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1938 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

99-53, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (99-53)
Scored 966 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-55

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 970,916 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-0) over Chicago Cubs

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1937 / 1939 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Ivy Andrews 31 R R 6' 1" 200 May 6, 1907 8 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Beggs 27 R R 6' 1" 182 Nov 4, 1910 1st 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spud Chandler 30 R R 6' 0" 181 Sep 12, 1907 2 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Crosetti 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 4, 1910 7 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0
Babe Dahlgren 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 4 27 27 27 0 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Dickey HOF 31 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1907 11 132 132 132 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe DiMaggio HOF 23 R R 6' 2" 193 Nov 25, 1914 3 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 All-Star
Atley Donald 27 L R 6' 1" 186 Aug 19, 1910 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Ferrell 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 2, 1908 12 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Gehrig HOF 35 L L 6' 0" 200 Jun 19, 1903 16 157 157 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe Glenn 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 19, 1908 6 41 41 41 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lefty Gomez HOF 29 L L 6' 2" 173 Nov 26, 1908 9 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe Gordon HOF 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 1st 127 127 127 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bump Hadley 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 5, 1904 13 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Henrich 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1913 2 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 130
Myril Hoag 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 9, 1908 7 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 13 28 70
Arndt Jorgens 33 R R 5' 9" 160 May 18, 1905 10 9 9 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Knickerbocker 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1911 6 46 46 46 0 0 0 34 0 3 0 0 0 0
Johnny Murphy 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 14, 1908 6 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Monte Pearson 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1908 7 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Powell 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 15, 1908 6 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 6 43
Red Rolfe 29 L R 5' 11" 170 Oct 17, 1908 6 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Red Ruffing HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 205 May 3, 1905 15 45 45 45 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
George Selkirk 30 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 4, 1908 5 99 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 95
Lee Stine 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 17, 1913 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Sundra 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 27, 1910 2 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Vance 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 16, 1905 3 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kemp Wicker 31 R L 5' 11" 182 Aug 13, 1906 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1937 / 1939 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played