1955 New York Yankees
96 - 58
1954 / 1956 (Organization)
1st place in the AL
Home Record:
Away Record:
52 - 25 (.675)
44 - 33 (.571)
+8.7 wins
+10.3 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 762 / 636 ( +126 )
Allowed/Expected: 569 / 645 ( +76 )
Pyth Record: 97 - 57 (-1)
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Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: 1,490,138 Avg Att: 19,352 (1.34)
Att Rank: 1 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,471
       
Park Factor: 0.94    
HR Factor: 0.94 R/L HR: 0.83 / 1.12
Notes:
- American League Champions
- Lost to Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series

Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
  Acquired Via M D Y
1
C
26.4
27.2
205.6
75.2
 
1.5
-0.5
-0.8
3.2
2.0
 
Purchased
7
19
1950
2
SS
23.3
22.0
152.2
51.0
 
2.9
-0.5
3.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
3
1B
21.9
20.9
167.0
73.3
 
0.0
4.8
0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
4
SS
19.7
18.4
120.7
21.8
 
2.5
2.7
2.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1954
5
2B
22.1
15.4
128.2
10.6
 
0.0
1.1
1.8
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
6
SP
19.5
12.0
102.2
40.5
 
-0.6
1.3
1.3
0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
19
1953
7
SP
25.2
10.1
66.8
24.1
 
0.7
2.7
3.9
-0.4
-0.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
5
28
1948
8
2B
19.9
8.3
120.9
-6.0
 
-0.7
-0.1
0.2
0.3
2.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
12
1953
9
CF
21.0
5.4
98.3
21.1
 
0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1953
10
C
25.6
3.9
35.0
1.2
 
0.1
1.9
1.2
0.2
0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1950
11
SP
26.0
3.4
16.0
6.4
 
2.6
0.5
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1948
12
RF
23.6
3.0
43.7
8.6
 
-1.6
-1.0
-0.3
1.9
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1949
13
RF
19.4
3.0
79.2
11.1
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1954
14
RF
25.0
1.8
38.5
3.2
 
-0.0
2.4
-0.3
1.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1948
15
LF
23.1
1.6
17.2
2.8
 
1.3
0.9
-0.4
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1949
16
C
22.3
1.6
41.1
14.0
 
-0.0
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
7
3
1951
17
C
26.4
1.3
21.8
-5.0
 
1.2
1.5
-0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1949
18
RP
22.2
0.8
5.2
2.4
 
0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
19
CF
22.4
0.6
3.9
0.6
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1953
20
1B
21.8
0.4
24.2
0.8
 
0.1
0.2
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
5
28
1952
21
RP
25.5
0.3
10.1
-0.2
 
0.6
0.4
-0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1948
22
RF
24.9
0.3
9.1
1.8
 
-0.3
0.6
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
23
3B
18.8
-0.1
1.0
0.3
 
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
1
26
1955
24
LF
26.0
-0.1
0.9
-1.0
 
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
25
SP
24.0
-0.2
2.9
0.7
 
-0.2
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
26
SW
22.9
-0.3
34.2
7.0
 
-0.1
1.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
27
SP
22.9
-0.4
1.4
-1.4
 
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
28
RP
21.9
-0.4
5.4
0.3
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1953
29
SP
24.7
-0.6
5.8
-0.2
 
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1949
30
C
21.1
-0.6
4.8
-3.0
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
31
CF
21.0
-0.7
15.8
-2.1
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
32
RF
24.9
-0.7
0.4
-1.4
 
-0.1
-0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1951
33
SP
21.9
-0.7
39.5
6.7
 
0.0
-0.0
0.5
-0.8
0.9
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
34
1B
19.4
-0.7
0.0
-0.4
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
10
1
1953
35
SS
20.3
-0.7
1.1
-1.1
 
-0.0
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1953
36
SS
24.5
-1.0
3.9
-4.7
 
0.3
-1.3
 
Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement
1
1
1951
37
SP
24.6
-1.0
1.4
-1.9
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
38
RP
19.0
-1.2
0.1
-4.1
 
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
39
SP
23.9
-1.4
7.8
-1.1
 
-0.5
0.2
-1.0
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1952
40
SP
17.6
-1.5
3.7
-1.1
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
41
2B
21.3
-1.7
7.3
-10.7
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1954
42
SP
24.9
-2.7
3.6
-4.9
 
-0.2
-1.7
0.2
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1949
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James