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1940 New York Yankees (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
Managed by Joe McCarthy

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 988,975 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 96, Pitching - 92
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats (1939/1941) / Schedule / Transactions

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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         33  106  372   45   92  11  1   9   54  48   32  .247  .336  .355   0   3   7   2   2           82
1B  Babe Dahlgren       28  155  568   51  150  24  4  12   73  46   54  .264  .325  .384   1   1  20   5   3           86
2B  Joe Gordon          25  155  616  112  173  32 10  30  103  52   57  .281  .340  .511  18   8  12   3   6          121
3B *Red Rolfe           31  139  588  102  147  26  6  10   53  50   48  .250  .311  .366   4   2   4   2   7           78
SS  Frankie Crosetti    29  145  546   84  106  23  4   4   31  72   77  .194  .299  .273  14   8  17  10   5           52
OF *Charlie Keller      23  138  500  102  143  18 15  21   93 106   65  .286  .411  .508   8   2  11   0   3          141
OF  Joe DiMaggio        25  132  508   93  179  28  9  31  133  61   30  .352  .425  .626   1   2  16   3   0          173
OF *George Selkirk      32  118  379   68  102  17  5  19   71  84   43  .269  .406  .491   3   6   3   3   4          135
   *Tommy Henrich       27   90  293   57   90  28  5  10   53  48   30  .307  .408  .539   1   2   6   2   3          147
    Buddy Rosar         25   73  228   34   68  11  3   4   37  19   11  .298  .357  .425   7   1   6   2   5          105
    Bill Knickerbocker  28   45  124   17   30   8  1   1   10  14    8  .242  .333  .347   1   1   3   3   4           80
    Buster Mills        31   34   63   10   25   3  3   1   15   7    5  .397  .457  .587   0   0   6   0   0          173
    Jake Powell         31   12   27    3    5   0  0   0    2   1    4  .185  .214  .185   0   0   1   0   0            6
   *Mike Chartak        24   11   15    2    2   1  0   0    3   5    5  .133  .350  .200   0   0   0   0   0           49

    Red Ruffing         35   33   89    8   11   4  0   1    7   3    9  .124  .152  .202   0   0   6   0   1           -7
    Marius Russo        25   30   64    8   12   3  0   0    4   8   21  .188  .278  .234   1   0   2   0   6           36
    Spud Chandler       32   27   60    5    9   1  0   2    7   4   31  .150  .215  .267   0   0   0   1   4           26
    Marv Breuer         26   27   54    3    2   1  0   0    2   5   24  .037  .119  .056   0   0   1   0   6          -52
   *Atley Donald        29   24   41    2    6   0  0   0    2   1   11  .146  .167  .146   0   0   2   0   5          -17
    Tiny Bonham         26   12   37    3    7   1  0   0    2   2    6  .189  .231  .216   0   0   0   0   0           19
    Monte Pearson       31   16   33    2    4   1  0   0    2   3    7  .121  .194  .152   0   0   0   0   7           -7
    Steve Sundra        30   27   29    1    4   0  0   0    2   3   16  .138  .219  .138   0   0   0   0   1           -4
    Bump Hadley         35   25   27    3    3   2  0   0    0   1    5  .111  .143  .185   0   0   1   0   2          -14
    Johnny Murphy       31   35   13    2    1   0  0   0    0   4    4  .077  .294  .077   0   0   0   0   2            3
   *Lefty Gomez         31    9    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Oral Hildebrand     33   13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  155 5286  817 1371 243 66 155  759 648  606  .259  .340  .418  59  36 124  36  76          109
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    3    8   6  3   1        2    3     8     3     3   3   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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         35  30   3.38  15  12  0  30   0  20   3  226.0  218   98   85  24   76   97  954   1   3  0     119
SP  Spud Chandler       32  27   4.60   8   7  0  24   2   6   1  172.0  184  100   88  12   60   56  741   1   6  0      88
SP *Marius Russo        25  30   3.28  14   8  1  24   2  15   0  189.3  181   79   69  17   55   87  786   1   1  0     123
SP  Marv Breuer         26  27   4.55   8   9  0  22   2  10   0  164.0  175   89   83  20   61   71  722   3   0  0      88
SP  Monte Pearson       31  16   3.69   7   5  0  16   0   7   1  109.7  108   48   45   8   44   43  464   3   0  0     109
SP  Tiny Bonham         26  12   1.90   9   3  0  12   0  10   3   99.3   83   24   21   4   13   37  386   0   0  1     212
SP *Lefty Gomez         31   9   6.59   3   3  0   5   3   0   0   27.3   37   20   20   2   18   14  134   3   1  0      61

CL  Johnny Murphy       31  35   3.69   8   4  9   1  28   0   0   63.3   58   27   26   5   15   23  255   1   0  0     109
RP  Bump Hadley         35  25   5.74   3   5  2   2   9   0   0   80.0   88   62   51   4   52   39  382   5   1  0      70
RP  Steve Sundra        30  27   5.53   4   6  2   8  10   2   0   99.3  121   68   61  11   42   26  457   2   1  0      73
RP  Atley Donald        29  24   3.03   8   3  0  11  10   6   1  118.7  113   49   40  11   59   60  519   2   2  2     133
RP  Oral Hildebrand     33  13   1.86   1   1  0   0   8   0   0   19.3   19    7    4   1   14    5   88   0   1  0     216

