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The 1957 New York Yankees season was the 55th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 98–56 to win their 23rd pennant, finishing eight games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
The 1957 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1957. The regular season ended on September 29, with the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively.
The 1957 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 1957 season.The 54th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Milwaukee Braves.
Coleman retired following the 1957 season, and Richardson began 1958 as the Yankees' starting second baseman. [19] After batting .203 through the Yankees' first 18 games, he missed 20 in a row as McDougald began getting the starts at second.
September 23 – In their fifth season since leaving Boston, the Milwaukee Braves clinch the National League pennant at County Stadium after Braves slugger (and eventual 1957 National League MVP) Hank Aaron clubs a two-run walk-off home run off Billy Muffett in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving Milwaukee a 4–2 victory over the St. Louis ...
The New York Yankees were cruising toward a Game 5 victory Wednesday night, looking to send the World Series back west on a two-game winning streak. These three mistakes in one inning cost the ...
Clarke Schmidt and Nestor Cortes combined on a four-hitter, and the New York Yankees clinched their 32nd straight winning season by blanking the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Saturday. Schmidt pitched 4 2/3 ...
The Yankees won the World Series again in 1996, and in 1998 began a run of three consecutive titles. From 1995 to 2007, the Yankees made the playoffs each year; their 13-season postseason streak was the second-longest in MLB history. [9]