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1939 New York Yankees

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

106-45, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (106-45)
Scored 967 runs, Allowed 556 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 111-40

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 859,785 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 86

Postseason:  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 Arndt 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
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
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 1 2 5 6 1 4 7 1 4 2 1 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 Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Spud Chandler 31 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Frankie Crosetti 28 743 -33 2 0 0 22 10 20 21 2.3 -1 -0.1 2.4 $ Traded *6
Babe Dahlgren 27 603 -20 -1 0 0 2 -7 19 -7 -0.5 -9 -0.9 0.4 $ Purchased *3
Bill Dickey* 32 565 31 1 0 0 2 4 17 55 5.3 53 5.2 0.1 $18,000 Purchased *2
Joe DiMaggio 24 524 66 2 0 0 11 -2 16 93 8.9 82 8.0 0.9 $27,500 Traded *8O
Atley Donald* 28 64 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
Wes Ferrell 31 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $11,500 Free Agency /1
Joe Gallagher 25 47 -1 1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O9
Lou Gehrig* 36 33 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $34,000 Free Agency /3
Lefty Gomez* 30 82 -12 0 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Joe Gordon 24 648 23 -3 0 0 21 5 20 66 6.5 45 4.4 2.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Bump Hadley 34 68 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Traded 1
Tommy Henrich* 26 406 6 2 0 0 7 -3 13 25 2.5 18 1.7 0.8 $10,000 Free Agency O98/37
Oral Hildebrand 32 48 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Charlie Keller* 22 490 36 1 0 0 6 -5 15 53 5.1 47 4.6 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *O97
Bill Knickerbocker 27 13 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ Traded /46
Johnny Murphy 30 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Monte Pearson 30 63 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jake Powell 30 91 -6 0 0 0 2 -1 3 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ Traded O7/98
Red Rolfe* 30 731 39 2 0 0 7 3 20 71 6.9 64 6.2 0.7 $ *5
Buddy Rosar 24 121 -2 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Red Ruffing 34 124 -3 0 0 0 0 8 4 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $28,000 Traded 1
Marius Russo 24 45 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 1
George Selkirk* 31 537 43 1 0 0 7 -6 17 62 5.9 55 5.3 0.6 $ *O79
Steve Sundra 29 54 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 27.6 6129 136 9 0 0 88 41 185 459 45.3 371 36.1 9.2 $129,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

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 7.6 113 .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 *8O
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 O9
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 O98/37
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
Arndt 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 *O97
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 .488 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 O7/98
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 *O79
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 .786 92 .488 .693 .242 .128
Team Total 27.7 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 28 160 753 677 99 148 24 5 10 51 11 63 85 .219 .297 .313 .611 60 152 152
Babe Dahlgren 27 151 604 547 64 120 17 6 14 80 2 55 57 .219 .293 .349 .642 56 144 144
Bill Dickey* 32 135 569 491 88 139 22 3 23 95 5 74 39 .283 .381 .481 .862 88 128 128
Joe DiMaggio 24 126 523 469 97 168 31 6 29 114 3 50 21 .358 .424 .635 1.060 124 120 120
Atley Donald* 28 25 66 62 7 15 1 1 0 7 0 4 16 .242 .288 .290 .578 5 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 24 159 655 581 83 154 31 5 27 100 11 72 60 .265 .348 .475 .823 95 151 151
Bump Hadley 34 27 70 66 3 12 2 0 0 3 1 4 13 .182 .229 .212 .441 3 26 26
Tommy Henrich* 26 104 406 356 57 92 17 4 9 51 7 49 24 .258 .350 .404 .754 49 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 75 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 91 88 11 20 4 1 1 8 1 3 8 .227 .253 .330 .582 7 31 31
Red Rolfe* 30 160 741 662 125 204 44 10 13 72 7 78 43 .308 .382 .464 .846 117 152 152
Buddy Rosar 24 45 121 108 16 28 5 1 0 11 4 13 11 .259 .339 .324 .663 12 43 43
Red Ruffing 34 46 124 117 11 34 1 0 1 19 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* 31 135 533 427 93 122 16 4 20 91 11 98 52 .286 .428 .482 .910 86 128 128
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
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 30 24 499 205 .320 .385 .510 .895 130 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 1.019 152 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
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 102 100 1508 790 .340 .447 .632 1.080 178 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
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
Arndt Jorgens 34 11 835 307 835 738 79 176 31 5 4 89 3 5 85 73 .238 .317 .310 .627 65 229 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
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

1938 / 1940 Batting Statistics

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