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1940 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
88-66, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 817 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63
Manager: Joe McCarthy (88-66)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 988,975 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 92;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

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1939 / 1941 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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
Tiny Bonham 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 16, 1913 1st 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marv Breuer 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 29, 1914 2 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spud Chandler 32 R R 6' 0" 181 Sep 12, 1907 4 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Chartak 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Apr 28, 1916 1st 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Frankie Crosetti 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Oct 4, 1910 9 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0
Babe Dahlgren 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 6 155 155 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Dickey HOF 33 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 6, 1907 13 106 106 106 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe DiMaggio HOF 25 R R 6' 2" 193 Nov 25, 1914 5 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 All-Star
Atley Donald 29 L R 6' 1" 186 Aug 19, 1910 3 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lefty Gomez HOF 31 L L 6' 2" 173 Nov 26, 1908 11 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Gordon HOF 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 3 155 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Lee Grissom 32 B L 6' 3" 200 Oct 23, 1907 7 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bump Hadley 35 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 5, 1904 15 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Henrich 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1913 4 90 90 90 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 24 52 76
Oral Hildebrand 33 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 7, 1907 10 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Keller 23 L R 5' 10" 190 Sep 12, 1916 2 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 71 136 All-Star
Bill Knickerbocker 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1911 8 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 17 19 0 0 0 0
Buster Mills 31 R R 195 Sep 16, 1908 5 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 14
Johnny Murphy 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 14, 1908 8 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monte Pearson 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1908 9 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jake Powell 31 R R 180 Jul 15, 1908 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 7
Red Rolfe 31 L R 170 Oct 17, 1908 8 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Buddy Rosar 25 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 2 73 73 73 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Ruffing HOF 35 R R 205 May 3, 1905 17 33 33 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Marius Russo 25 R L 6' 1" 190 Jul 19, 1914 2 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Selkirk 32 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 4, 1908 7 118 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 2 31 111
Steve Sundra 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 27, 1910 4 27 27 27 27 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

1939 / 1941 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played