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1940 New York Yankees Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 88-66, Final Rank:3, GB: 2.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind11.5last on Thursday, Aug 8, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50022last on Sunday, Sep 29
Most Games under .5008last on Saturday, May 11
Longest Winning Streak8Sunday, Aug 25 to Monday, Sep 2 and Wednesday, Sep 18 to Thursday, Sep 26
Longest Losing Streak8Saturday, May 4 to Saturday, May 11
Most Runs Allowed16Monday, Sep 16
Most Runs Scored19Tuesday, Aug 13
Times Shutout by Opponent8 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 88 66 817 671 .571
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 52 24 414 284 .684
Road 36 42 403 387 .462
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 6 30 33 .400
May 13 12 113 101 .520
June 15 13 147 130 .536
July 16 13 196 156 .552
August 20 10 175 121 .667
September 20 12 156 130 .625
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 37 34 344 304 .521
Second Half 51 32 473 367 .614
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 22 23 179 181 .489
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 34 16 396 257 .680
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 13 9 132 108 .591
CHW 11 11 102 92 .500
CLE 12 10 102 92 .545
DET 8 14 99 116 .364
PHA 13 9 106 83 .591
SLB 14 8 168 124 .636
WSH 17 5 108 56 .773

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 Tuesday, Apr 16 NYY @ PHA L 1 2 0-1 5 1.0 Dean 20,187 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 17 NYY @ PHA W 4 1 1-1 4 0.5 Pearson 4,000 +
3 3 Friday, Apr 19 NYY WSH W 5 3 2-1 3 0.5 Gomez 15,299 ++
4 4 Tuesday, Apr 23 NYY PHA L 0 3 2-2 5 1.5 Dean 7,000 -
5 5 Wednesday, Apr 24 NYY PHA W 9 4 3-2 4 1.0 Ruffing 2,575 +
6 6 Friday, Apr 26 NYY @ BOS L 1 8 3-3 4 1.5 Dickman 23,200 -
7 7 Saturday, Apr 27 NYY @ WSH L 2 3 3-4 5 2.5 Chase 15,000 --
8 8 Sunday, Apr 28 NYY @ WSH L 2 3 3-5 6 3.5 Leonard 32,000 ---
9 9 Monday, Apr 29 NYY @ WSH W 5 4 4-5 5 2.5 Chandler 8,000 +
10 10 Tuesday, Apr 30 NYY SLB L 1 2 4-6 6 3.5 Bildilli 7,669 -
11 11 Wednesday, May 1 NYY SLB W 5 3 5-6 5 2.5 Pearson 3,244 +
12 12 Friday, May 3 NYY CHW W 8 4 6-6 4 2.5 Breuer 11,291 ++
13 13 Saturday, May 4 NYY CHW L 3 10 6-7 4 3.5 Lee 2,303 -
14 14 Sunday, May 5 NYY DET L 4 6 6-8 4 4.0 McKain 36,937 --
15 15 Monday, May 6 NYY DET L 4 6 6-9 6 4.5 Seats 5,650 ---
