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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 / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   88-66 , Final Rank: 3, GB:    2.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          22 (last on September 29)
Most Games under .500:           8 (last on May 11)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       11.5 (last on August 8)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (August 25 to September 2 and September 18 to September 26)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (May 4 to May 11)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (September 16)
Most Runs Scored:               19 (August 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        88  66     817     671    .571

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           52  24     414     284    .684
Road           36  42     403     387    .462

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     37  34     344     304    .521
Second Half    51  32     473     367    .614
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        22  23     179     181    .489

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        34  16     396     257    .680

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     NYY @PHA  L   1-2        0-1     5     1.0       C Dean                     20,187 -
  2 Wed, Apr 17     NYY @PHA  W   4-1        1-1     4     0.5       M Pearson                   4,000 +
  3 Fri, Apr 19     NYY  WSH  W   5-3        2-1     3     0.5       L Gomez                    15,299 ++
  4 Tue, Apr 23     NYY  PHA  L   0-3        2-2     5     1.5       C Dean                      7,000 -
  5 Wed, Apr 24     NYY  PHA  W   9-4        3-2     4     1.0       R Ruffing                   2,575 +
  6 Fri, Apr 26     NYY @BOS  L   1-8        3-3     4     1.5       E Dickman                  23,200 -
  7 Sat, Apr 27     NYY @WSH  L   2-3        3-4     5     2.5       K Chase                    15,000 --
  8 Sun, Apr 28     NYY @WSH  L   2-3        3-5     6     3.5       D Leonard                  32,000 ---
  9 Mon, Apr 29     NYY @WSH  W   5-4        4-5     5     2.5       S Chandler                  8,000 +
 10 Tue, Apr 30     NYY  SLB  L   1-2        4-6     6     3.5       E Bildilli                  7,669 -
 11 Wed, May  1     NYY  SLB  W   5-3        5-6     5     2.5       M Pearson                   3,244 +
 12 Fri, May  3     NYY  CHW  W   8-4        6-6     4     2.5       M Breuer                   11,291 ++
 13 Sat, May  4     NYY  CHW  L   3-10       6-7     4     3.5       T Lee                       2,303 -
 14 Sun, May  5     NYY  DET  L   4-6        6-8     4     4.0       A McKain                   36,937 --
 15 Mon, May  6     NYY  DET  L   4-6        6-9     6     4.5       T Seats                     5,650 ---
 16 Tue, May  7     NYY  DET  L   2-4        6-10    7     5.5       H Newhouser                10,482 ----
 17 Wed, May  8     NYY  CLE  L   4-10       6-11    8     6.5       A Smith                     8,911 -----
 18 Thu, May  9     NYY  CLE  L   0-4        6-12    8     7.5       B Feller                   14,790 ------
 19 Fri, May 10     NYY  BOS  L   2-3        6-13    8     8.5       J Wilson                   17,185 -------
 20 Sat, May 11     NYY  BOS  L   8-9        6-14    8     9.5       J Heving                   25,426 --------
 21 Sun, May 12     NYY  BOS  W   4-0        7-14    8     8.5       R Ruffing                  41,376 +
 22 Fri, May 17     NYY @CHW  W   6-1        8-14    8     9.0       M Breuer                    6,000 ++
 23 Sat, May 18     NYY @CHW  W   3-0        9-14    7     8.5       M Pearson                   6,000 +++
 24 Sun, May 19     NYY @CLE  L   1-5        9-15    7     9.0       B Feller                   27,690 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Mon, May 20     NYY @CLE  L   2-10       9-16    8     9.0       A Smith                     7,000 --
 26 Tue, May 21     NYY @CLE  W  10-2       10-16    8     9.0       M Russo                     6,000 +
