1942 New York Yankees

The New York Yankees' 1942 season was the 40th season for the Yankees in New York and their 42nd overall. The team finished with a record of 103-51, winning their 13th pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games.

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	103	51	.669	--
Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	9
St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19.5
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28
Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30
Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34
Washington Senators	62	89	.411	39.5
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48

[edit] Player stats

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	74	285	69	.242	4	23
Bill Dickey	82	268	79	.295	2	37
Joe DiMaggio	154	610	173	.305	21	114
Joe Gordon	147	538	162	.322	18	103
Buddy Hassett	132	538	153	.284	5	48
Tommy Henrich	127	483	129	.267	13	67
Charlie Keller	152	544	159	.292	26	108
Phil Rizzuto	144	553	157	.284	4	68

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mike Chartak	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	21	77	28	.364	2	17
Rollie Hemsley	31	85	25	.294	0	15
Eddie Kearse	11	26	5	.192	0	0
Ed Levy	13	41	5	.122	0	3
Jerry Priddy	59	189	53	.280	2	28
Red Rolfe	69	285	48	.219	8	25
Buddy Rosar	69	209	48	.230	2	34
George Selkirk	42	78	15	.192	0	10
Tuck Stainback	15	10	2	.200	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tiny Bonham	28	226	21	5	2.27	71
Hank Borowy	25	178.7	15	4	2.52	85
Marv Breuer	27	164.3	8	9	3.07	72
Spud Chandler	24	200.7	16	5	2.38	74
Atley Donald	20	147.7	11	3	3.11	53
Lefty Gomez	13	80	6	4	4.28	41
Red Ruffing	24	193.7	14	7	3.21	80

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mel Queen Sr.	4	5.7	1	0	0.00	0
Marius Russo	9	45.3	4	1	2.78	15
Jim Turner	5	7	1	1	1.29	2

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Norm Branch	10	0	1	2	6.32	13
Johnny Lindell	23	2	1	1	3.76	28
Johnny Murphy	31	4	10	11	3.41	24

Main article: 1942 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4	September 30	Sportsman's Park	34,769
2	Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4	October 1	Sportsman's Park	34,255
3	Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0	October 3	Yankee Stadium	69,123
4	Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6	October 4	Yankee Stadium	69,902
5	Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2	October 5	Yankee Stadium	69,052