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1939 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-0) over Cincinnati Reds

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1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Marv Breuer 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 29, 1914 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spud Chandler 31 R R 6' 0" 181 Sep 12, 1907 3 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Crosetti 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 4, 1910 8 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Babe Dahlgren 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 5 144 144 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Dickey HOF 32 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 6, 1907 12 128 128 128 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe DiMaggio HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 193 Nov 25, 1914 4 120 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 All-Star
Atley Donald 28 L R 6' 1" 186 Aug 19, 1910 2 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Ferrell 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 2, 1908 13 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Gallagher 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 7, 1914 1st 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
Lou Gehrig HOF 36 L L 6' 0" 200 Jun 19, 1903 17 8 8 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Lefty Gomez HOF 30 L L 6' 2" 173 Nov 26, 1908 10 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe Gordon HOF 24 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 2 151 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bump Hadley 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 5, 1904 14 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Henrich 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1913 3 99 99 99 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 38 50 88
Oral Hildebrand 32 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 7, 1907 9 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Jorgens 34 R R 5' 9" 160 May 18, 1905 11 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Keller 22 L R 5' 10" 190 Sep 12, 1916 1st 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 58 105
Bill Knickerbocker 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1911 7 6 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Johnny Murphy 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 14, 1908 7 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Monte Pearson 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1908 8 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Powell 30 R R 180 Jul 15, 1908 7 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 3 23
Red Rolfe 30 L R 170 Oct 17, 1908 7 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Buddy Rosar 24 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 1st 43 43 43 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Ruffing HOF 34 R R 205 May 3, 1905 16 44 44 44 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Marius Russo 24 R L 6' 1" 190 Jul 19, 1914 1st 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Selkirk 31 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 4, 1908 6 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 38 124 All-Star
Steve Sundra 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 27, 1910 3 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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