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1938 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939) 99-53, Finished 1st in American League View League Standings and Leaders World Series Champs Scored 966 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-55 Managed by Joe McCarthy Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 970,916 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 95   (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Won World Series (4-0) over Chicago Cubs BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats (1937/1939) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Bill Dickey         31  132  454   84  142  27  4  27  115  75   22  .313  .412  .568   3   0       2   1          143
1B *Lou Gehrig          35  157  576  115  170  32  6  29  114 107   75  .295  .410  .523   6   1       5   1          132
2B  Joe Gordon          23  127  458   83  117  24  7  25   97  56   72  .255  .340  .502  11   3       3   3          108
3B *Red Rolfe           29  151  631  132  196  36  8  10   80  74   44  .311  .386  .441  13   1       3   6          106
SS  Frankie Crosetti    27  157  631  113  166  35  3   9   55 106   97  .263  .382  .371  27  12      15   5           89
OF  Joe DiMaggio        23  145  599  129  194  32 13  32  140  59   21  .324  .386  .581   6   1       2   0          139
OF *Tommy Henrich       25  131  471  109  127  24  7  22   91  92   32  .270  .391  .490   6   2       2  10          119
OF *George Selkirk      30   99  335   58   85  12  5  10   62  68   52  .254  .384  .409   9   4       3   1           99
    Myril Hoag          30   85  267   28   74  14  3   0   48  25   31  .277  .344  .352   4   3       2   4           75
    Jake Powell         29   45  164   27   42  12  1   2   20  15   20  .256  .326  .378   3   1       2   2           76
    Bill Knickerbocker  26   46  128   15   32   8  3   1   21  11   10  .250  .309  .383   0   0       0   4           72
    Joe Glenn           29   41  123   10   32   7  2   0   25  10   14  .260  .316  .350   1   0       0   0           66
    Babe Dahlgren       26   27   43    8    8   1  0   0    1   1    7  .186  .205  .209   0   0       0   0            4
    Art Jorgens         33    9   17    3    4   2  0   0    2   3    3  .235  .350  .353   0   0       0   1           76

    Red Ruffing         33   45  107   12   24   4  1   3   17  17   21  .224  .331  .364   0   0       0   1           74
   *Lefty Gomez         29   32   86    5   13   2  0   0    7   4   18  .151  .189  .174   0   0       0   9           -8
    Monte Pearson       29   28   76    8   13   4  0   0    6   7    7  .171  .241  .224   1   0       0   3           17
    Spud Chandler       30   23   69   10   14   1  0   3    4   1   23  .203  .214  .348   0   0       0   3           39
    Bump Hadley         33   29   54    3    5   0  0   0    4  11   15  .093  .246  .093   0   0       0   3          -12
    Steve Sundra        28   25   33    4    6   1  0   1    2   3   12  .182  .250  .303   0   0       0   2           38
    Johnny Murphy       29   32   32    4    2   1  0   0    2   1   13  .063  .091  .094   1   0       0   2          -54
    Joe Beggs           27   14   20    2    5   1  0   0    2   1    3  .250  .286  .300   0   0       0   0           47
    Ivy Andrews         31   19   12    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    1  .167  .231  .167   0   0       0   0            1
    Wes Ferrell         30    5   12    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    4  .167  .231  .250   0   0       0   0           20
   *Atley Donald        27    2    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0   0       0   0          -16
    Joe Vance           32    4    4    1    3   2  0   0    1   0    0  .750  .750 1.250   0   0       0   0          392
    Lee Stine           24    4    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0       0   0          151
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  157 5410  966 1480 283 63 174  918 749  616  .274  .362  .446  91  28      39  61          110
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    1    5   3  3   1        1    1     6     2     1   1   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Lefty Gomez         29  32   3.35  18  12  0  32   0  20   4  239.0  239  110   89   7   99  129 1034   5   1  0     136
SP  Red Ruffing         33  31   3.31  21   7  0  31   0  22   3  247.3  246  104   91  16   82  127 1043   1   0  1     137
SP  Monte Pearson       29  28   3.97  16   7  0  27   1  17   1  202.0  198  107   89  12  113   98  888   9   0  1     115
SP  Spud Chandler       30  23   4.03  14   5  0  23   0  14   2  172.0  183   86   77   7   47   36  737   0   2  1     113
SP  Bump Hadley         33  29   3.60   9   8  1  17   5   8   1  167.3  165   79   67  13   66   61  728   6   3  0     126
SP  Joe Beggs           27  14   5.40   3   2  0   9   3   4   0   58.3   69   41   35   7   20    8  257   0   0  1      84

CL  Johnny Murphy       29  32   4.24   8   2 11   2  26   1   0   91.3   90   47   43   5   41   43  398   0   1  0     107
RP  Ivy Andrews         31  19   3.00   1   3  1   1  12   1   0   48.0   51   25   16   3   17   13  210   0   0  0     152
RP  Steve Sundra        28  25   4.80   6   4  0   8  15   3   0   93.7  107   61   50   7   43   33  416   4   0  0      95

