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1938 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · 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 - 106, Pitching - 102

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

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1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ivy Andrews 31 R R 6' 1" 200 May 6, 1907 8 19 1 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Joe Beggs 27 R R 6' 1" 182 Nov 4, 1910 1st 14 9 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Spud Chandler 30 R R 6' 0" 181 Sep 12, 1907 2 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Frankie Crosetti 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 4, 1910 7 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Babe Dahlgren 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 4 27 6 27 14 0 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 -0.6 $
Bill Dickey HOF 31 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1907 11 132 126 132 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5.3 $ All-Star
Joe DiMaggio HOF 23 R R 6' 2" 193 Nov 25, 1914 3 145 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 0 0 5.8 $25,000 All-Star
Atley Donald 27 L R 6' 1" 186 Aug 19, 1910 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Wes Ferrell 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 2, 1908 12 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Lou Gehrig HOF 35 L L 6' 0" 200 Jun 19, 1903 16 157 157 157 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $39,000 All-Star
Joe Glenn 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 19, 1908 6 41 28 41 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Lefty Gomez HOF 29 L L 6' 2" 173 Nov 26, 1908 9 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Joe Gordon HOF 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 1st 127 126 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.5 $
Bump Hadley 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 5, 1904 13 29 17 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Tommy Henrich 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1913 2 131 126 131 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 130 2 0 3.6 $
Myril Hoag 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 9, 1908 7 85 65 85 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 13 27 70 17 0 -0.2 $
Arndt Jorgens 33 R R 5' 9" 160 May 18, 1905 10 9 3 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Bill Knickerbocker 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1911 6 46 31 46 37 0 0 0 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 2 0.0 $
Johnny Murphy 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 14, 1908 6 32 2 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Monte Pearson 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1908 7 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Jake Powell 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 15, 1908 6 45 41 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 6 43 1 1 -0.1 $
Red Rolfe 29 L R 5' 11" 170 Oct 17, 1908 6 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $ All-Star
Red Ruffing HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 205 May 3, 1905 15 45 31 45 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 6.6 $ All-Star
George Selkirk 30 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 4, 1908 5 99 94 99 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 1 95 3 1 1.1 $
Lee Stine 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 17, 1913 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Steve Sundra 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 27, 1910 2 25 8 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Joe Vance 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 16, 1905 3 4 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Kemp Wicker 31 R L 5' 11" 182 Aug 13, 1906 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Frankie Crosetti
Red Rolfe
George Selkirk
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Gordon
Jake Powell
Bill Dickey

Myril Hoag
Bill Knickerbocker
Lefty Gomez
Babe Dahlgren
Lee Stine
Bump Hadley
Red Ruffing
Monte Pearson

Tommy Henrich
Arndt Jorgens
Johnny Murphy
Kemp Wicker
Spud Chandler
Joe Beggs
Ivy Andrews
Wes Ferrell
Joe Vance

Joe Glenn
Atley Donald
Steve Sundra
Lee Stine

1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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