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
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Won World Series (4-0) over Chicago Cubs |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Bill Dickey* | 31 | 132 | 532 | 454 | 84 | 142 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 22 | .313 | .412 | .568 | .981 | 143 | 258 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Lou Gehrig* | 35 | 157 | 689 | 576 | 115 | 170 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 114 | 6 | 1 | 107 | 75 | .295 | .410 | .523 | .932 | 132 | 301 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Joe Gordon | 23 | 127 | 520 | 458 | 83 | 117 | 24 | 7 | 25 | 97 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 72 | .255 | .340 | .502 | .843 | 108 | 230 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | SS | Frankie Crosetti | 27 | 157 | 757 | 631 | 113 | 166 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 106 | 97 | .263 | .382 | .371 | .752 | 89 | 234 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Red Rolfe* | 29 | 151 | 714 | 631 | 132 | 196 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 74 | 44 | .311 | .386 | .441 | .826 | 106 | 278 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Joe DiMaggio | 23 | 145 | 660 | 599 | 129 | 194 | 32 | 13 | 32 | 140 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 21 | .324 | .386 | .581 | .967 | 139 | 348 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Tommy Henrich* | 25 | 131 | 575 | 471 | 109 | 127 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 92 | 32 | .270 | .391 | .490 | .882 | 119 | 231 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | George Selkirk* | 30 | 99 | 407 | 335 | 58 | 85 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 52 | .254 | .384 | .409 | .793 | 99 | 137 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Myril Hoag | 30 | 85 | 298 | 267 | 28 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 31 | .277 | .344 | .352 | .696 | 75 | 94 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 10 | Jake Powell | 29 | 45 | 183 | 164 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .256 | .326 | .378 | .704 | 76 | 62 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | 2B | Bill Knickerbocker | 26 | 46 | 143 | 128 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .250 | .309 | .383 | .692 | 72 | 49 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 12 | C | Joe Glenn | 29 | 41 | 133 | 123 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .260 | .316 | .350 | .665 | 66 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | CI | Babe Dahlgren | 26 | 27 | 44 | 43 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .186 | .205 | .209 | .414 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | C | Art Jorgens | 33 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .235 | .350 | .353 | .703 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 15 | P | Red Ruffing | 33 | 45 | 125 | 107 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .224 | .331 | .364 | .695 | 74 | 39 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 16 | P | Lefty Gomez* | 29 | 32 | 99 | 86 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .151 | .189 | .174 | .363 | -8 | 15 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 17 | P | Monte Pearson | 29 | 28 | 86 | 76 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .171 | .241 | .224 | .465 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 18 | P | Spud Chandler | 30 | 23 | 73 | 69 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .203 | .214 | .348 | .562 | 39 | 24 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 19 | P | Bump Hadley | 33 | 29 | 68 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .093 | .246 | .093 | .339 | -12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 20 | P | Steve Sundra | 28 | 25 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .182 | .250 | .303 | .553 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 21 | P | Johnny Murphy | 29 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .063 | .091 | .094 | .185 | -54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 22 | P | Joe Beggs | 27 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .286 | .300 | .586 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | P | Ivy Andrews | 31 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | P | Wes Ferrell | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | P | Atley Donald* | 27 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | P | Joe Vance | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 1.250 | 2.000 | 392 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | P | Lee Stine | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | P | Kemp Wicker | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.3 | 157 | 6259 | 5410 | 966 | 1480 | 283 | 63 | 174 | 918 | 91 | 28 | 749 | 617 | .274 | .366 | .446 | .812 | 102 | 2411 | 0 | 39 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Red Ruffing | 33 | 21 | 7 | .750 | 3.31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 247.1 | 246 | 104 | 91 | 16 | 82 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1043 | 137 | 1.326 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 1.55 | |
| 2 | SP | Lefty Gomez* | 29 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.35 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 239.0 | 239 | 110 | 89 | 7 | 99 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1034 | 136 | 1.414 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 1.30 | |
| 3 | SP | Monte Pearson | 29 | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.97 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 202.0 | 198 | 107 | 89 | 12 | 113 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 888 | 115 | 1.540 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.87 | |
| 4 | SP | Spud Chandler | 30 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 4.03 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 183 | 86 | 77 | 7 | 47 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 737 | 113 | 1.337 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.77 | |
| 5 | SP | Bump Hadley | 33 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.60 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 167.1 | 165 | 79 | 67 | 13 | 66 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 728 | 126 | 1.380 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 0.92 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Johnny Murphy | 29 | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.24 | 32 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 91.1 | 90 | 47 | 43 | 5 | 41 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 107 | 1.434 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 1.05 | |
| 7 | RP | Steve Sundra | 28 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.80 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93.2 | 107 | 61 | 50 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 416 | 95 | 1.601 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.77 | |
| 8 | RP | Joe Beggs | 27 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58.1 | 69 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 257 | 84 | 1.526 | 10.6 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.40 | |
| 9 | RP | Ivy Andrews | 31 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.00 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 51 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 152 | 1.417 | 9.6 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.76 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Wes Ferrell | 30 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 52 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 56 | 2.333 | 15.6 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.39 | ||
| 11 | Atley Donald | 27 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 87 | 1.750 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 0.43 | ||
| 12 | Joe Vance | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 64 | 2.118 | 15.9 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.50 | |||
| 13 | Lee Stine | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 438 | 1.154 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 4.00 | |||
| 14 | Kemp Wicker* | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 30.2 | 99 | 53 | .651 | 3.91 | 157 | 157 | 66 | 91 | 11 | 13 | 1382.0 | 1436 | 711 | 601 | 85 | 566 | 567 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 6007 | 116 | 1.449 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.00 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4256 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Andrews | 31 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.68 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Beggs | 27 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Spud Chandler | 30 | 23 | 68 | 18 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.96 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Crosetti | 27 | 157 | 905 | 352 | 506 | 47 | 120 | .948 | 5.46 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Babe Dahlgren | 26 | 14 | 51 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .922 | 3.36 | 3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Dickey | 31 | 126 | 600 | 518 | 74 | 8 | 7 | .987 | 4.70 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Atley Donald | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wes Ferrell | 30 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .917 | 2.20 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Gehrig | 35 | 157 | 1597 | 1483 | 100 | 14 | 157 | .991 | 10.08 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Glenn | 29 | 40 | 153 | 134 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .974 | 3.73 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Lefty Gomez | 29 | 32 | 64 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 1.97 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Gordon | 23 | 126 | 771 | 290 | 450 | 31 | 98 | .960 | 5.87 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bump Hadley | 33 | 29 | 57 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.97 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Jorgens | 33 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 3.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Knickerbocker | 26 | 37 | 174 | 82 | 89 | 3 | 25 | .983 | 4.62 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Murphy | 29 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 0.88 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Monte Pearson | 29 | 28 | 53 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 8 | .962 | 1.82 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Rolfe | 29 | 151 | 464 | 151 | 294 | 19 | 26 | .959 | 2.95 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Ruffing | 33 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.45 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lee Stine | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Sundra | 28 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Vance | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Kemp Wicker | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 157 | 6214 | 4147 | 1898 | 169 | 479 | .973 | 3.91 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |