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1939 New York Yankees Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 106-45, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First123last on Saturday, Sep 30, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 161last on Sep 30, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead17.5last on Thursday, Sep 21, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind0.5last on Saturday, May 6, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50062last on Saturday, Sep 30
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak12Tuesday, May 9 to Tuesday, May 23
Longest Losing Streak6Friday, Jul 7 to Thursday, Jul 13
Most Runs Allowed12Sunday, Aug 13, Saturday, Sep 2 and Sunday, Sep 3
Most Runs Scored23Wednesday, Jun 28
Times Shutout by Opponent1 
Times Opponent Shutout15 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall106 45 967 556 .702
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 52 25 382 261 .675
Road 54 20 585 295 .730
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 5 3 29 21 .625
May 24 4 213 105 .857
June 21 7 181 84 .750
July 16 12 136 98 .571
August 21 10 254 126 .677
September 19 9 154 122 .679
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 53 22 469 252 .707
Second Half 53 23 498 304 .697
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 22 15 133 126 .595
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 41 6 480 145 .872
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 8 11 97 93 .421
CHW 18 4 149 79 .818
CLE 15 7 123 82 .682
DET 13 9 156 103 .591
PHA 18 4 179 68 .818
SLB 19 3 146 61 .864
WSH 15 7 117 70 .682

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Thursday, Apr 20 NYY BOS W 2 0 1-0 2 0.5 Ruffing 1:47 30,278 +
2 2 Friday, Apr 21 NYY @ WSH W 6 3 2-0 1 up 0.5 Gomez 2:00 32,000 ++
3 3 Saturday, Apr 22 NYY @ WSH L 1 3 2-1 2 0.5 Leonard 1:41 -
4 4 Sunday, Apr 23 NYY @ WSH W 7 4 3-1 1 up 0.5 Sundra 1:56 +
5 5 Monday, Apr 24 NYY PHA W 2 1 4-1 1 up 0.5 Pearson 2:48 5,820 ++
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 25 NYY PHA W 8 4 5-1 1 up 1.5 Ruffing 1:52 7,348 +++
7 7 Saturday, Apr 29 NYY WSH L 1 3 5-2 1 up 1.0 Chase 1:58 11,473 -
8 8 Sunday, Apr 30 NYY WSH L 2 3 5-3 1 Tied Krakauskas 2:17 23,712 --
9 9 Tuesday, May 2 NYY @ DET W 22 2 6-3 1 Tied Ruffing 2:22 11,379 +
10 10 Wednesday, May 3 NYY @ DET W 10 6 7-3 1 up 0.5 Sundra 2:34 14,136 ++
11 11 Thursday, May 4 NYY @ CLE W 10 6 8-3 1 up 0.5 Murphy 3:16 12,000 +++
12 12 Friday, May 5 NYY @ CLE L 1 2 8-4 2 0.5 Milnar 2:32 9,000 -
13 13 Saturday, May 6 NYY @ CLE W 5 1 9-4 2 0.5 Pearson 2:02 10,000 +
14 14 Sunday, May 7 NYY @ CHW W 15 4 10-4 1 up 0.5 Ruffing 2:20 35,000 ++