 27 Wed, May 22     NYY @DET  W   8-2       11-16    7     8.0       M Breuer                    9,914 ++
 28 Thu, May 23     NYY @DET  L   2-3       11-17    8     8.5       B Newsom                    9,429 -
 29 Sun, May 26     NYY @BOS  W   7-2       12-17    6     7.5       M Pearson                  14,800 +
 30 Mon, May 27     NYY  WSH  W   5-0       13-17    6     7.0       S Chandler                  2,269 ++
 31 Tue, May 28     NYY  WSH  W  12-4       14-17    4     6.5       M Russo                           +++
 32                 NYY  WSH  W   3-1       15-17    4     6.5       M Breuer                   10,466 ++++
 33 Wed, May 29     NYY  WSH  W   2-1       16-17    4     6.5       A Donald                    2,760 +++++
 34 Thu, May 30     NYY  BOS  W   4-0       17-17    4     6.5       R Ruffing                         ++++++
 35                 NYY  BOS  L   4-11      17-18    4     6.5       H Hash                     82,437 -
 36 Sat, Jun  1     NYY  SLB  W   8-5       18-18    4     6.5       S Chandler                 10,848 +
 37 Sun, Jun  2     NYY  SLB  W  13-4       19-18    4     5.5       M Russo                           ++
 38                 NYY  SLB  W  11-1       20-18    4     5.5       M Breuer                   40,021 +++
 39 Mon, Jun  3     NYY  SLB  W   7-1       21-18    4     4.5       A Donald                    4,428 ++++
 40 Tue, Jun  4     NYY  CHW  L   3-7       21-19    4     4.5       E Smith                     6,650 -
 41 Wed, Jun  5     NYY  CHW  W   7-5       22-19    4     3.5       M Pearson                   5,756 +
 42 Thu, Jun  6     NYY  CHW  L   3-4       22-20    4     4.5       J Rigney                    5,089 -
 43 Fri, Jun  7     NYY  CLE  W   5-4       23-20    4     3.5       B Hadley                   24,037 +
 44 Sat, Jun  8     NYY  CLE  L   0-3       23-21    4     4.0       A Milnar                   16,067 -
 45 Sun, Jun  9     NYY  CLE  W   4-3       24-21    4     3.0       R Ruffing                  28,639 +
 46 Tue, Jun 11     NYY  DET  L   1-6       24-22    4     4.0       T Bridges                   5,654 -
 47 Wed, Jun 12     NYY  DET  W   7-5       25-22    4     4.0       B Hadley                   10,036 +
 48 Fri, Jun 14     NYY @SLB  W  12-3       26-22    4     4.0       M Pearson                  17,970 ++
 49 Sat, Jun 15     NYY @SLB  W   7-6       27-22    4     4.0       J Murphy                    1,771 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 16     NYY @SLB  L   6-12      27-23    4     6.0       V Kennedy                         -
 51                 NYY @SLB  L   5-6       27-24    4     6.0       B Trotter                   9,308 --
 52 Tue, Jun 18     NYY @CHW  L   3-5       27-25    4     6.0       E Smith                     5,112 ---
 53 Wed, Jun 19     NYY @CHW  L   0-1       27-26    4     6.0       T Lee                       8,126 ----
 54 Thu, Jun 20     NYY @CHW  -*T 0-1       27-26    4     6.0                                   6,980 ----
 55 Fri, Jun 21     NYY @DET  W  12-7       28-26    4     6.0       R Ruffing                  11,717 +
 56 Sat, Jun 22     NYY @DET  L   2-3       28-27    4     7.0       A Benton                   14,694 -
 57 Sun, Jun 23     NYY @DET  L   2-9       28-28    4     7.5       B Newsom                   32,892 --
 58 Mon, Jun 24     NYY @CLE  L   1-7       28-29    4     8.5       B Feller                   46,637 ---
 59 Tue, Jun 25     NYY @CLE  L   3-5       28-30    4     9.5       A Milnar                    7,500 ----
 60 Wed, Jun 26     NYY @CLE  W   3-1       29-30    4     8.5       R Ruffing                   8,000 +
 61 Fri, Jun 28     NYY  PHA  W   4-1       30-30    4     8.0       M Russo                     4,529 ++
 62 Sat, Jun 29     NYY  PHA  W  12-9       31-30    4     8.0       J Murphy                    7,012 +++
 63 Sun, Jun 30     NYY  PHA  W   4-3       32-30    4     8.0       M Breuer                          ++++
 64                 NYY  PHA  L   2-3       32-31    4     8.0       J Babich                   28,558 -
 65 Mon, Jul  1     NYY @WSH  W   8-4       33-31    4     7.0       R Ruffing                   3,000 +
