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
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)George Weiss
Manager(s)Casey Stengel
Local televisionWPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Local radioWMGM
(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 9460 0.610 — 47–30 47–30
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 5 43–34 46–31
New York Yankees 7975 0.513 15 40–37 39–38
Detroit Tigers 7678 0.494 18 41–36 35–42
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 19 43–34 32–45
Baltimore Orioles 7480 0.481 20 38–39 36–41
Kansas City Athletics 6688 0.429 28 37–40 29–48
Washington Senators 6391 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 —8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10
Boston 14–8—8–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12
Chicago 11–11–114–8—15–713–912–1013–9–116–6
Cleveland 12–1014–87–15—14–815–711–1116–6
Detroit 9–1311–119–138–14—15–714–810–12
Kansas City 14–811–1110–127–157–15—5–1712–10
New York 10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–5—15–7
Washington 10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15—

Notable transactions

Roster
1959 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Sturdivant725.1024.9716

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 Blaylock150103.5120
Johnny Kucks90108.649

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
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