    Wes Ferrell         30   5   8.10   2   2  0   4   1   1   0   30.0   52   33   27   6   18    7  154   2   0  0      56
    Atley Donald        27   2   5.25   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   12.0    7    8    7   0   14    6   55   1   1  0      87
    Joe Vance           32   3   7.15   0   0  0   1   1   0   0   11.3   20    9    9   2    4    2   54   0   0  0      64
    Lee Stine           24   4   1.04   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.7    9    1    1   0    1    4   29   0   0  0     438
   *Kemp Wicker         31   1   0.00   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.1 157   3.91  99  53 13 157  66  91  11 1382.0 1436  710  600  85  566  567 6007  28   8  4     116
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  3           1   1      1    2    1        1    3    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BDickey 126 518 74 8 7 .987 7 JGlenn 40 134 15 4 3 .974 4 AJorgens 8 18 6 2 0 .923 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 670 95 14 10 .982 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LGehrig 157 1483 100 14 157 .991 10.08 BDahlgren 6 26 2 0 2 1.000 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1509 102 14 159 .991 10.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGordon 126 290 450 31 98 .960 5.87 BKnickerboc 34 78 86 3 23 .982 4.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 368 536 34 121 .964 5.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRolfe 151 151 294 19 26 .959 2.95 BDahlgren 8 11 8 4 0 .826 2.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 162 302 23 26 .953 3.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 4.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FCrosetti 157 352 506 47 120 .948 5.46 BKnickerboc 3 4 3 0 2 1.000 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 356 509 47 122 .948 5.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JDiMaggio 145 366 20 15 4 .963 2.66 0 145 0 THenrich 130 239 14 4 1 .984 1.95 0 0 130 GSelkirk 95 176 7 5 3 .973 1.93 95 0 0 MHoag 70 132 5 5 3 .965 1.96 31 13 28 JPowell 43 86 1 2 0 .978 2.02 37 1 6 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 999 47 31 11 .971 2.27 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .952 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRuffing 31 11 34 0 2 1.000 1.64 LGomez 32 12 51 1 5 .984 2.37 MPearson 28 11 40 2 8 .962 2.27 SChandler 23 18 50 0 3 1.000 3.56 BHadley 29 17 40 0 3 1.000 3.07 SSundra 25 0 25 1 2 .962 2.40 JMurphy 32 7 21 1 0 .966 2.76 JBeggs 14 1 19 0 4 1.000 3.09 IAndrews 19 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.44 WFerrell 5 2 9 1 3 .917 3.30 ADonald 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75 JVance 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.39 LStine 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.03 KWicker 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 83 307 6 30 .985 2.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average DiMaggio .324 On-base % Dickey .412 Slugging % DiMaggio .581 OPS Dickey .980 Games Crosetti and Gehrig 157 At Bats Crosetti and Rolfe 631 Plate Appearances (approx.) Crosetti 757 Runs Rolfe 132 Hits Rolfe 196 Total Bases DiMaggio 348 Doubles Rolfe 36 Triples DiMaggio 13 Home Runs DiMaggio 32 RBI DiMaggio 140 Bases on Balls Gehrig 107 Strikeouts Crosetti 97 Stolen Bases Crosetti 27 Singles Rolfe 142 Adjusted OPS+ Dickey 143 Runs Created DiMaggio 135 Adjusted Batting Runs DiMaggio 32 Batting Wins DiMaggio 2.9 Extra-Base Hits DiMaggio 77 Times on Base Crosetti 287 Offensive Win% Dickey .727 Hit By Pitch Crosetti 15 Sac. Hits Henrich 10 Caught Stealing Crosetti 12 Power/Speed Number Gordon 15.3 At Bats per Strikeout DiMaggio 28.5 At Bats per Home Run Dickey 16.8 Outs Crosetti 482

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Ruffing 3.31 Wins Ruffing 21 Won-Loss % Ruffing .750 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ruffing 1.326 Hits Allowed/9IP Pearson 8.82 Bases on Balls/9IP Chandler 2.46 Strikeouts/9IP Gomez 4.86 Games Gomez and Murphy 32 Saves Murphy 11 Innings Ruffing 247.3 Strikeouts Gomez 129 Games Started Gomez 32 Comp. Games Ruffing 22 Shutouts Gomez 4 Home Runs Allow. Ruffing 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Pearson 113 Hits Allowed Ruffing 246 SO to Walk Ruffing 1.55 Losses Gomez 12 Earned Runs Allow. Ruffing 91 Wild Pitches Pearson 9 Hit Batsmen Hadley 3 Batters Faced Ruffing 1043 Games Finished Murphy 26 Adjusted ERA+ Ruffing 137

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Bill Dickey (Starting C)
Joe DiMaggio (Starting RF)
Lou Gehrig
Lefty Gomez (Starting P)
Johnny Murphy
Red Rolfe
Red Ruffing

1937/1939

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