16 16 Tuesday, May 7 NYY DET L 2 4 6-10 7 5.5 Newhouser 10,482 ----
17 17 Wednesday, May 8 NYY CLE L 4 10 6-11 8 6.5 Smith 8,911 -----
18 18 Thursday, May 9 NYY CLE L 0 4 6-12 8 7.5 Feller 14,790 ------
19 19 Friday, May 10 NYY BOS L 2 3 6-13 8 8.5 Wilson 17,185 -------
20 20 Saturday, May 11 NYY BOS L 8 9 6-14 8 9.5 Heving 25,426 --------
21 21 Sunday, May 12 NYY BOS W 4 0 7-14 8 8.5 Ruffing 41,376 +
22 22 Friday, May 17 NYY @ CHW W 6 1 8-14 8 9.0 Breuer 6,000 ++
23 23 Saturday, May 18 NYY @ CHW W 3 0 9-14 7 8.5 Pearson 6,000 +++
24 24 Sunday, May 19 NYY @ CLE L 1 5 9-15 7 9.0 Feller 27,690 -
25 25 Monday, May 20 NYY @ CLE L 2 10 9-16 8 9.0 Smith 7,000 --
26 26 Tuesday, May 21 NYY @ CLE W 10 2 10-16 8 9.0 Russo 6,000 +
27 27 Wednesday, May 22 NYY @ DET W 8 2 11-16 7 8.0 Breuer 9,914 ++
28 28 Thursday, May 23 NYY @ DET L 2 3 11-17 8 8.5 Newsom 9,429 -
29 29 Sunday, May 26 NYY @ BOS W 7 2 12-17 6 7.5 Pearson 14,800 +
30 30 Monday, May 27 NYY WSH W 5 0 13-17 6 7.0 Chandler 2,269 ++
31 31 Tuesday, May 28 NYY WSH W 12 4 14-17 4 6.5 Russo +++
32 32 Tuesday, May 28 NYY WSH W 3 1 15-17 4 6.5 Breuer 10,466 ++++
33 33 Wednesday, May 29 NYY WSH W 2 1 16-17 4 6.5 Donald 2,760 +++++
34 34 Thursday, May 30 NYY BOS W 4 0 17-17 4 6.5 Ruffing ++++++
35 35 Thursday, May 30 NYY BOS L 4 11 17-18 4 6.5 Hash 82,437 -
36 36 Saturday, Jun 1 NYY SLB W 8 5 18-18 4 6.5 Chandler 10,848 +
37 37 Sunday, Jun 2 NYY SLB W 13 4 19-18 4 5.5 Russo ++
38 38 Sunday, Jun 2 NYY SLB W 11 1 20-18 4 5.5 Breuer 40,021 +++
39 39 Monday, Jun 3 NYY SLB W 7 1 21-18 4 4.5 Donald 4,428 ++++
40 40 Tuesday, Jun 4 NYY CHW L 3 7 21-19 4 4.5 Smith 6,650 -
41 41 Wednesday, Jun 5 NYY CHW W 7 5 22-19 4 3.5 Pearson 5,756 +
42 42 Thursday, Jun 6 NYY CHW L 3 4 22-20 4 4.5 Rigney 5,089 -
43 43 Friday, Jun 7 NYY CLE W 5 4 23-20 4 3.5 Hadley 24,037 +
44 44 Saturday, Jun 8 NYY CLE L 0 3 23-21 4 4.0 Milnar 16,067 -
45 45 Sunday, Jun 9 NYY CLE W 4 3 24-21 4 3.0 Ruffing 28,639 +
46 46 Tuesday, Jun 11 NYY DET L 1 6 24-22 4 4.0 Bridges 5,654 -
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 12 NYY DET W 7 5 25-22 4 4.0 Hadley 10,036 +
48 48 Friday, Jun 14 NYY @ SLB W 12 3 26-22 4 4.0 Pearson 17,970 ++
49 49 Saturday, Jun 15 NYY @ SLB W 7 6 27-22 4 4.0 Murphy 1,771 +++
50 50 Sunday, Jun 16 NYY @ SLB L 6 12 27-23 4 6.0 Kennedy -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 16 NYY @ SLB L 5 6 27-24 4 6.0 Trotter 9,308 --
52 52 Tuesday, Jun 18 NYY @ CHW L 3 5 27-25 4 6.0 Smith 5,112 ---
