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1938 New York Yankees

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 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 23 127 521 458 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* 29 151 715 631 132 196 36 8 10 80 13 1 74 44 .311 .386 .441 .826 106 278 3 6
6 OF 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 OF George Selkirk* 30 99 406 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 9 4 68 52 .254 .384 .409 .793 99 137 3 1
8 OF Tommy Henrich* 25 131 575 471 109 127 24 7 22 91 6 2 92 32 .270 .391 .490 .882 119 231 2 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF 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 OF 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 Arndt 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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 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
Team Totals 28.3 157 6260 5410 966 1480 283 63 174 918 91 28 749 617 .274 .366 .446 .812 102 2411 39 61
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 8 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 138 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 6 728 127 1.380 8.9 0.7 3.5 3.3 0.92
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 0 398 108 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 85 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 0 210 153 1.417 9.6 0.6 3.2 2.4 0.76
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 57 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 89 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 66 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 29 455 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 117 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 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Ivy Andrews 31 19 1 1 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 0.68 P
Joe Beggs 27 14 9 4 20 1 19 0 4 1.000 1.43 P
Spud Chandler 30 23 23 14 68 18 50 0 3 1.000 2.96 P
Frankie Crosetti 27 157 157 154 905 352 506 47 120 .948 5.46 SS
Babe Dahlgren 26 14 6 6 51 37 10 4 2 .922 3.36 3B-1B
Bill Dickey 31 126 126 110 600 518 74 8 7 .987 4.70 7 36 32 47% 37% C
Joe DiMaggio 23 145 145 144 401 366 20 15 4 .963 2.66 OF
Atley Donald 27 2 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 P
Wes Ferrell 30 5 4 1 12 2 9 1 3 .917 2.20 P
Lou Gehrig 35 157 157 151 1597 1483 100 14 157 .991 10.08 1B
Joe Glenn 29 40 28 28 153 134 15 4 3 .974 3.73 4 14 4 22% 37% C
Lefty Gomez 29 32 32 20 64 12 51 1 5 .984 1.97 P
Joe Gordon 23 126 126 123 771 290 450 31 98 .960 5.87 2B
Bump Hadley 33 29 17 8 57 17 40 0 3 1.000 1.97 P
Tommy Henrich 25 130 126 123 257 239 14 4 1 .984 1.95 OF
Myril Hoag 30 70 65 59 142 132 5 5 3 .965 1.96 OF
Arndt Jorgens 33 8 3 2 26 18 6 2 0 .923 3.00 0 4 1 20% 37% C
Bill Knickerbocker 26 37 31 31 174 82 89 3 25 .983 4.62 2B-SS
Johnny Murphy 29 32 2 1 29 7 21 1 0 .966 0.88 P
Monte Pearson 29 28 27 17 53 11 40 2 8 .962 1.82 P
Jake Powell 29 43 41 39 89 86 1 2 0 .978 2.02 OF
Red Rolfe 29 151 151 149 464 151 294 19 26 .959 2.95 3B
Red Ruffing 33 31 31 22 45 11 34 0 2 1.000 1.45 P
George Selkirk 30 95 94 91 188 176 7 5 3 .973 1.93 OF
Lee Stine 24 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Steve Sundra 28 25 8 3 26 0 25 1 2 .962 1.00 P
Joe Vance 32 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Kemp Wicker 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Team Totals 28.4 157 1413 1301 6214 4147 1898 169 479 .973 3.91 11 54 37 41% 37%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 2 4
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Ivy Andrews 31 19 13 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Purchased 1
Joe Beggs 27 14 21 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
Spud Chandler 30 23 73 -8 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
Frankie Crosetti 27 157 757 -7 0 0 8 10 12 1.2 24 36 3.5 .507 .507 2.7 1.8 28 $ Traded *6
Babe Dahlgren 26 27 44 -7 0 0 -2 -0 -9 -0.8 1 -7 -0.7 .470 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $ Purchased /53
Bill Dickey* 31 132 532 32 1 0 0 4 37 3.3 17 54 5.0 .525 .520 5.0 0.5 54 $ Purchased *2