   *Lee Grissom         32   5   0.00   0   0  0   0   5   0   0    4.7    4    0    0   0    2    1   19   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0 155   3.89  88  66 14 155  79  76  10 1373.0 1389  671  593 119  511  559 5907  22  16  3     104
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   3   6  5           2   2      5    3    2        6    2    6

    * - 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     102  425   55   3   9  .994   5            
BRosar       63  258   30   5   8  .983   1            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  155  683   85   8  17  .990   6   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .989  9.60
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BDahlgren   155 1488   75  15 143  .990 10.08
THenrich      2    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  155 1493   75  15 143  .991 10.28
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .969  5.22
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JGordon     155  374  505  23 116  .975  5.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  155  374  505  23 116  .975  5.76
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .937  3.12
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RRolfe      138  161  288  24  24  .949  3.25
BKnickerboc  17   11   34   5   6  .900  2.65
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  155  172  322  29  30  .945  3.24
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .949  4.53
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FCrosetti   145  246  396  31  73  .954  4.43
BKnickerboc  19   22   43   1  12  .985  3.42
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  155  268  439  32  85  .957  4.63
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .970  2.32  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
CKeller     136  317    5  11   2  .967  2.37  65   0  71
JDiMaggio   130  359    5   8   2  .978  2.80   0 130   0
GSelkirk    111  220    9   9   6  .962  2.06  79   2  31
THenrich     76  147   10   5   2  .969  2.07   1  24  52
BMills       14   22    0   0   0 1.000  1.57  12   0   2
JPowell       7   15    1   0   0 1.000  2.29   3   2   2
MChartak      3    4    0   0   0 1.000  1.33   0   0   3
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  155 1084   30  33  12  .971  2.43 155 155 155
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .956  2.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RRuffing     30    6   30   2   2  .947  1.43
MRusso       30    9   48   0   4 1.000  2.71
SChandler    27    4   50   2   3  .964  2.83
MBreuer      27    5   26   1   2  .969  1.70
ADonald      24    2   12   4   0  .778  1.06
MPearson     16    6   29   0   2 1.000  2.87
TBonham      12    6    8   0   0 1.000  1.27
SSundra      27    3   22   2   1  .926  2.27
BHadley      25    2   16   0   0 1.000  2.02
JMurphy      35    2   15   0   0 1.000  2.42
LGomez        9    1    2   0   0 1.000  0.99
OHildebrand  13    1    3   1   0  .800  1.87
LGrissom      5    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.91
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  155   47  262  12  14  .963  2.03
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.352
On-base %DiMaggio.425
Slugging %DiMaggio.626
OPSDiMaggio1.051
GamesDahlgren and Gordon155
At BatsGordon616
Plate Appearances (approx.)Gordon677
RunsGordon112
HitsDiMaggio179
Total BasesDiMaggio318
DoublesGordon32
TriplesKeller15
Home RunsDiMaggio31
RBIDiMaggio133
Bases on BallsKeller106
StrikeoutsCrosetti77
Stolen BasesGordon18
SinglesDiMaggio111
Adjusted OPS+DiMaggio173
Runs CreatedDiMaggio133
Adjusted Batting RunsDiMaggio54
Batting WinsDiMaggio5.0
Extra-Base HitsGordon72
Times on BaseKeller249
Offensive Win%DiMaggio.788
Hit By PitchCrosetti10
Sac. HitsPearson and Rolfe7
Grounded into Double PlaysDahlgren20
Caught StealingCrosetti and Gordon8
Power/Speed NumberGordon22.5
At Bats per StrikeoutDiMaggio16.9
At Bats per Home RunDiMaggio16.4
OutsCrosetti470

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERARusso3.28
WinsRuffing15
Won-Loss %Bonham.750
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Russo1.246
Hits Allowed/9IPRusso8.60
Bases on Balls/9IPRusso2.61
Strikeouts/9IPRusso4.14
GamesMurphy35
SavesMurphy9
InningsRuffing226.0
StrikeoutsRuffing97
Games StartedRuffing30
Comp. GamesRuffing20
ShutoutsBonham and Ruffing3
Home Runs Allow.Ruffing24
Bases On Balls Allow.Ruffing76
Hits AllowedRuffing218
SO to WalkRusso1.58
LossesRuffing12
Earned Runs Allow.Chandler88
Wild PitchesHadley5
Hit BatsmenChandler6
Batters FacedRuffing954
Games FinishedMurphy28
Adjusted ERA+Russo123

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Bill Dickey (Starting C)
Joe DiMaggio (Starting CF)
Joe Gordon (Starting 2B)
Charlie Keller (Starting RF)
Monte Pearson
Red Rolfe
Red Ruffing (Starting P)

1939/1941

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