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 19 NYY @ CHW L 0 1 27-26 4 6.0 Lee 8,126 ----
54 54 Thursday, Jun 20 NYY @ CHW T *T 0 1 27-26 4 6.0 6,980 ----
55 55 Friday, Jun 21 NYY @ DET W 12 7 28-26 4 6.0 Ruffing 11,717 +
56 56 Saturday, Jun 22 NYY @ DET L 2 3 28-27 4 7.0 Benton 14,694 -
57 57 Sunday, Jun 23 NYY @ DET L 2 9 28-28 4 7.5 Newsom 32,892 --
58 58 Monday, Jun 24 NYY @ CLE L 1 7 28-29 4 8.5 Feller 46,637 ---
59 59 Tuesday, Jun 25 NYY @ CLE L 3 5 28-30 4 9.5 Milnar 7,500 ----
60 60 Wednesday, Jun 26 NYY @ CLE W 3 1 29-30 4 8.5 Ruffing 8,000 +
61 61 Friday, Jun 28 NYY PHA W 4 1 30-30 4 8.0 Russo 4,529 ++
62 62 Saturday, Jun 29 NYY PHA W 12 9 31-30 4 8.0 Murphy 7,012 +++
63 63 Sunday, Jun 30 NYY PHA W 4 3 32-30 4 8.0 Breuer ++++
64 64 Sunday, Jun 30 NYY PHA L 2 3 32-31 4 8.0 Babich 28,558 -
65 65 Monday, Jul 1 NYY @ WSH W 8 4 33-31 4 7.0 Ruffing 3,000 +
66 66 Tuesday, Jul 2 NYY @ WSH W 6 2 34-31 4 6.0 Gomez 3,000 ++
67 67 Thursday, Jul 4 NYY @ BOS W 12 4 35-31 4 5.5 Chandler +++
68 68 Thursday, Jul 4 NYY @ BOS W 7 3 36-31 4 5.5 Russo 29,000 ++++
69 69 Friday, Jul 5 NYY @ PHA L 3 6 36-32 4 6.0 Babich 25,520 -
70 70 Saturday, Jul 6 NYY @ PHA L 7 8 36-33 4 7.0 Beckmann 5,486 --
71 71 Sunday, Jul 7 NYY @ PHA W 6 3 37-33 4 7.0 Breuer +
72 72 Sunday, Jul 7 NYY @ PHA L 5 10 37-34 4 7.0 Potter 37,129 -
73 73 Thursday, Jul 11 NYY SLB W 6 4 38-34 4 6.5 Russo 5,477 +
74 74 Saturday, Jul 13 NYY SLB W 10 4 39-34 4 6.5 Chandler ++
75 75 Saturday, Jul 13 NYY SLB W 12 6 40-34 4 6.5 Hadley 17,045 +++
76 76 Sunday, Jul 14 NYY CHW W 4 0 41-34 4 5.5 Ruffing 18,729 ++++
77 77 Monday, Jul 15 NYY CHW L 2 3 41-35 4 5.5 Smith 5,800 -
78 78 Tuesday, Jul 16 NYY CHW L 1 5 41-36 4 5.5 Rigney 5,426 --
79 79 Wednesday, Jul 17 NYY CLE W 4 3 42-36 4 4.5 Pearson 16,084 +
80 80 Thursday, Jul 18 NYY CLE W 9 6 43-36 4 4.0 Chandler 11,985 ++
81 81 Friday, Jul 19 NYY CLE W 15 6 44-36 4 4.0 Gomez 12,151 +++
82 82 Saturday, Jul 20 NYY DET L 1 3 44-37 4 5.0 Newhouser 16,868 -
83 83 Sunday, Jul 21 NYY DET L 3 4 44-38 4 7.0 McKain --
84 84 Sunday, Jul 21 NYY DET L 2 3 44-39 4 7.0 Rowe 68,590 ---
85 85 Tuesday, Jul 23 NYY @ SLB L 5 9 44-40 4 7.0 Trotter 11,755 ----
86 86 Wednesday, Jul 24 NYY @ SLB L 12 14 44-41 4 8.0 Harris 1,580 -----
87 87 Thursday, Jul 25 NYY @ SLB W 13 8 45-41 4 8.0 Ruffing 1,711 +
88 88 Friday, Jul 26 NYY @ CHW W 10 2 46-41 4 7.0 Chandler 48,104 ++
89 89 Saturday, Jul 27 NYY @ CHW L 5 6 46-42 4 8.5 Rigney 7,199 -
