1939 New York Yankees

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1939 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1939 Uniform
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1939 Information
Owner(s)	Estate of Jacob Ruppert
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1939 New York Yankees

Contents 1 1939 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page 2 Season standings 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.3 Other pitchers 3.4 Relief pitchers 4 World Series

[edit] 1939 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

The New York Yankees' 1939 season was their 37th season. The team finished with a record of 106-45, winning their 11th pennant, finishing 17 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they beat the Cincinnati Reds in 4 games. This marked the first time any team had won four consecutive World Series.

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	106	45	.702	--
Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9½
Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13
Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16
Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23½
Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32
Philadelphia Athletics	55	97	.362	44
St. Louis Browns	43	111	.279	64½

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Frankie Crosetti	152	656	154	.233	10	56
Babe Dahlgren	144	531	125	.235	15	89
Bill Dickey	128	480	145	.302	24	105
Joe DiMaggio	120	462	176	.381	30	126
Joe Gordon	151	567	161	.284	28	111
Charlie Keller	111	398	133	.334	11	83
Red Rolfe	152	648	213	.329	14	80
George Selkirk	128	418	128	.306	21	101

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Gallagher	14	41	10	.244	2	9
Lou Gehrig	8	28	4	.143	0	1
Tommy Henrich	99	347	96	.277	9	57
Art Jorgens	3	0	0	.000	0	0
Bill Knickerbocker	6	13	2	.154	0	1
Buddy Rosar	43	105	29	.276	0	12

[edit] 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
Atley Donald	24	153	13	3	3.71	55
Lefty Gomez	26	198	12	8	3.41	102
Bump Hadley	26	154	12	6	2.98	65
Oral Hildebrand	21	126.7	10	4	3.06	50
Monte Pearson	22	146.3	12	5	4.49	76
Red Ruffing	28	233.3	21	7	2.93	95
Marius Russo	21	116	8	3	2.41	55

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Marv Breuer	1	1	0	0	9.00	0
Wes Ferrell	3	19.3	1	2	4.66	6

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Spud Chandler	11	3	0	0	2.84	4
Johnny Murphy	38	3	6	19	4.40	30
Steve Sundra	24	11	1	0	2.76	27

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1939 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Cincinnati Reds (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Reds – 1, Yankees – 2	October 4	Yankee Stadium	58,541
2	Reds – 0, Yankees – 4	October 5	Yankee Stadium	59,791
3	Yankees – 7, Reds – 3	October 7	Crosley Field	32,723
4	Yankees – 7, Reds – 4 (10 innings)	October 8	Crosley Field	32,794

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