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1939 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 106-45, Finished 1st in American League View League Standings and Leaders World Series Champs Scored 967 runs, Allowed 556 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 111-40 Managed by Joe McCarthy Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 859,785 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 94   (one-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 86   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Won World Series (4-0) over Cincinnati Reds BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Only Yankee team to out-score the opposition by 400 runs. Only Yankee team with 8 players over 200 total bases. Only Yankee team with 7 pitchers who had 10 or more winsthey the best Yankee team? Maybe not, but they were very good.

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Bill Dickey         32  128  480   98  145  23  3  24  105  77   37  .302  .403  .513   5   0   9   4   4          133
1B  Babe Dahlgren       27  144  531   71  125  18  6  15   89  57   54  .235  .312  .377   2   3  15   2  13           76
2B  Joe Gordon          24  151  567   92  161  32  5  28  111  75   57  .284  .370  .506  11  10  15   2   4          123
3B *Red Rolfe           30  152  648  139  213  46 10  14   80  81   41  .329  .404  .495   7   6   6   1   1          130
SS  Frankie Crosetti    28  152  656  109  153  25  5  10   56  65   81  .233  .315  .332  11   7  11  13   9           66
OF *George Selkirk      31  128  418  103  128  17  4  21  101 103   49  .306  .452  .517  12   5   3   8   8          148
OF  Joe DiMaggio        24  120  462  108  176  32  6  30  126  52   20  .381  .448  .671   3   0  11   4   6          184
OF *Charlie Keller      22  111  398   87  133  21  6  11   83  81   49  .334  .447  .500   6   3   4   0  11          143
   *Tommy Henrich       26   99  347   64   96  18  4   9   57  51   23  .277  .371  .429   7   0   4   1   7          105
    Buddy Rosar         24   43  105   18   29   5  1   0   12  13   10  .276  .356  .343   4   0   3   0   3           80
    Jake Powell         30   31   86   12   21   4  1   1    9   3    8  .244  .270  .349   1   2   1   0   2           58
    Joe Gallagher       25   14   41    8   10   0  1   2    9   3    8  .244  .311  .439   1   0   0   1   2           91
   *Lou Gehrig          36    8   28    2    4   0  0   0    1   5    1  .143  .273  .143   0   0   2   0   0           10
    Bill Knickerbocker  27    6   13    2    2   1  0   0    1   0    0  .154  .154  .231   0   0   1   0   0           -3
    Art Jorgens         34    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

    Red Ruffing         34   44  114   12   35   1  0   1   20   7   18  .307  .347  .342   1   0   1   0   3           78
   *Lefty Gomez         30   26   73    3   11   2  0   0    4   5   22  .151  .205  .178   0   0   3   0   4           -1
    Bump Hadley         34   26   62    3   11   2  0   0    3   4   12  .177  .227  .210   1   0   3   0   2           13
   *Atley Donald        28   24   60    7   15   1  1   0    7   4   15  .250  .297  .300   0   1   1   0   0           54
    Monte Pearson       30   22   53    9   17   3  1   0    7   5    6  .321  .379  .415   0   0   2   0   5          104
    Steve Sundra        29   24   49    7   13   5  0   0    6   3   15  .265  .308  .367   0   0   1   0   2           73
    Oral Hildebrand     32   21   44    5    8   1  0   0    5   1    5  .182  .200  .205   0   0   2   0   3            4
    Marius Russo        24   21   41    4   10   0  1   0    9   2    8  .244  .279  .293   0   0   1   0   2           47
    Johnny Murphy       30   38   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   3    1  .182  .357  .182   0   0   0   0   1           42
    Wes Ferrell         31    3    8    0    1   1  0   0    1   0    2  .125  .125  .250   0   0   0   0   0           -6
    Spud Chandler       31   11    5    2    2   1  0   0    1   1    1  .400  .500  .600   0   0   0   0   0          181
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  152 5300  967 1521 259 55 166  904 701  543  .287  .370  .451  72  37  99  36  92          117
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    1    2   5  6   1        1    4     2     1     1   4   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Red Ruffing         34  28   2.93  21   7  0  28   0  22   5  233.3  211   88   76  15   75   95  968   3   2  0     148
SP *Lefty Gomez         30  26   3.41  12   8  0  26   0  14   2  198.0  173   80   75  11   84  102  831   3   3  0     127
SP  Atley Donald        28  24   3.71  13   3  1  20   2  11   2  153.0  144   74   63  12   60   55  657   1   0  1     117
SP  Monte Pearson       30  22   4.49  12   5  0  20   0   8   0  146.3  151   77   73   9   70   76  639   2   1  0      97
SP  Bump Hadley         34  26   2.98  12   6  2  18   6   7   1  154.0  132   62   51  10   85   65  658   4   3  0     146
SP  Oral Hildebrand     32  21   3.06  10   4  2  15   5   7   1  126.7  102   44   43  11   41   50  515   2   1  0     142
SP *Marius Russo        24  21   2.41   8   3  2  11   5   9   2  116.0   86   37   31   6   41   55  462   1   1  0     181

