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1939 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Marv Breuer 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 29, 1914 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Spud Chandler 31 R R 6' 0" 181 Sep 12, 1907 3 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Frankie Crosetti 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 4, 1910 8 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $ All-Star
Babe Dahlgren 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 5 144 144 144 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bill Dickey HOF 32 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1907 12 128 125 128 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.3 $18,000 All-Star
Joe DiMaggio HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 193 Nov 25, 1914 4 120 117 120 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 3 0 8.9 $27,500 All-Star
Atley Donald 28 L R 6' 1" 186 Aug 19, 1910 2 24 20 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Wes Ferrell 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 2, 1908 13 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $11,500
Joe Gallagher 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 7, 1914 1st 14 12 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 1 1 0.1 $
Lou Gehrig HOF 36 L L 6' 0" 200 Jun 19, 1903 17 8 8 8 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $34,000 All-Star
Lefty Gomez HOF 30 L L 6' 2" 173 Nov 26, 1908 10 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Joe Gordon HOF 24 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 2 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $ All-Star
Bump Hadley 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 5, 1904 14 26 18 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Tommy Henrich 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1913 3 99 83 99 88 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 38 50 88 13 0 2.5 $10,000
Oral Hildebrand 32 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 7, 1907 9 21 15 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Arndt Jorgens 34 R R 5' 9" 160 May 18, 1905 11 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Charlie Keller 22 L R 5' 10" 185 Sep 12, 1916 1st 111 102 111 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 57 105 6 0 5.1 $
Bill Knickerbocker 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1911 7 6 1 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Johnny Murphy 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 14, 1908 7 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $ All-Star
Monte Pearson 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1908 8 22 20 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Jake Powell 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 15, 1908 7 31 20 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 3 23 4 5 -0.2 $
Red Rolfe 30 L R 5' 11" 170 Oct 17, 1908 7 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 $ All-Star
Buddy Rosar 24 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 1st 43 27 43 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.4 $
Red Ruffing HOF 34 R R 6' 1" 205 May 3, 1905 16 44 28 44 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 6.0 $28,000 All-Star
Marius Russo 24 R L 6' 1" 190 Jul 19, 1914 1st 21 11 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
George Selkirk 31 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 4, 1908 6 128 122 128 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 37 124 5 1 5.9 $ All-Star
Steve Sundra 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 27, 1910 3 24 11 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Frankie Crosetti
Red Rolfe
George Selkirk
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Gordon
Tommy Henrich
Jake Powell
Bill Dickey

Charlie Keller
Bill Knickerbocker
Lefty Gomez
Babe Dahlgren
Bump Hadley
Red Ruffing
Monte Pearson
Tommy Henrich
Jake Powell

Arndt Jorgens
Johnny Murphy
Oral Hildebrand
Spud Chandler
Marius Russo
Marv Breuer
Wes Ferrell
Marius Russo
Buddy Rosar

Spud Chandler
Joe Gallagher
Atley Donald
Marius Russo
Steve Sundra
Marius Russo

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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