1939 New York Yankees Batting Statistics

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1939 New York Yankees Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
106-45, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 967 runs, Allowed 556 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 111-40
Manager: Joe McCarthy (106-45)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 859,785 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 94; one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 86
World Series Champs

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Won World Series (4-0) over Cincinnati Reds

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1938 / 1940 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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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*	32	128	565	480	98	145	23	3	24	105	5	0	77	37	.302	.403	.513	.915	133	246	9	4	4
2	1B	Babe Dahlgren	27	144	603	531	71	125	18	6	15	89	2	3	57	54	.235	.312	.377	.689	76	200	15	2	13
3	2B	Joe Gordon	24	151	648	567	92	161	32	5	28	111	11	10	75	57	.284	.370	.506	.876	123	287	15	2	4
4	SS	Frankie Crosetti	28	152	743	656	109	153	25	5	10	56	11	7	65	81	.233	.315	.332	.647	66	218	11	13	9
5	3B	Red Rolfe*	30	152	731	648	139	213	46	10	14	80	7	6	81	41	.329	.404	.495	.899	130	321	6	1	1
6	OF	Joe DiMaggio	24	120	524	462	108	176	32	6	30	126	3	0	52	20	.381	.448	.671	1.119	184	310	11	4	6
7	OF	Charlie Keller*	22	111	490	398	87	133	21	6	11	83	6	3	81	49	.334	.447	.500	.947	143	199	4	0	11
8	OF	George Selkirk*	31	128	537	418	103	128	17	4	21	101	12	5	103	49	.306	.452	.517	.969	148	216	3	8	8
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	Tommy Henrich*	26	99	406	347	64	96	18	4	9	57	7	0	51	23	.277	.371	.429	.800	105	149	4	1	7
10	C	Buddy Rosar	24	43	121	105	18	29	5	1	0	12	4	0	13	10	.276	.356	.343	.699	80	36	3	0	3
11	OF	Jake Powell	30	31	91	86	12	21	4	1	1	9	1	2	3	8	.244	.270	.349	.619	58	30	1	0	2
12	OF	Joe Gallagher	25	14	47	41	8	10	0	1	2	9	1	0	3	8	.244	.311	.439	.750	91	18	0	1	2
13	1B	Lou Gehrig*	36	8	33	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	.143	.273	.143	.416	10	4	2	0	0
14	MI	Bill Knickerbocker	27	6	13	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	-3	3	1	0	0
15	C	Art Jorgens	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
16	P	Red Ruffing	34	44	124	114	12	35	1	0	1	20	1	0	7	18	.307	.347	.342	.689	78	39	1	0	3
17	P	Lefty Gomez*	30	26	82	73	3	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	22	.151	.205	.178	.383	-1	13	3	0	4
18	P	Bump Hadley	34	26	68	62	3	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	12	.177	.227	.210	.437	13	13	3	0	2
19	P	Atley Donald*	28	24	64	60	7	15	1	1	0	7	0	1	4	15	.250	.297	.300	.597	54	18	1	0	0
20	P	Monte Pearson	30	22	63	53	9	17	3	1	0	7	0	0	5	6	.321	.379	.415	.794	104	22	2	0	5
21	P	Steve Sundra	29	24	54	49	7	13	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	15	.265	.308	.367	.675	73	18	1	0	2
22	P	Oral Hildebrand	32	21	48	44	5	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.182	.200	.205	.405	4	9	2	0	3
