Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Playoff Index > 1941 World Series

News: s-r blog:Team Location Maps Added for Every Year of Minor & Major Leagues

1941 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (101-53) over Brooklyn Dodgers (100-54)


 1940 WS /  1942 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 1, 1941 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0     2  6  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    1  0  1    0  0  x     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Davis, Casey (6), Allen (7)
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Curt Davis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Gordon

  ATTENDANCE: 68,540

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 2, 1941 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0     3  6  2
    New York Yankees             0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Wyatt
              NYY - Chandler, Murphy (6)

               WP - Whit Wyatt
	       LP - Spud Chandler
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 66,248

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 4, 1941 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     2  8  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Russo
              BRO - Fitzsimmons, Casey (8), French (8), Allen (9)

               WP - Marius Russo
	       LP - Hugh Casey
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,100

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 5, 1941 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  4     7 12  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    2  2  0    0  0  0     4  9  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Donald, Breuer (5), Murphy (8)
              BRO - Higbe, French (4), Allen (5), Casey (5)

               WP - Johnny Murphy
	       LP - Hugh Casey
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - Reiser

  ATTENDANCE: 33,813

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 6, 1941 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     3  6  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  4  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Bonham
              BRO - Wyatt

               WP - Tiny Bonham
	       LP - Whit Wyatt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Henrich
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,072

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Tiny Bonham 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 23 50 1 8 0 2 0 .160 .352
Frenchy Bordagaray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 73 10 19 0 4 1 .260 .599
Marv Breuer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 26 46 1 4 0 2 0 .087 .212
Spud Chandler 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 28 60 4 11 0 4 0 .183 .380
Bill Dickey 5 18 3 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 .167 .286 .222 .508 0 0 109 348 35 99 7 71 2 .284 .788
Joe DiMaggio 5 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 .263 .333 .263 .596 0 0 139 541 122 193 30 125 4 .357 1.083
Atley Donald 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 22 62 3 5 0 0 0 .081 .206
Joe Gordon 5 14 2 7 1 1 1 5 7 0 .500 .667 .929 1.595 0 0 156 588 104 162 24 87 10 .276 .824
Tommy Henrich 5 18 4 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 .167 .318 .389 .707 0 0 144 538 106 149 31 85 3 .277 .895
Charlie Keller 5 18 5 7 2 0 0 5 3 1 .389 .476 .500 .976 0 0 140 507 102 151 33 122 6 .298 .996
Johnny Murphy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 35 18 1 1 0 0 0 .056 .161
Phil Rizzuto 5 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .238 .111 .349 1 0 133 515 65 158 3 46 14 .307 .741
Red Rolfe 5 20 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 0 1 136 561 106 148 8 42 3 .264 .695
Buddy Rosar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 209 25 60 1 36 0 .287 .757
Red Ruffing 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 38 89 10 27 2 22 0 .303 .816
Marius Russo 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 28 78 5 18 0 7 0 .231 .516
George Selkirk 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 70 164 30 36 6 25 1 .220 .700
Johnny Sturm 5 21 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 .286 .318 .286 .604 1 1 124 524 58 125 3 36 3 .239 .592
Totals 52 166 17 41 5 1 2 16 23 18 .247 .346 .325 .671 2 2 156 5444 830 1464 151 51 .269 .765

Brooklyn Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Johnny Allen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *31 42 6 4 1 4 0 .095 .283
Dolph Camilli 5 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 .167 .211 .222 .433 0 0 149 529 92 151 34 120 3 .285 .962
Hugh Casey 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 45 50 4 6 0 0 0 .120 .325
Pete Coscarart 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 43 62 13 8 0 5 1 .129 .363
Curt Davis 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 31 59 5 11 2 9 0 .186 .522
Freddie Fitzsimmons 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 13 28 1 4 0 1 0 .143 .404
Herman Franks 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 57 139 10 28 1 11 0 .201 .548
Larry French 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *32 51 5 10 0 4 0 .196 .470
Augie Galan 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *82 147 21 32 1 17 0 .218 .610
Billy Herman 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .125 .300 .125 .425 0 0 *144 572 81 163 3 41 1 .285 .732
Kirby Higbe 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 48 112 6 21 0 14 0 .188 .448
Cookie Lavagetto 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .100 .250 .100 .350 0 0 132 441 75 122 1 78 7 .277 .757
Joe Medwick 5 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .235 .278 .294 .572 0 0 133 538 100 171 18 88 2 .318 .881
Mickey Owen 5 12 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 .167 .333 .333 .667 0 1 128 386 32 89 1 44 1 .231 .584
Pee Wee Reese 5 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 152 595 76 136 2 46 10 .229 .605
Pete Reiser 5 20 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 6 .200 .238 .500 .738 0 0 137 536 117 184 14 76 4 .343 .964
Lew Riggs 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0 0 77 197 27 60 5 36 1 .305 .844
Dixie Walker 5 18 3 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .333 .633 0 0 148 531 88 165 9 71 4 .311 .843
Jimmy Wasdell 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0 0 94 265 39 79 4 48 2 .298 .764
Whit Wyatt 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0 0 40 109 10 26 3 22 0 .239 .639
Totals 62 159 11 29 7 2 1 11 14 21 .182 .249 .270 .519 0 1 157 5485 800 1494 101 36 .272 .752

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Tiny Bonham 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 4 1 2 2 0.667 23 14 2.98 9 6 2 126.2 118 31 43 1.176
Marv Breuer 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 1 2 1.333 26 18 4.09 9 7 2 141.0 131 49 77 1.277
Spud Chandler 1 1 3.60 0 1 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 2 1.200 28 20 3.19 10 4 4 163.2 146 60 60 1.259
Atley Donald 1 1 9.00 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 2 2.250 22 20 3.57 9 5 0 159.0 141 69 71 1.321
Johnny Murphy 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 1 3 0.500 35 0 1.98 8 3 15 77.1 68 40 29 1.397
Red Ruffing 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 6 1 3 5 1.000 23 23 3.54 15 6 0 185.2 177 54 60 1.244
Marius Russo 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 4 1 2 5 0.667 28 27 3.09 14 10 1 209.2 195 87 105 1.345
Totals 8 5 1.80 4 1 0 3 45.0 29 9 14 21 0.956 156 156 3.526 101 53 1396.1 1309 598 589 1.366

Brooklyn Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Johnny Allen 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 3 0 1.091 *31 13 4.71 5 5 1 124.1 127 41 48 1.351
Hugh Casey 3 0 3.38 0 2 0 0 5.1 9 2 2 1 2.063 45 18 3.89 14 11 7 162.0 155 57 61 1.309
Curt Davis 1 1 5.06 0 1 0 0 5.1 6 3 3 1 1.688 28 16 2.97 13 7 2 154.1 141 27 50 1.089
Freddie Fitzsimmons 1 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 0 3 1 1.000 13 12 2.07 6 1 0 82.2 78 26 19 1.258
Larry French 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.000 *32 19 4.51 5 14 0 153.2 177 47 68 1.458
Kirby Higbe 1 1 7.36 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 2 1 2.182 48 39 3.14 22 9 3 298.0 244 132 121 1.262
Whit Wyatt 2 2 2.50 1 1 0 2 18.0 15 5 10 14 1.389 38 35 2.34 22 10 1 288.1 223 82 176 1.058
Totals 13 5 2.66 1 4 0 2 44.0 41 13 23 18 1.455 157 157 3.141 100 54 1421.0 1236 495 603 1.218

 1940 WS /  1942 WS

Report an error