The 1959 New York Yankees season was the 57th season for the team. 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.

This was the only season between 1955 and 1964 in which the Yankees failed to win the American League pennant.

Offseason Prior to 1959 season: Elvio Jiménez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.Elvio Jiménez at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 13, 1959: Bobby Del Greco was purchased from the Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies.Bobby Del Greco at Baseball-Reference 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.K.C. A's trade two to Yankees September 11, 1959: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Milwaukee Braves.Enos Slaughter at Baseball-Reference

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 C Yogi Berra 131 472 134 .284 19 69 1B Bill Skowron 74 282 84 .298 15 59 2B Bobby Richardson 134 469 141 .301 2 33 SS Tony Kubek 132 512 143 .279 6 51 3B Héctor López 112 406 115 .283 16 69 LF Norm Siebern 120 380 103 .271 11 53 CF Mickey Mantle 144 541 154 .285 31 75 RF Hank Bauer 114 341 81 .238 9 39

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 Elston Howard 125 443 121 .273 18 73 Gil McDougald 127 434 109 .251 4 34 Marv Throneberry 80 192 46 .240 8 22 Clete Boyer 47 114 20 .175 0 3 Andy Carey 41 101 26 .257 3 9 Enos Slaughter 74 99 17 .172 6 21 Johnny Blanchard 49 59 10 .169 2 4 Jerry Lumpe 18 45 10 .222 0 2 Fritz Brickell 18 39 10 .256 1 4 Jim Pisoni 17 17 3 .176 0 1 Ken Hunt 6 12 4 .333 0 1 Gordie Windhorn 7 11 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 Whitey Ford 35 204.0 16 10 3.04 114 Art Ditmar 38 202.0 13 9 2.90 96 Bob Turley 33 154.1 8 11 4.32 111 Ralph Terry 24 127.1 3 7 3.39 55 Don Larsen 25 124.2 6 7 4.33 69 Mark Freeman 1 7.0 0 0 2.57 4

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 Duke Maas 38 138.0 14 8 4.43 67 Eli Grba 19 50.1 2 5 6.44 23 Jim Bronstad 16 29.1 0 3 5.22 14 7 25.1 0 2 4.97 16 John Gabler 3 19.1 1 1 2.79 11

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 Ryne Duren 41 3 6 14 1.88 96 Jim Coates 37 6 1 3 2.87 64 Bobby Shantz 33 7 3 3 2.38 66 15 0 1 0 3.51 20 9 0 1 0 8.64 9 Zach Monroe 3 0 0 0 5.40 1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto, St. PetersburgJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1959 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1959 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com