90 90 Sunday, Jul 28 NYY @ CHW W 10 9 47-42 4 8.0 Hildebrand +
91 91 Sunday, Jul 28 NYY @ CHW L 4 8 47-43 4 8.0 Lee 39,537 -
92 92 Tuesday, Jul 30 NYY @ DET W 8 6 48-43 4 6.5 Ruffing 14,845 +
93 93 Wednesday, Jul 31 NYY @ DET L 6 7 48-44 4 7.5 McKain 13,169 -
94 94 Thursday, Aug 1 NYY @ DET L 2 11 48-45 4 8.5 Rowe 16,440 --
95 95 Friday, Aug 2 NYY @ CLE W 10 2 49-45 4 7.5 Russo 7,500 +
96 96 Saturday, Aug 3 NYY @ CLE L 1 5 49-46 5 9.0 Smith 12,035 -
97 97 Sunday, Aug 4 NYY @ CLE L 1 3 49-47 5 9.0 Feller 42,407 --
98 98 Monday, Aug 5 NYY @ BOS L 1 4 49-48 5 9.5 Ostermueller 5,100 ---
99 99 Tuesday, Aug 6 NYY @ BOS L 3 8 49-49 5 10.5 Heving 7,600 ----
100 100 Wednesday, Aug 7 NYY @ BOS L 7 10 49-50 5 11.0 Johnson -----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Wednesday, Aug 7 NYY @ BOS W 6 3 50-50 5 11.0 Russo 32,500 +
102 102 Thursday, Aug 8 NYY @ BOS L 5 6 50-51 5 11.5 Dickman 8,500 -
103 103 Friday, Aug 9 NYY PHA W 2 0 51-51 5 10.5 Sundra 5,128 +
104 104 Saturday, Aug 10 NYY PHA W 13 0 52-51 4 10.5 Bonham 7,587 ++
105 105 Sunday, Aug 11 NYY PHA W 7 6 53-51 5 9.0 Donald 12,059 +++
106 106 Tuesday, Aug 13 NYY BOS W 9 1 54-51 5 9.0 Russo ++++
107 107 Tuesday, Aug 13 NYY BOS W 19 8 55-51 5 9.0 Donald 32,172 +++++
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 14 NYY BOS W 8 3 56-51 4 9.0 Ruffing 7,187 ++++++
109 109 Thursday, Aug 15 NYY BOS L 1 11 56-52 4 10.0 Heving 7,344 -
110 110 Sunday, Aug 18 NYY @ PHA W 9 1 57-52 5 10.0 Sundra +
111 111 Sunday, Aug 18 NYY @ PHA L 3 7 57-53 5 10.0 Babich 21,284 -
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 20 NYY DET W 4 3 58-53 4 9.0 Ruffing +
113 113 Tuesday, Aug 20 NYY DET W 4 2 59-53 4 9.0 Bonham 30,346 ++
114 114 Wednesday, Aug 21 NYY DET W 6 5 60-53 4 9.0 Murphy 9,234 +++
115 115 Thursday, Aug 22 NYY CLE W 15 2 61-53 3 8.0 Russo 12,732 ++++
116 116 Friday, Aug 23 NYY CLE W 5 3 62-53 3 7.0 Sundra 14,171 +++++
117 117 Saturday, Aug 24 NYY CLE W 3 2 63-53 3 6.0 Murphy 50,964 ++++++
118 118 Sunday, Aug 25 NYY CHW L 0 1 63-54 3 5.5 Lyons -
119 119 Sunday, Aug 25 NYY CHW W 3 1 64-54 3 5.5 Bonham 70,740 +
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 27 NYY CHW W 5 4 65-54 3 5.5 Murphy 6,942 ++
121 121 Thursday, Aug 29 NYY SLB W 10 3 66-54 3 4.5 Russo +++
122 122 Thursday, Aug 29 NYY SLB W 6 5 67-54 3 4.5 Murphy 7,865 ++++
123 123 Saturday, Aug 31 NYY WSH W 7 1 68-54 3 5.0 Donald 13,108 +++++
124 124 Sunday, Sep 1 NYY WSH W 3 2 69-54 3 4.5 Ruffing ++++++
