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
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
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Won World Series (4-0) over Cincinnati Reds |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | |||
| 7 | 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 | |||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 9 | 1B | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Red Ruffing | 34 | 21 | 7 | .750 | 2.93 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 233.1 | 211 | 88 | 76 | 15 | 75 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 968 | 148 | 1.226 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.27 | |
| 2 | SP | Lefty Gomez* | 30 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.41 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 198.0 | 173 | 80 | 75 | 11 | 84 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 831 | 127 | 1.298 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 1.21 | |
| 3 | SP | Bump Hadley | 34 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.98 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 154.0 | 132 | 62 | 51 | 10 | 85 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 658 | 146 | 1.409 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.76 | |
| 4 | SP | Atley Donald | 28 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 3.71 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 153.0 | 144 | 74 | 63 | 12 | 60 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 657 | 117 | 1.333 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.92 | |
| 5 | SP | Monte Pearson | 30 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.49 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 146.1 | 151 | 77 | 73 | 9 | 70 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 639 | 97 | 1.510 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 1.09 | |
| 6 | SP | Oral Hildebrand | 32 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.06 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 126.2 | 102 | 44 | 43 | 11 | 41 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 515 | 142 | 1.129 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 1.22 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | CL | Johnny Murphy | 30 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.40 | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 61.1 | 57 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 99 | 1.386 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 1.07 | |
| 8 | RP | Steve Sundra | 29 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.76 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 120.2 | 110 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 56 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 521 | 157 | 1.376 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.48 | |
| 9 | RP | Marius Russo* | 24 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 116.0 | 86 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 41 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 462 | 181 | 1.095 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.34 | |
| 10 | RP | Spud Chandler | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 153 | 1.842 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.44 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Wes Ferrell | 31 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.66 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 93 | 1.603 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 0.35 | ||
| 12 | Marv Breuer | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 3.000 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 30.5 | 106 | 45 | .702 | 3.31 | 152 | 152 | 65 | 87 | 14 | 26 | 1348.2 | 1208 | 556 | 496 | 85 | 567 | 565 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 5692 | 131 | 1.316 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.00 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4321 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Breuer | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Spud Chandler | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Crosetti | 28 | 152 | 809 | 323 | 460 | 26 | 118 | .968 | 5.15 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Babe Dahlgren | 27 | 144 | 1384 | 1303 | 68 | 13 | 140 | .991 | 9.52 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Dickey | 32 | 126 | 635 | 571 | 57 | 7 | 8 | .989 | 4.98 | 6 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Atley Donald | 28 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.04 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wes Ferrell | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Gehrig | 36 | 8 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 8.50 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Lefty Gomez | 30 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.35 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Gordon | 24 | 151 | 859 | 370 | 461 | 28 | 116 | .967 | 5.50 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bump Hadley | 34 | 26 | 47 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .915 | 1.65 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Henrich | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Oral Hildebrand | 32 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.10 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Jorgens | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Knickerbocker | 27 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Murphy | 30 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 0.39 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Monte Pearson | 30 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.45 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Rolfe | 30 | 152 | 452 | 151 | 282 | 19 | 22 | .958 | 2.85 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Rosar | 24 | 35 | 150 | 137 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 4.20 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Red Ruffing | 34 | 28 | 42 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 1.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Marius Russo | 24 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 6 | .971 | 1.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Sundra | 29 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.21 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.8 | 152 | 5802 | 4045 | 1631 | 126 | 438 | .978 | 3.81 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |