1959 New York Yankees Roster by Baseball Almanac

1959 New York Yankees Roster

The 1959 New York Yankees team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1959 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1959 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1959 New York Yankees salary list, a 1959 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1959 New York Yankees primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1959 New York Yankees 1959 New York Yankees Official Logo Complete Roster Roster Schedule Statmaster
#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
22	Gary Blaylock	6-00	196	Right	Right	1931-10-11
22, 49	Jim Bronstad	6-03	196	Right	Right	1936-06-22
39	Jim Coates	6-04	192	Right	Right	1932-08-04
28	Art Ditmar	6-02	196	Right	Right	1929-04-03
26	Ryne Duren	6-01	195	Right	Right	1929-02-22
16	Whitey Ford	5-10	181	Left	Left	1928-10-21
45	Mark Freeman	6-04	220	Right	Right	1930-12-07
48	Gabe Gabler	6-02	165	Right	Both	1930-10-02
47	Eli Grba	6-02	207	Right	Right	1934-08-09
53	Johnny Kucks	6-03	184	Right	Right	1933-07-27
18	Don Larsen	6-04	227	Right	Right	1929-08-07
24	Duke Maas	5-10	170	Right	Right	1929-01-31
55	Zach Monroe	6-00	198	Right	Right	1931-07-08
30	Bobby Shantz	5-06	142	Left	Right	1925-09-26
47	Tom Sturdivant	6-01	186	Right	Left	1930-04-28
23	Ralph Terry	6-03	195	Right	Right	1936-01-09
19	Bob Turley	6-02	215	Right	Right	1930-09-19
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
8	Yogi Berra	5-08	194	Right	Left	1925-05-12
38	Johnny Blanchard	6-01	198	Right	Left	1933-02-26
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
34	Clete Boyer	6-00	182	Right	Right	1937-02-09
29	Fritz Brickell	5-05�	157	Right	Right	1935-03-19
6	Andy Carey	6-01	195	Right	Right	1931-10-18
32	Elston Howard	6-02	200	Right	Right	1929-02-23
10	Tony Kubek	6-03	191	Right	Left	1935-10-12
11	Hector Lopez	5-11	182	Right	Right	1929-07-09
11	Jerry Lumpe	6-02	185	Right	Left	1933-06-02
12	Gil McDougald	6-01	180	Right	Right	1928-05-19
1	Bobby Richardson	5-09	170	Right	Right	1935-08-19
14	Bill Skowron	5-11	195	Right	Right	1930-12-18
20	Marv Throneberry	6-00	197	Left	Left	1933-09-02
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
9	Hank Bauer	6-00	192	Right	Right	1922-07-31
44	Ken Hunt	6-01	205	Right	Right	1934-07-13
7	Mickey Mantle	5-11	198	Right	Both	1931-10-20
15	Jim Pisoni	5-10	169	Right	Right	1929-08-14
25	Norm Siebern	6-03	205	Right	Left	1933-07-26
17	Enos Slaughter	5-09	192	Right	Left	1916-04-27
51	Gordie Windhorn	6-01	185	Right	Right	1933-12-19
1959 New York Yankees Roster

The 1959 New York Yankees played 154 games during the regular season, won 79 games, lost 75 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium (Park Factors: 97/94) where 1,552,030 fans witnessed their 1959 Yankees finish the season with a .513 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1959 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1959 New York Yankees salary list, a 1959 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1959 New York Yankees primary starters list:

1959 New York Yankees
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1959 New York Yankees
Most Games by Position
C Yogi Berra (116)
1B Bill Skowron (72)
2B Bobby Richardson (109)
3B Hector Lopez (76)
SS Tony Kubek (67)
LF Norm Siebern (82)
CF Mickey Mantle (143)
RF Hank Bauer (107)

SP Art Ditmar
SP Whitey Ford
SP Don Larsen
SP Duke Maas
SP Ralph Terry
SP Bob Turley

RP Jim Coates
RP Bobby Shantz
CL Ryne Duren

1959 New York Yankees
Salaries
Mickey Mantle $70,000.00
Yogi Berra $57,500.00
Bob Turley $32,000.00
Whitey Ford $31,000.00
Elston Howard $25,000.00
Bill Skowron $22,500.00
Ryne Duren $16,000.00

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

Did you know that a 1959 New York Yankees Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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