15 15 Monday, May 8 NYY @ CHW L 3 5 10-5 1 Tied Smith 2:00 5,000 -
16 16 Tuesday, May 9 NYY @ CHW W 8 6 11-5 1 Tied Donald 2:19 7,000 +
17 17 Wednesday, May 10 NYY @ SLB W 7 1 12-5 1 up 0.5 Hadley 2:11 3,782 ++
18 18 Thursday, May 11 NYY @ SLB W 10 8 13-5 1 up 1.5 Pearson 2:36 3,167 +++
19 19 Sunday, May 14 NYY @ PHA W 10 0 14-5 1 up 1.5 Ruffing 2:00 15,509 ++++
20 20 Monday, May 15 NYY @ PHA W 3 0 15-5 1 up 1.5 Ferrell 2:00 5,000 +++++
21 21 Tuesday, May 16 NYY SLB W 7 5 16-5 1 up 1.5 Hadley 2:30 6,503 ++++++
22 22 Wednesday, May 17 NYY SLB W 4 3 17-5 1 up 2.5 Pearson 1:58 7,576 +++++++
23 23 Thursday, May 18 NYY SLB W 8 1 18-5 1 up 2.5 Donald 2:05 6,870 ++++++++
24 24 Friday, May 19 NYY CHW W 4 2 19-5 1 up 2.5 Ruffing 1:55 9,755 +++++++++
25 25 Saturday, May 20 NYY CHW W 5 2 20-5 1 up 3.5 Hildebrand 1:56 18,371 ++++++++++
26 26 Sunday, May 21 NYY CLE W 12 6 21-5 1 up 3.5 Hadley 2:19 37,531 +++++++++++
27 27 Tuesday, May 23 NYY CLE W 7 3 22-5 1 up 4.5 Donald 2:08 10,000 ++++++++++++
28 28 Wednesday, May 24 NYY DET L 1 6 22-6 1 up 4.5 Trout 2:07 10,875 -
29 29 Thursday, May 25 NYY DET W 5 2 23-6 1 up 5.5 Ruffing 1:55 12,087 +
30 30 Friday, May 26 NYY PHA W 1 0 24-6 1 up 5.5 Hildebrand 2:05 5,139 ++
31 31 Saturday, May 27 NYY PHA W 8 2 25-6 1 up 5.5 Gomez 1:50 0 +++
32 32 Saturday, May 27 NYY PHA W 11 9 26-6 1 up 5.5 Sundra 2:15 30,358 ++++
33 33 Sunday, May 28 NYY PHA W 9 5 27-6 1 up 5.5 Donald 1:55 14,670 +++++
34 34 Monday, May 29 NYY @ BOS W 6 1 28-6 1 up 6.5 Hadley 2:10 17,000 ++++++
35 35 Tuesday, May 30 NYY @ BOS L 4 8 28-7 1 up 6.5 Weaver 2:00 0 -
36 36 Tuesday, May 30 NYY @ BOS W 17 9 29-7 1 up 6.5 Pearson 2:22 35,000 +
37 37 Thursday, Jun 1 NYY @ CLE W 8 3 30-7 1 up 6.5 Gomez 1:55 3,500 ++
38 38 Friday, Jun 2 NYY @ CLE W 17 5 31-7 1 up 7.5 Donald 2:44 8,000 +++
39 39 Saturday, Jun 3 NYY @ CLE W 3 2 32-7 1 up 8.0 Hadley 2:15 6,000 ++++
40 40 Sunday, Jun 4 NYY @ DET W 8 4 33-7 1 up 8.5 Ruffing 2:21 44,190 +++++
41 41 Monday, Jun 5 NYY @ DET L 0 3 33-8 1 up 8.5 Bridges 2:04 9,910 -
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 6 NYY @ DET L 2 6 33-9 1 up 8.5 Newsom 2:19 11,924 --
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 7 NYY @ CHW W 5 2 34-9 1 up 9.0 Gomez 2:08 8,000 +
44 44 Thursday, Jun 8 NYY @ CHW W 7 2 35-9 1 up 9.0 Donald 2:12 7,500 ++
45 45 Sunday, Jun 11 NYY @ SLB W 8 5 36-9 1 up 9.0 Ruffing 2:12 0 +++
46 46 Sunday, Jun 11 NYY @ SLB W 5 1 37-9 1 up 9.0 Hadley 2:03 7,810 ++++
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 14 NYY CLE L 2 4 37-10 1 up 9.5 Feller 2:35 11,301 -
48 48 Thursday, Jun 15 NYY CLE W 1 0 38-10 1 up10.5 Gomez 1:47 9,619 +
49 49 Friday, Jun 16 NYY CLE W 4 3 39-10 1 up11.5 Donald 1:52 10,171 ++
