 1959 New York Yankees | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Art Ditmar | S | F | 38 | 213.00 | 25 | 2.90 | 0.211 | 1.03 | 1.846 | 4.28 | 2.32 | 0.757 | $6.59M |
| Whitey Ford | S | F | 35 | 215.00 | 29 | 3.04 | 0.250 | 1.39 | 1.281 | 5.03 | 3.93 | 0.574 | $5.46M |
| Bob Turley | S | F | 33 | 163.00 | 22 | 4.32 | 0.245 | 1.45 | 1.337 | 6.47 | 4.84 | 0.875 | $3.26M |
| Don Larsen | S | F | 25 | 132.00 | 18 | 4.33 | 0.260 | 1.59 | 0.908 | 4.98 | 5.49 | 1.011 | $2.60M |
| Duke Maas | S | F | 38 | 146.00 | 21 | 4.43 | 0.278 | 1.46 | 1.264 | 4.37 | 3.46 | 0.913 | $2.49M |
| Bobby Shantz | R | F | 33 | 100.00 | 4 | 2.38 | 0.189 | 1.02 | 2.000 | 6.28 | 3.14 | 0.380 | $3.65M |
| Ralph Terry | R | P | 24 | 134.00 | 16 | 3.39 | 0.270 | 1.26 | 1.833 | 3.89 | 2.12 | 0.495 | $3.03M |
| Jim Coates | R | F | 37 | 106.00 | 4 | 2.87 | 0.234 | 1.25 | 1.778 | 5.74 | 3.23 | 0.897 | $2.40M |
| Ryne Duren | R | F | 41 | 81.00 | 0 | 1.88 | 0.181 | 1.20 | 2.233 | 11.27 | 5.05 | 0.704 | $2.39M |
| Eli Grba | R | F | 19 | 53.00 | 6 | 6.44 | 0.269 | 1.81 | 0.590 | 4.11 | 6.97 | 1.073 | $671K |
| Tom Sturdivant | R | P | 7 | 27.00 | 3 | 4.97 | 0.222 | 1.14 | 1.778 | 5.68 | 3.20 | 1.421 | $484K |
| Gary Blaylock | R | P | 15 | 27.00 | 1 | 3.51 | 0.306 | 1.75 | 1.333 | 7.01 | 5.26 | 0.000 | $452K |
| Jim Bronstad | R | F | 16 | 31.00 | 3 | 5.22 | 0.288 | 1.60 | 1.077 | 4.30 | 3.99 | 0.614 | $372K |
The 1959 New York Yankees roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1959 New York Yankees.
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