23	P	Marius Russo	24	21	45	41	4	10	0	1	0	9	0	0	2	8	.244	.279	.293	.572	47	12	1	0	2
24	P	Johnny Murphy	30	38	15	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.182	.357	.182	.539	42	2	0	0	1
25	P	Wes Ferrell	31	3	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	-6	2	0	0	0
26	P	Spud Chandler	31	11	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.600	1.100	181	3	0	0	0
27	P	Marv Breuer	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.6	152	6129	5300	967	1521	259	55	166	904	72	37	701	543	.287	.374	.451	.825	111	2388	99	36	92	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	1	2	5	6	1		4	7	1	4	2	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 Advanced Batting

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	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary
Marv Breuer	25	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Spud Chandler	31	6	3	2	17.7	113	.500	.400	.285	.500	.360	.600	.422	1.100	.782	181	.908	0.7	0.1	1.333	.400	.200		1
Frankie Crosetti	28	743	530	66	3.3	113	.253	.233	.285	.315	.360	.332	.422	.647	.782	66	.313	-33.9	-3.2	.576	.204	.099	10.5	*6
Babe Dahlgren	27	603	437	61	3.7	113	.238	.235	.285	.312	.360	.377	.422	.689	.782	76	.360	-21.3	-2.0	.608	.247	.141	3.5	*3
*Bill Dickey	32	565	348	99	7.5	113	.289	.302	.285	.403	.360	.513	.422	.915	.782	133	.674	25.7	2.4	.965	.381	.210	8.3	*2
Joe DiMaggio	24	524	303	138	12.1	113	.354	.381	.285	.448	.360	.671	.422	1.119	.782	184	.830	57.6	5.3	1.242	.409	.290	5.5	*O
*Atley Donald	28	64	47	5	2.8	113	.333	.250	.285	.297	.360	.300	.422	.597	.782	54	.255	-4.4	-0.4	.447	.100	.050		1
Wes Ferrell	31	8	7	0	0.0	113	.167	.125	.285	.125	.360	.250	.422	.375	.782	-6	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.286	.125	.125		/1
Joe Gallagher	25	47	33	5	4.0	113	.258	.244	.285	.311	.360	.439	.422	.750	.782	91	.395	-1.0	-0.1	.742	.293	.195	1.3	O
*Lou Gehrig	36	33	26	1	1.0	113	.148	.143	.285	.273	.360	.143	.422	.416	.782	10	.050	-3.8	-0.4	.346	.179	.000		/3
*Lefty Gomez	30	82	69	3	1.2	113	.216	.151	.285	.205	.360	.178	.422	.383	.782	-1	.062	-11.3	-1.1	.277	.096	.027		1
Joe Gordon	24	648	435	103	6.3	113	.276	.284	.285	.370	.360	.506	.422	.876	.782	123	.597	18.5	1.7	.847	.356	.222	15.8	*4
Bump Hadley	34	68	56	3	1.4	113	.220	.177	.285	.227	.360	.210	.422	.437	.782	13	.089	-8.3	-0.8	.333	.113	.032	.0	1
*Tommy Henrich	26	406	262	56	5.7	113	.276	.277	.285	.371	.360	.429	.422	.800	.782	105	.551	3.3	0.3	.816	.320	.153	7.9	O/3
Oral Hildebrand	32	48	41	2	1.3	113	.205	.182	.285	.200	.360	.205	.422	.405	.782	4	.076	-6.5	-0.6	.263	.045	.023		1
Art Jorgens	34	0	0															0.0	0.0					/2
*Charlie Keller	22	490	283	89	8.3	113	.361	.334	.285	.447	.360	.500	.422	.947	.782	143	.713	30.2	2.8	1.040	.377	.166	7.8	*O
Bill Knickerbocker	27	13	12	0	0.0	113	.154	.154	.285	.154	.360	.231	.422	.385	.782	-3	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.250	.077	.077		/46
Johnny Murphy	30	15	10	1	2.6	113	.200	.182	.285	.357	.360	.182	.422	.539	.782	42	.234	-0.8	-0.1	.556	.273	.000		1
