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1940 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941) 88-66, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders 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. 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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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.

    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

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 Average DiMaggio .352 On-base % DiMaggio .425 Slugging % DiMaggio .626 OPS DiMaggio 1.051 Games Dahlgren and Gordon 155 At Bats Gordon 616 Plate Appearances (approx.) Gordon 677 Runs Gordon 112 Hits DiMaggio 179 Total Bases DiMaggio 318 Doubles Gordon 32 Triples Keller 15 Home Runs DiMaggio 31 RBI DiMaggio 133 Bases on Balls Keller 106 Strikeouts Crosetti 77 Stolen Bases Gordon 18 Singles DiMaggio 111 Adjusted OPS+ DiMaggio 173 Runs Created DiMaggio 133 Adjusted Batting Runs DiMaggio 54 Batting Wins DiMaggio 5.0 Extra-Base Hits Gordon 72 Times on Base Keller 249 Offensive Win% DiMaggio .788 Hit By Pitch Crosetti 10 Sac. Hits Pearson and Rolfe 7 Grounded into Double Plays Dahlgren 20 Caught Stealing Crosetti and Gordon 8 Power/Speed Number Gordon 22.5 At Bats per Strikeout DiMaggio 16.9 At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 16.4 Outs Crosetti 470

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Russo 3.28 Wins Ruffing 15 Won-Loss % Bonham .750 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Russo 1.246 Hits Allowed/9IP Russo 8.60 Bases on Balls/9IP Russo 2.61 Strikeouts/9IP Russo 4.14 Games Murphy 35 Saves Murphy 9 Innings Ruffing 226.0 Strikeouts Ruffing 97 Games Started Ruffing 30 Comp. Games Ruffing 20 Shutouts Bonham and Ruffing 3 Home Runs Allow. Ruffing 24 Bases On Balls Allow. Ruffing 76 Hits Allowed Ruffing 218 SO to Walk Russo 1.58 Losses Ruffing 12 Earned Runs Allow. Chandler 88 Wild Pitches Hadley 5 Hit Batsmen Chandler 6 Batters Faced Ruffing 954 Games Finished Murphy 28 Adjusted ERA+ Russo 123

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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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