Joe DiMaggio 23 145 660 34 1 0 2 -1 36 3.3 21 57 5.3 .522 .520 5.1 0.2 55 $25,000 Traded *8O
Atley Donald* 27 2 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .482 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
Wes Ferrell 30 5 13 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Free Agency /1
Lou Gehrig* 35 157 689 30 1 0 -2 -7 22 2.0 22 44 4.2 .513 .512 4.3 -0.7 46 $39,000 Free Agency *3
Joe Glenn 29 41 133 -7 0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.1 .486 .496 0.0 0.0 -1 $ 2
Lefty Gomez* 29 32 99 -17 0 0 0 11 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .485 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ Purchased 1
Joe Gordon 23 127 521 1 1 0 9 5 16 1.5 16 33 3.1 .512 .509 2.3 1.3 24 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Bump Hadley 33 29 68 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ Traded 1
Tommy Henrich* 25 131 575 16 1 0 4 -6 15 1.4 18 33 3.2 .510 .508 2.8 -0.1 29 $ Free Agency *O9
Myril Hoag 30 85 298 -10 -0 0 0 -3 -14 -1.2 9 -4 -0.3 .485 .492 -0.3 -0.2 -4 $ O798
Arndt Jorgens 33 9 21 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Purchased /2
Bill Knickerbocker 26 46 143 -6 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.4 4 -0 0.1 .491 .497 0.1 0.2 -0 $ Traded 4/6
Johnny Murphy 29 32 35 -9 0 0 0 4 -5 -0.4 1 -4 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ Traded 1
Monte Pearson 29 28 86 -10 0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 3 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ Traded 1
Jake Powell 29 45 183 -7 0 0 0 -2 -8 -0.7 6 -3 -0.2 .483 .495 -0.2 -0.2 -3 $ Traded O7/98
Red Rolfe* 29 151 715 9 3 0 3 2 17 1.6 22 39 3.8 .510 .509 3.5 0.5 36 $ *5
Red Ruffing 33 45 125 -5 0 0 0 14 10 0.9 4 13 0.9 .519 .505 0.9 0.0 13 $ Traded 1
George Selkirk* 30 99 406 1 0 0 0 -4 -3 -0.3 13 9 1.0 .497 .498 1.0 -0.3 9 $ O7/9
Lee Stine 24 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ Purchased /1
Steve Sundra 28 25 38 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ Traded 1
Joe Vance 32 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .550 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
Kemp Wicker 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
Team Total 28.3 1615 6260 12 11 0 21 67 111 10.4 197 308 28.0 .506 .502 25.9 2.8 287 $64,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Ivy Andrews 31 48.0 19 1 25 4.69 5.33 0.15 0.00 97.8 5.07 2 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.6 8 .507 .501 $ Purchased
Joe Beggs 27 58.1 14 9 41 6.33 5.14 0.15 0.00 97.2 4.85 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .438 .495 $
Spud Chandler 30 172.0 23 23 86 4.50 5.27 0.15 0.00 95.6 4.90 6 0.5 -0.1 1.9 30 .523 .503 $
Atley Donald 27 12.0 2 2 8 6.00 5.93 0.11 0.00 98.4 5.72 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .478 .500 $
Wes Ferrell 30 30.0 5 4 33 9.90 5.54 0.16 0.00 92.5 4.97 -17 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -13 .266 .493 $ Free Agency
Lefty Gomez* 29 239.0 32 32 110 4.14 5.53 0.13 0.00 95.6 5.16 25 2.3 -0.1 4.3 58 .573 .514 $ Purchased
Bump Hadley 33 167.1 29 17 79 4.25 5.41 0.14 0.00 94.6 4.98 12 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.5 35 .538 .507 $ Traded
Johnny Murphy 29 91.1 32 2 47 4.63 5.46 0.13 0.00 97.6 5.20 5 0.4 1.0 -0.0 1.2 18 .514 .503 $ Traded
Monte Pearson 29 202.0 28 27 107 4.77 5.30 0.13 0.00 97.1 5.02 4 0.3 1.0 -0.1 2.0 32 .512 .502 $ Traded
Red Ruffing 33 247.1 31 31 104 3.78 5.40 0.13 0.00 95.0 5.01 31 3.0 -0.1 5.0 66 .596 .518 $ Traded
Lee Stine 24 8.2 4 0 1 1.04 5.72 0.11 0.00 94.4 5.30 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .596 .502 $ Purchased
Steve Sundra 28 93.2 25 8 61 5.86 5.29 0.14 0.00 94.7 4.88 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 2 .461 .494 $ Traded
Joe Vance 32 11.1 3 1 9 7.15 5.48 0.16 0.00 102.3 5.44 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .435 .499 $
Kemp Wicker* 31 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.85 0.12 0.00 90.0 5.16 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .553 .500 $
Team Total 30.2 1382.0 248 157 711 4.63 5.39 0.14 0.00 95.8 5.03 47 5.0 1.0 -0.7 16.6 239 .520 .502 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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