CL  Johnny Murphy       30  38   4.40   3   6 19   0  34   0   0   61.3   57   33   30   2   28   30  260   0   0  0      99
RP  Steve Sundra        29  24   2.76  11   1  0  11   8   8   1  120.7  110   43   37   7   56   27  521   3   0  0     157
RP  Spud Chandler       31  11   2.84   3   0  0   0   5   0   0   19.0   26    7    6   0    9    4   90   1   0  0     153

    Wes Ferrell         31   3   4.66   1   2  0   3   0   1   0   19.3   14   10   10   2   17    6   85   1   0  0      93
    Marv Breuer         25   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    6   0   0  0      48
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.5 152   3.31 106  45 26 152  65  87  15 1348.0 1208  556  496  85  567  565 5692  21  11  1     131
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  1           1   1      7    1    1        4    3    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BDickey 126 571 57 7 8 .989 6 BRosar 35 137 10 3 1 .980 2 AJorgens 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 710 67 10 9 .987 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDahlgren 144 1303 68 13 140 .991 9.52 LGehrig 8 64 4 2 5 .971 8.50 THenrich 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1369 72 15 145 .990 9.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGordon 151 370 461 28 116 .967 5.50 BKnickerboc 2 5 6 0 1 1.000 5.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 375 467 28 117 .968 5.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRolfe 152 151 282 19 22 .958 2.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 151 282 19 22 .958 2.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FCrosetti 152 323 460 26 118 .968 5.15 BKnickerboc 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 324 466 26 118 .968 5.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GSelkirk 124 254 4 3 1 .989 2.08 86 0 38 JDiMaggio 117 328 13 5 2 .986 2.91 0 117 0 CKeller 105 213 5 7 1 .969 2.08 47 0 58 THenrich 88 205 7 2 1 .991 2.41 1 38 50 JPowell 23 56 1 1 0 .983 2.48 19 2 3 JGallagher 12 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1074 31 18 5 .984 2.46 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRuffing 28 8 32 2 2 .952 1.54 LGomez 26 2 33 1 0 .972 1.59 BHadley 26 8 35 4 4 .915 2.51 ADonald 24 3 22 0 2 1.000 1.47 MPearson 22 3 29 0 5 1.000 1.97 OHildebrand 21 5 18 1 1 .958 1.63 SSundra 24 2 27 0 1 1.000 2.16 MRusso 21 7 26 1 6 .971 2.56 JMurphy 38 3 12 1 1 .937 2.20 WFerrell 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.87 SChandler 11 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.79 MBreuer 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 42 246 10 22 .966 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average DiMaggio .381 On-base % Selkirk .452 Slugging % DiMaggio .671 OPS DiMaggio 1.119 Games Crosetti and Rolfe 152 At Bats Crosetti 656 Plate Appearances (approx.) Crosetti 743 Runs Rolfe 139 Hits Rolfe 213 Total Bases Rolfe 321 Doubles Rolfe 46 Triples Rolfe 10 Home Runs DiMaggio 30 RBI DiMaggio 126 Bases on Balls Selkirk 103 Strikeouts Crosetti 81 Stolen Bases Selkirk 12 Singles Rolfe 143 Adjusted OPS+ DiMaggio 184 Runs Created DiMaggio 138 Adjusted Batting Runs DiMaggio 58 Batting Wins DiMaggio 5.3 Extra-Base Hits Rolfe 70 Times on Base Rolfe 295 Offensive Win% DiMaggio .830 Hit By Pitch Crosetti 13 Sac. Hits Dahlgren 13 Grounded into Double Plays Dahlgren and Gordon 15 Caught Stealing Gordon 10 Power/Speed Number Gordon 15.8 At Bats per Strikeout DiMaggio 23.1 At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 15.4 Outs Crosetti 530

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Ruffing 2.93 Wins Ruffing 21 Won-Loss % Sundra .917 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ruffing 1.226 Hits Allowed/9IP Hadley 7.71 Bases on Balls/9IP Ruffing 2.89 Strikeouts/9IP Gomez 4.64 Games Murphy 38 Saves Murphy 19 Innings Ruffing 233.3 Strikeouts Gomez 102 Games Started Ruffing 28 Comp. Games Ruffing 22 Shutouts Ruffing 5 Home Runs Allow. Ruffing 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Hadley 85 Hits Allowed Ruffing 211 SO to Walk Ruffing 1.27 Losses Gomez 8 Earned Runs Allow. Ruffing 76 Wild Pitches Hadley 4 Hit Batsmen Gomez and Hadley 3 Batters Faced Ruffing 968 Games Finished Murphy 34 Adjusted ERA+ Ruffing 148

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Frankie Crosetti
Bill Dickey (Starting C)
Joe DiMaggio (Starting CF)
Lou Gehrig
Lefty Gomez
Joe Gordon (Starting 2B)
Johnny Murphy
Red Rolfe (Starting 3B)
Red Ruffing (Starting P)
George Selkirk (Starting LF)

1938/1940

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