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1939 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940)
106-45, Finished 1st in American League
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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

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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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

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 AverageDiMaggio.381
On-base %Selkirk.452
Slugging %DiMaggio.671
OPSDiMaggio1.119
GamesCrosetti and Rolfe152
At BatsCrosetti656
Plate Appearances (approx.)Crosetti743
RunsRolfe139
HitsRolfe213
Total BasesRolfe321
DoublesRolfe46
TriplesRolfe10
Home RunsDiMaggio30
RBIDiMaggio126
Bases on BallsSelkirk103
StrikeoutsCrosetti81
Stolen BasesSelkirk12
SinglesRolfe143
Adjusted OPS+DiMaggio184
Runs CreatedDiMaggio138
Adjusted Batting RunsDiMaggio58
Batting WinsDiMaggio5.3
Extra-Base HitsRolfe70
Times on BaseRolfe295
Offensive Win%DiMaggio.830
Hit By PitchCrosetti13
Sac. HitsDahlgren13
Grounded into Double PlaysDahlgren and Gordon15
Caught StealingGordon10
Power/Speed NumberGordon15.8
At Bats per StrikeoutDiMaggio23.1
At Bats per Home RunDiMaggio15.4
OutsCrosetti530

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERARuffing2.93
WinsRuffing21
Won-Loss %Sundra.917
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Ruffing1.226
Hits Allowed/9IPHadley7.71
Bases on Balls/9IPRuffing2.89
Strikeouts/9IPGomez4.64
GamesMurphy38
SavesMurphy19
InningsRuffing233.3
StrikeoutsGomez102
Games StartedRuffing28
Comp. GamesRuffing22
ShutoutsRuffing5
Home Runs Allow.Ruffing15
Bases On Balls Allow.Hadley85
Hits AllowedRuffing211
SO to WalkRuffing1.27
LossesGomez8
Earned Runs Allow.Ruffing76
Wild PitchesHadley4
Hit BatsmenGomez and Hadley3
Batters FacedRuffing968
Games FinishedMurphy34
Adjusted ERA+Ruffing148

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All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

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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