50 50 Saturday, Jun 17 NYY DET W 1 0 40-10 1 up12.0 Ruffing 2:30 18,599 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 18 NYY DET L 5 8 40-11 1 up10.5 Rowe 1:55 32,679 -
52 52 Monday, Jun 19 NYY DET W 8 5 41-11 1 up11.0 Hildebrand 1:47 6,469 +
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 20 NYY CHW W 13 3 42-11 1 up11.0 Pearson 2:24 5,892 ++
54 54 Wednesday, Jun 21 NYY CHW W 9 8 43-11 1 up12.0 Sundra 2:20 10,045 +++
55 55 Thursday, Jun 22 NYY CHW W 6 1 44-11 1 up12.0 Donald 2:10 8,337 ++++
56 56 Saturday, Jun 24 NYY SLB W 2 1 45-11 1 up13.0 Ruffing 2:05 11,382 +++++
57 57 Sunday, Jun 25 NYY SLB L 3 7 45-12 1 up13.0 Kramer 2:30 0 -
58 58 Sunday, Jun 25 NYY SLB W 11 2 46-12 1 up13.0 Hildebrand 2:02 40,861 +
59 59 Monday, Jun 26 NYY @ PHA L 2 3 46-13 1 up12.0 Pippen 1:53 33,074 -
60 60 Wednesday, Jun 28 NYY @ PHA W 23 2 47-13 1 up12.5 Pearson 2:27 0 +
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 28 NYY @ PHA W 10 0 48-13 1 up12.5 Gomez 1:40 21,612 ++
62 62 Thursday, Jun 29 NYY @ WSH L 1 2 48-14 1 up13.0 Leonard 2:32 0 -
63 63 Thursday, Jun 29 NYY @ WSH W 7 0 49-14 1 up13.0 Donald 1:30 6,500 +
64 64 Friday, Jun 30 NYY @ WSH W 10 2 50-14 1 up13.5 Hildebrand 1:59 6,000 ++
65 65 Saturday, Jul 1 NYY @ BOS L 3 5 50-15 1 up12.5 Ostermueller 1:58 12,000 -
66 66 Sunday, Jul 2 NYY @ BOS L 3 7 50-16 1 up12.5 Grove 1:53 0 --
67 67 Sunday, Jul 2 NYY @ BOS W 9 3 51-16 1 up12.5 Hadley 2:00 35,000 +
68 68 Tuesday, Jul 4 NYY WSH L 2 3 51-17 1 up11.5 Leonard 1:58 0 -
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 4 NYY WSH W 11 1 52-17 1 up11.5 Sundra 1:48 41,808 +
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 5 NYY WSH W 6 4 53-17 1 up11.5 Donald 2:05 3,874 ++
71 71 Friday, Jul 7 NYY BOS L 3 4 53-18 1 up10.5 Dickman 2:09 6,588 -
72 72 Saturday, Jul 8 NYY BOS L 1 3 53-19 1 up 8.5 Ostermueller 2:00 --
73 73 Saturday, Jul 8 NYY BOS L 2 3 53-20 1 up 8.5 Galehouse 1:53 27,539 ---
74 74 Sunday, Jul 9 NYY BOS L 3 4 53-21 1 up 6.5 Dickman 2:11 0 ----
75 75 Sunday, Jul 9 NYY BOS L 3 5 53-22 1 up 6.5 Wilson 2:55 47,652 -----
76 76 Thursday, Jul 13 NYY @ DET L 6 10 53-23 1 up 5.5 Thomas 2:57 25,764 ------
77 77 Friday, Jul 14 NYY @ DET W 6 3 54-23 1 up 6.0 Ruffing 2:10 19,279 +
78 78 Saturday, Jul 15 NYY @ DET W 10 7 55-23 1 up 6.0 Pearson 2:29 31,253 ++
79 79 Sunday, Jul 16 NYY @ CLE W 5 2 56-23 1 up 6.0 Gomez 2:10 0 +++
80 80 Sunday, Jul 16 NYY @ CLE W 8 3 57-23 1 up 6.0 Russo 2:02 63,064 ++++
81 81 Monday, Jul 17 NYY @ CLE W 3 0 58-23 1 up 7.0 Hadley 2:05 10,000 +++++
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 18 NYY @ SLB W 9 0 59-23 1 up 8.0 Donald 2:06 0 ++++++
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 18 NYY @ SLB W 4 3 60-23 1 up 8.0 Hildebrand 1:51 4,853 +++++++