 66 Tue, Jul  2     NYY @WSH  W   6-2       34-31    4     6.0       L Gomez                     3,000 ++
 67 Thu, Jul  4     NYY @BOS  W  12-4       35-31    4     5.5       S Chandler                        +++
 68                 NYY @BOS  W   7-3       36-31    4     5.5       M Russo                    29,000 ++++
 69 Fri, Jul  5     NYY @PHA  L   3-6       36-32    4     6.0       J Babich                   25,520 -
 70 Sat, Jul  6     NYY @PHA  L   7-8       36-33    4     7.0       B Beckmann                  5,486 --
 71 Sun, Jul  7     NYY @PHA  W   6-3       37-33    4     7.0       M Breuer                          +
 72                 NYY @PHA  L   5-10      37-34    4     7.0       N Potter                   37,129 -
 73 Thu, Jul 11     NYY  SLB  W   6-4       38-34    4     6.5       M Russo                     5,477 +
 74 Sat, Jul 13     NYY  SLB  W  10-4       39-34    4     6.5       S Chandler                        ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 NYY  SLB  W  12-6       40-34    4     6.5       B Hadley                   17,045 +++
 76 Sun, Jul 14     NYY  CHW  W   4-0       41-34    4     5.5       R Ruffing                  18,729 ++++
 77 Mon, Jul 15     NYY  CHW  L   2-3       41-35    4     5.5       E Smith                     5,800 -
 78 Tue, Jul 16     NYY  CHW  L   1-5       41-36    4     5.5       J Rigney                    5,426 --
 79 Wed, Jul 17     NYY  CLE  W   4-3       42-36    4     4.5       M Pearson                  16,084 +
 80 Thu, Jul 18     NYY  CLE  W   9-6       43-36    4     4.0       S Chandler                 11,985 ++
 81 Fri, Jul 19     NYY  CLE  W  15-6       44-36    4     4.0       L Gomez                    12,151 +++
 82 Sat, Jul 20     NYY  DET  L   1-3       44-37    4     5.0       H Newhouser                16,868 -
 83 Sun, Jul 21     NYY  DET  L   3-4       44-38    4     7.0       A McKain                          --
 84                 NYY  DET  L   2-3       44-39    4     7.0       S Rowe                     68,590 ---
 85 Tue, Jul 23     NYY @SLB  L   5-9       44-40    4     7.0       B Trotter                  11,755 ----
 86 Wed, Jul 24     NYY @SLB  L  12-14      44-41    4     8.0       B Harris                    1,580 -----
 87 Thu, Jul 25     NYY @SLB  W  13-8       45-41    4     8.0       R Ruffing                   1,711 +
 88 Fri, Jul 26     NYY @CHW  W  10-2       46-41    4     7.0       S Chandler                 48,104 ++
 89 Sat, Jul 27     NYY @CHW  L   5-6       46-42    4     8.5       J Rigney                    7,199 -
 90 Sun, Jul 28     NYY @CHW  W  10-9       47-42    4     8.0       O Hildebrand                      +
 91                 NYY @CHW  L   4-8       47-43    4     8.0       T Lee                      39,537 -
 92 Tue, Jul 30     NYY @DET  W   8-6       48-43    4     6.5       R Ruffing                  14,845 +
 93 Wed, Jul 31     NYY @DET  L   6-7       48-44    4     7.5       A McKain                   13,169 -
 94 Thu, Aug  1     NYY @DET  L   2-11      48-45    4     8.5       S Rowe                     16,440 --
 95 Fri, Aug  2     NYY @CLE  W  10-2       49-45    4     7.5       M Russo                     7,500 +
 96 Sat, Aug  3     NYY @CLE  L   1-5       49-46    5     9.0       A Smith                    12,035 -
 97 Sun, Aug  4     NYY @CLE  L   1-3       49-47    5     9.0       B Feller                   42,407 --
 98 Mon, Aug  5     NYY @BOS  L   1-4       49-48    5     9.5       F Ostermuell                5,100 ---
 99 Tue, Aug  6     NYY @BOS  L   3-8       49-49    5    10.5       J Heving                    7,600 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Aug  7     NYY @BOS  L   7-10      49-50    5    11.0       E Johnson                         -----
101                 NYY @BOS  W   6-3       50-50    5    11.0       M Russo                    32,500 +
102 Thu, Aug  8     NYY @BOS  L   5-6       50-51    5    11.5       E Dickman                   8,500 -
103 Fri, Aug  9     NYY  PHA  W   2-0       51-51    5    10.5       S Sundra                    5,128 +