Monte Pearson	30	63	43	8	4.9	113	.362	.321	.285	.379	.360	.415	.422	.794	.782	104	.487	0.4	0.0	.711	.189	.094		1
Jake Powell	30	91	70	8	3.0	113	.260	.244	.285	.270	.360	.349	.422	.619	.782	58	.280	-5.9	-0.6	.471	.128	.105	1.0	O
*Red Rolfe	30	731	448	128	7.6	113	.336	.329	.285	.404	.360	.495	.422	.899	.782	130	.676	30.9	2.8	.904	.293	.167	9.3	*5
Buddy Rosar	24	121	82	14	4.5	113	.305	.276	.285	.356	.360	.343	.422	.699	.782	80	.449	-2.8	-0.3	.671	.229	.067	.0	2
Red Ruffing	34	124	83	14	4.5	113	.358	.307	.285	.347	.360	.342	.422	.689	.782	78	.443	-4.0	-0.4	.588	.105	.035	1.0	1
Marius Russo	24	45	34	3	2.3	113	.303	.244	.285	.279	.360	.293	.422	.572	.782	47	.196	-3.5	-0.3	.438	.098	.049		1
*George Selkirk	31	537	306	97	8.4	113	.307	.306	.285	.452	.360	.517	.422	.969	.782	148	.716	36.8	3.4	1.121	.474	.211	15.3	*O
Steve Sundra	29	54	39	6	4.1	113	.382	.265	.285	.308	.360	.367	.422	.675	.782	73	.402	-2.0	-0.2	.568	.163	.102		1
League Average					4.9	114	.294	.277	.287	.350	.362	.404	.424	.754	.787	92	.488			.693	.242	.128
Team Total		6129	4007	912	6.0	113	.295	.287	.285	.374	.360	.451	.422	.825	.782	111	.579	91.4	8.2	.807	.302	.164	100.4
	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact
Spud Chandler	31	12	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.400	.500	.600	1.100	1	11	11
Frankie Crosetti	28	160	749	675	98	146	24	5	10	50	10		62	85	.216	.294	.311	.605	59	152	152
Babe Dahlgren	27	151	602	546	63	119	17	6	14	80	2		54	57	.218	.291	.348	.639	55	144	144
*Bill Dickey	32	135	570	492	88	140	22	3	23	95	5		74	39	.285	.382	.482	.864	89	128	128
Joe DiMaggio	24	126	524	470	98	169	31	6	29	114	3		50	21	.360	.426	.636	1.062	125	120	120
*Atley Donald	28	25	63	60	6	13	1	1	0	6	0		3	16	.217	.254	.267	.521	4	24	24
Wes Ferrell	31	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Joe Gallagher	25	89	336	315	43	81	16	3	10	43	1		19	53	.257	.304	.422	.726	40	85	85
*Lou Gehrig	36	8	34	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		5	1	.138	.265	.138	.403	1	8	8
*Lefty Gomez	30	27	80	75	2	10	2	0	0	3	0		5	23	.133	.188	.160	.348	2	26	26
Joe Gordon	24	159	652	579	83	152	30	5	26	100	10		71	60	.263	.345	.466	.811	93	151	151
Bump Hadley	34	27	70	66	3	12	2	0	0	3	1		4	13	.182	.229	.212	.441	3	26	26
*Tommy Henrich	26	104	407	357	57	93	17	4	9	51	7		49	24	.261	.351	.406	.758	50	99	99
Oral Hildebrand	32	22	48	47	6	9	1	0	0	6	0		1	5	.191	.208	.213	.421	2	21	21
*Charlie Keller	22	117	483	406	78	127	20	6	11	74	6		77	52	.313	.422	.473	.895	80	111	111
Bill Knickerbocker	27	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6	6
Johnny Murphy	30	40	16	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	1	.250	.438	.250	.688	1	38	38
Monte Pearson	30	23	59	54	8	16	3	1	0	6	0		5	6	.296	.356	.389	.745	7	22	22
Jake Powell	30	33	90	87	10	19	4	1	1	8	1		3	8	.218	.244	.322	.566	6	31	31
*Red Rolfe	30	160	738	660	125	202	44	9	13	72	7		77	43	.306	.379	.459	.838	116	152	152
Buddy Rosar	24	45	122	109	17	29	5	1	0	11	4		13	11	.266	.344	.330	.675	13	43	43
Red Ruffing	34	46	124	117	11	34	1	0	1	18	1		7	19	.291	.331	.325	.655	13	44	44
Marius Russo	24	22	45	43	4	10	0	1	0	8	0		2	8	.233	.267	.279	.546	3	21	21