84 84 Thursday, Jul 20 NYY @ SLB W 2 1 61-23 1 up10.0 Ruffing 1:59 3,100 ++++++++
85 85 Friday, Jul 21 NYY @ CHW L 1 4 61-24 1 up 9.0 Smith 1:56 10,000 -
86 86 Sunday, Jul 23 NYY @ CHW L 5 8 61-25 1 up 7.5 Lyons 2:10 0 --
87 87 Sunday, Jul 23 NYY @ CHW W 5 4 62-25 1 up 7.5 Hadley 2:05 51,000 +
88 88 Tuesday, Jul 25 NYY SLB W 5 1 63-25 1 up 7.0 Donald 2:00 6,076 ++
89 89 Wednesday, Jul 26 NYY SLB W 14 1 64-25 1 up 7.5 Ruffing 1:56 4,843 +++
90 90 Friday, Jul 28 NYY CHW W 2 1 65-25 1 up 9.0 Hildebrand 1:57 7,946 ++++
91 91 Sunday, Jul 30 NYY CHW W 4 3 66-25 1 up 9.0 Gomez 2:12 0 +++++
92 92 Sunday, Jul 30 NYY CHW L 1 5 66-26 1 up 9.0 Lee -
93 93 Tuesday, Aug 1 NYY DET L 2 5 66-27 1 up 8.0 Trout 2:05 10,382 --
94 94 Wednesday, Aug 2 NYY DET L 2 7 66-28 1 up 7.5 Rowe 2:10 12,341 ---
95 95 Thursday, Aug 3 NYY DET W 12 3 67-28 1 up 7.5 Pearson 2:12 9,010 +
96 96 Friday, Aug 4 NYY CLE W 5 4 68-28 1 up 8.0 Hildebrand 2:55 6,263 ++
97 97 Saturday, Aug 5 NYY CLE W 6 1 69-28 1 up 9.0 Ruffing 1:37 13,207 +++
98 98 Sunday, Aug 6 NYY CLE L 4 5 69-29 1 up 8.0 Feller 2:10 0 -
99 99 Sunday, Aug 6 NYY CLE L 1 7 69-30 1 up 8.0 Harder 2:07 76,753 --
100 100 Tuesday, Aug 8 NYY @ WSH L 4 7 69-31 1 up 7.0 Krakauskas 2:27 12,000 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Wednesday, Aug 9 NYY @ WSH W 13 8 70-31 1 up 6.5 Ruffing 2:30 14,000 +
102 102 Thursday, Aug 10 NYY @ WSH L 5 7 70-32 1 up 5.5 Leonard 2:15 14,000 -
103 103 Friday, Aug 11 NYY @ PHA W 9 5 71-32 1 up 6.0 Gomez 2:16 14,116 +
104 104 Saturday, Aug 12 NYY @ PHA W 18 4 72-32 1 up 6.0 Sundra 2:35 4,000 ++
105 105 Sunday, Aug 13 NYY @ PHA L 9 12 72-33 1 up 6.0 Nelson 2:42 0 -
106 106 Sunday, Aug 13 NYY @ PHA W 21 0 73-33 1 up 6.0 Ruffing 2:05 34,570 +
107 107 Tuesday, Aug 15 NYY WSH W 3 2 74-33 1 up 7.0 Gomez 1:56 8,049 ++
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 16 NYY WSH W 4 0 75-33 1 up 7.5 Russo 1:37 6,607 +++
109 109 Thursday, Aug 17 NYY WSH W 9 8 76-33 1 up 7.5 Murphy 2:43 6,704 ++++
110 110 Friday, Aug 18 NYY PHA W 5 0 77-33 1 up 7.5 Ruffing 1:40 6,041 +++++
111 111 Sunday, Aug 20 NYY PHA L 4 5 77-34 1 up 7.5 Ross 2:02 0 -
112 112 Sunday, Aug 20 NYY PHA W 5 1 78-34 1 up 7.5 Sundra +
113 113 Tuesday, Aug 22 NYY @ CHW W 14 5 79-34 1 up 7.5 Russo 2:22 50,000 ++
114 114 Wednesday, Aug 23 NYY @ CHW W 7 2 80-34 1 up 8.0 Donald 1:59 0 +++
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 23 NYY @ CHW W 16 4 81-34 1 up 8.0 Ruffing 2:24 27,000 ++++
116 116 Thursday, Aug 24 NYY @ SLB W 11 5 82-34 1 up 9.0 Pearson 2:15 1,225 +++++
117 117 Friday, Aug 25 NYY @ SLB W 11 0 83-34 1 up10.5 Sundra 2:00 0 ++++++
118 118 Friday, Aug 25 NYY @ SLB W 8 2 84-34 1 up10.5 Gomez 2:16 2,182 +++++++
119 119 Saturday, Aug 26 NYY @ SLB W 6 1 85-34 1 up11.5 Hadley 2:18 2,967 ++++++++