125 125 Sunday, Sep 1 NYY WSH W 3 0 70-54 3 4.5 Bonham 15,063 +++++++
126 126 Monday, Sep 2 NYY PHA W 6 3 71-54 2 3.5 Russo ++++++++
127 127 Monday, Sep 2 NYY PHA L 0 3 71-55 2 3.5 Babich 69,940 -
128 128 Wednesday, Sep 4 NYY @ WSH L 5 6 71-56 3 3.5 Krakauskas 5,000 --
129 129 Thursday, Sep 5 NYY @ WSH W 2 1 72-56 2 2.0 Bonham +
130 130 Thursday, Sep 5 NYY @ WSH W 8 1 73-56 2 2.0 Donald 17,000 ++
131 131 Friday, Sep 6 NYY @ WSH L 1 3 73-57 3 2.0 Chase 12,000 -
132 132 Saturday, Sep 7 NYY @ BOS W 4 3 74-57 3 1.0 Russo 10,000 +
133 133 Sunday, Sep 8 NYY @ BOS W 9 4 75-57 3 1.0 Chandler 33,800 ++
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 11 NYY @ CLE W 3 1 76-57 3 1.0 Bonham +++
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 11 NYY @ CLE L 3 5 76-58 3 1.0 Smith 33,471 -
136 136 Thursday, Sep 12 NYY @ DET L 3 6 76-59 3 2.0 Rowe 19,272 --
137 137 Friday, Sep 13 NYY @ DET L 0 8 76-60 3 3.0 Bridges 25,514 ---
138 138 Saturday, Sep 14 NYY @ DET W 16 7 77-60 3 2.0 Breuer 56,697 +
139 139 Sunday, Sep 15 NYY @ SLB L 5 10 77-61 3 3.5 Niggeling -
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 NYY @ SLB L 1 2 77-62 3 3.5 Auker 17,247 --
141 141 Monday, Sep 16 NYY @ SLB L 4 16 77-63 3 4.0 Kennedy 1,343 ---
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 17 NYY @ SLB W 9 0 78-63 3 3.5 Donald 1,607 +
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 NYY @ CHW L 3 6 78-64 3 4.0 Lee -
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 18 NYY @ CHW W 9 8 79-64 3 4.0 Sundra 37,331 +
145 145 Thursday, Sep 19 NYY @ CHW W 10 1 80-64 3 4.0 Ruffing 7,572 ++
146 146 Saturday, Sep 21 NYY BOS W 5 4 81-64 3 4.5 Bonham 13,388 +++
147 147 Sunday, Sep 22 NYY BOS W 6 3 82-64 3 3.5 Russo 27,518 ++++
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 24 NYY WSH W 6 5 83-64 3 2.5 Murphy +++++
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 24 NYY WSH W 9 4 84-64 3 2.5 Murphy 15,155 ++++++
150 150 Thursday, Sep 26 NYY @ PHA W 5 4 85-64 3 2.5 Ruffing +++++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 26 NYY @ PHA W 2 0 86-64 3 2.5 Bonham 7,212 ++++++++
152 152 Friday, Sep 27 NYY @ PHA L 2 6 86-65 3 3.5 Babich 5,000 -
153 153 Saturday, Sep 28 NYY @ WSH L 3 4 86-66 3 3.0 Hudson --
154 154 Saturday, Sep 28 NYY @ WSH W 7 1 87-66 3 3.0 Donald 5,000 +
155 155 Sunday, Sep 29 NYY @ WSH W 4 3 88-66 3 2.0 Bonham 7,000 ++
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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