*George Selkirk	31	135	535	428	93	123	16	4	20	91	12		99	52	.287	.430	.484	.914	87	128	128
Steve Sundra	29	25	54	51	7	13	5	0	0	6	0		3	16	.255	.296	.353	.649	5	24	24
	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Marv Breuer	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
Spud Chandler	31	3	115	46	115	104	14	20	2	0	3	11	0	1	3	31	.192	.215	.298	.513	27	31	0	0	8
Frankie Crosetti	28	8	4918	1086	4918	4238	738	1079	203	50	78	472	84	43	555	542	.255	.350	.381	.731	88	1616	11	68	57
Babe Dahlgren	27	5	1309	337	1309	1157	162	287	49	14	25	160	10	9	121	129	.248	.322	.379	.701	77	439	15	5	26
*Bill Dickey	32	12	5504	1353	5504	4936	783	1579	278	63	178	1004	31	21	499	205	.320	.385	.510	.895	131	2517	9	24	45
Joe DiMaggio	24	4	2544	554	2544	2319	520	791	143	49	137	558	16	1	199	117	.341	.397	.622	1.019	153	1443	11	15	11
*Atley Donald	28	2	70	26	70	66	8	16	1	1	0	7	0	1	4	15	.242	.286	.288	.574	47	19	1	0	0
Wes Ferrell	31	13	1338	542	1338	1170	173	327	57	12	37	206	2	0	128	182	.279	.351	.444	.794	99	519	0	0	40	0	0
Joe Gallagher	25	1	337	85	337	307	49	85	17	3	11	49	1	1	20	50	.277	.325	.459	.785	97	141	7	2	8
*Lou Gehrig	36	17	9660	2164	9660	8001	1888	2721	534	163	493	1995	102	101	1508	790	.340	.447	.632	1.080	179	5060	2	45	106
*Lefty Gomez	30	10	913	322	913	802	50	119	10	0	0	50	1	1	46	226	.148	.196	.161	.357	-6	129	3	2	63
Joe Gordon	24	2	1168	278	1168	1025	175	278	56	12	53	208	22	13	131	129	.271	.357	.504	.861	116	517	15	5	7
Bump Hadley	34	14	1077	475	1077	943	77	183	26	4	0	74	3	1	84	173	.194	.261	.230	.491	27	217	3	1	49	0	0
*Tommy Henrich	26	3	1223	297	1223	1024	212	289	56	16	39	190	17	2	178	72	.282	.390	.482	.872	119	494	4	3	18
Oral Hildebrand	32	9	559	246	559	510	43	96	13	3	0	50	0	0	18	47	.188	.216	.225	.441	12	115	2	0	31
Art Jorgens	34	11	835	307	835	738	79	176	31	5	4	89	3	3	85	73	.238	.317	.310	.627	66	229	0	0	12
*Charlie Keller	22	1	490	111	490	398	87	133	21	6	11	83	6	3	81	49	.334	.447	.500	.947	143	199	4	0	11
Bill Knickerbocker	27	7	2884	686	2884	2662	330	756	155	24	19	310	17	38	160	173	.284	.325	.382	.707	78	1016	1	3	59
Johnny Murphy	30	7	253	218	253	218	24	38	11	0	0	19	1	0	21	69	.174	.250	.225	.475	23	49	0	1	13
Monte Pearson	30	8	538	201	538	475	56	113	23	1	2	60	2	0	36	50	.238	.292	.303	.595	51	144	2	0	27	0	0
Jake Powell	30	7	1917	464	1917	1743	290	502	90	23	20	251	53	27	135	155	.288	.343	.400	.743	89	698	1	10	29
*Red Rolfe	30	7	3846	831	3846	3413	692	1041	201	54	43	377	36	15	396	231	.305	.379	.433	.812	107	1479	6	8	29
Buddy Rosar	24	1	121	43	121	105	18	29	5	1	0	12	4	0	13	10	.276	.356	.343	.699	80	36	3	0	3
Red Ruffing	34	16	1711	738	1711	1584	174	445	81	11	31	222	1	1	83	213	.281	.319	.405	.723	87	641	1	5	39
Marius Russo	24	1	45	21	45	41	4	10	0	1	0	9	0	0	2	8	.244	.279	.293	.572	47	12	1	0	2
*George Selkirk	31	6	2562	616	2562	2169	390	657	106	36	83	470	45	26	358	238	.303	.406	.500	.906	130	1084	3	18	17
Steve Sundra	29	3	93	50	93	83	11	19	6	0	1	8	0	0	6	27	.229	.281	.337	.618	56	28	1	0	4
	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

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