120 120 Sunday, Aug 27 NYY @ DET W 13 3 86-34 1 up13.0 Ruffing 1:48 47,966 +++++++++
121 121 Monday, Aug 28 NYY @ DET W 18 2 87-34 1 up13.0 Russo 2:03 14,281 ++++++++++
122 122 Tuesday, Aug 29 NYY @ DET L 6 7 87-35 1 up12.0 McKain 2:31 11,397 -
123 123 Wednesday, Aug 30 NYY @ CLE L 3 4 87-36 1 up12.0 Eisenstat 2:00 35,336 --
124 124 Friday, Sep 1 NYY @ CLE W 11 8 88-36 1 up13.5 Chandler 2:30 20,000 +
125 125 Saturday, Sep 2 NYY @ BOS L 7 12 88-37 1 up12.5 Ostermueller 2:00 12,000 -
126 126 Sunday, Sep 3 NYY @ BOS L 11 12 88-38 1 up11.5 Auker 2:28 0 --
127 127 Sunday, Sep 3 NYY @ BOS T 5 5 88-38 1 up11.5 2:06 27,000 --
128 128 Monday, Sep 4 NYY @ PHA W 7 6 89-38 1 up13.5 Chandler 2:34 0 +
129 129 Monday, Sep 4 NYY @ PHA W 2 0 90-38 1 up13.5 Russo 1:43 24,126 ++
130 130 Wednesday, Sep 6 NYY BOS W 2 1 91-38 1 up14.5 Gomez 1:58 11,715 +++
131 131 Thursday, Sep 7 NYY BOS W 5 2 92-38 1 up15.5 Pearson 1:52 9,379 ++++
132 132 Friday, Sep 8 NYY BOS W 4 1 93-38 1 up16.5 Ruffing 1:20 +++++
133 133 Saturday, Sep 9 NYY WSH W 5 2 94-38 1 up17.5 Sundra 1:45 7,401 ++++++
134 134 Sunday, Sep 10 NYY WSH W 4 3 95-38 1 up17.5 Russo 1:50 0 +++++++
135 135 Sunday, Sep 10 NYY WSH W 6 2 96-38 1 up17.5 Hadley 1:45 12,088 ++++++++
136 136 Tuesday, Sep 12 NYY CLE L 3 4 96-39 1 up16.0 Harder 2:05 4,638 -
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 13 NYY CLE L 4 9 96-40 1 up15.0 Feller 2:06 9,898 --
138 138 Thursday, Sep 14 NYY DET L 1 6 96-41 1 up15.0 Newsom 2:14 10,938 ---
139 139 Friday, Sep 15 NYY DET W 10 3 97-41 1 up16.0 Sundra 2:07 10,538 +
140 140 Saturday, Sep 16 NYY DET W 8 5 98-41 1 up17.0 Russo 2:14 10,626 ++
141 141 Sunday, Sep 17 NYY SLB L 4 8 98-42 1 up16.0 Kramer 2:15 0 -
142 142 Sunday, Sep 17 NYY SLB L 1 3 98-43 1 up16.0 Mills --
143 143 Monday, Sep 18 NYY SLB W 6 2 99-43 1 up16.5 Hadley 1:47 1,678 +
144 144 Tuesday, Sep 19 NYY CHW W 6 2 100-43 1 up16.5 Hildebrand 1:30 3,608 ++
145 145 Wednesday, Sep 20 NYY CHW W 8 4 101-43 1 up17.5 Sundra 1:48 2,977 +++
146 146 Thursday, Sep 21 NYY CHW W 5 2 102-43 1 up17.5 Russo 2:35 2,150 ++++
147 147 Saturday, Sep 23 NYY @ WSH W 7 1 103-43 1 up17.0 Pearson 1:49 8,000 +++++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 NYY @ WSH W 3 2 104-43 1 up17.0 Chandler 1:55 12,000 ++++++
149 149 Thursday, Sep 28 NYY PHA W 8 4 105-43 1 up17.0 Hildebrand 1:28 0 +++++++
150 150 Thursday, Sep 28 NYY PHA L 4 5 105-44 1 up17.0 Caster 1:45 4,187 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Sep 30 NYY BOS W 5 4 106-44 1 up17.0 Murphy 1:55 +
152 152 Saturday, Sep 30 NYY BOS L 2 4 106-45 1 up17.0 Wilson 1:15 7,501 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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