104 Sat, Aug 10     NYY  PHA  W  13-0       52-51    4    10.5       T Bonham                    7,587 ++
105 Sun, Aug 11     NYY  PHA  W   7-6       53-51    5     9.0       A Donald                   12,059 +++
106 Tue, Aug 13     NYY  BOS  W   9-1       54-51    5     9.0       M Russo                           ++++
107                 NYY  BOS  W  19-8       55-51    5     9.0       A Donald                   32,172 +++++
108 Wed, Aug 14     NYY  BOS  W   8-3       56-51    4     9.0       R Ruffing                   7,187 ++++++
109 Thu, Aug 15     NYY  BOS  L   1-11      56-52    4    10.0       J Heving                    7,344 -
110 Sun, Aug 18     NYY @PHA  W   9-1       57-52    5    10.0       S Sundra                          +
111                 NYY @PHA  L   3-7       57-53    5    10.0       J Babich                   21,284 -
112 Tue, Aug 20     NYY  DET  W   4-3       58-53    4     9.0       R Ruffing                         +
113                 NYY  DET  W   4-2       59-53    4     9.0       T Bonham                   30,346 ++
114 Wed, Aug 21     NYY  DET  W   6-5       60-53    4     9.0       J Murphy                    9,234 +++
115 Thu, Aug 22     NYY  CLE  W  15-2       61-53    3     8.0       M Russo                    12,732 ++++
116 Fri, Aug 23     NYY  CLE  W   5-3       62-53    3     7.0       S Sundra                   14,171 +++++
117 Sat, Aug 24     NYY  CLE  W   3-2       63-53    3     6.0       J Murphy                   50,964 ++++++
118 Sun, Aug 25     NYY  CHW  L   0-1       63-54    3     5.5       T Lyons                           -
119                 NYY  CHW  W   3-1       64-54    3     5.5       T Bonham                   70,740 +
120 Tue, Aug 27     NYY  CHW  W   5-4       65-54    3     5.5       J Murphy                    6,942 ++
121 Thu, Aug 29     NYY  SLB  W  10-3       66-54    3     4.5       M Russo                           +++
122                 NYY  SLB  W   6-5       67-54    3     4.5       J Murphy                    7,865 ++++
123 Sat, Aug 31     NYY  WSH  W   7-1       68-54    3     5.0       A Donald                   13,108 +++++
124 Sun, Sep  1     NYY  WSH  W   3-2       69-54    3     4.5       R Ruffing                         ++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 NYY  WSH  W   3-0       70-54    3     4.5       T Bonham                   15,063 +++++++
126 Mon, Sep  2     NYY  PHA  W   6-3       71-54    2     3.5       M Russo                           ++++++++
127                 NYY  PHA  L   0-3       71-55    2     3.5       J Babich                   69,940 -
128 Wed, Sep  4     NYY @WSH  L   5-6       71-56    3     3.5       J Krakauskas                5,000 --
129 Thu, Sep  5     NYY @WSH  W   2-1       72-56    2     2.0       T Bonham                          +
130                 NYY @WSH  W   8-1       73-56    2     2.0       A Donald                   17,000 ++
131 Fri, Sep  6     NYY @WSH  L   1-3       73-57    3     2.0       K Chase                    12,000 -
132 Sat, Sep  7     NYY @BOS  W   4-3       74-57    3     1.0       M Russo                    10,000 +
133 Sun, Sep  8     NYY @BOS  W   9-4       75-57    3     1.0       S Chandler                 33,800 ++
134 Wed, Sep 11     NYY @CLE  W   3-1       76-57    3     1.0       T Bonham                          +++
135                 NYY @CLE  L   3-5       76-58    3     1.0       A Smith                    33,471 -
136 Thu, Sep 12     NYY @DET  L   3-6       76-59    3     2.0       S Rowe                     19,272 --
137 Fri, Sep 13     NYY @DET  L   0-8       76-60    3     3.0       T Bridges                  25,514 ---
138 Sat, Sep 14     NYY @DET  W  16-7       77-60    3     2.0       M Breuer                   56,697 +
139 Sun, Sep 15     NYY @SLB  L   5-10      77-61    3     3.5       J Niggeling                       -
140                 NYY @SLB  L   1-2       77-62    3     3.5       E Auker                    17,247 --
141 Mon, Sep 16     NYY @SLB  L   4-16      77-63    3     4.0       V Kennedy                   1,343 ---
142 Tue, Sep 17     NYY @SLB  W   9-0       78-63    3     3.5       A Donald                    1,607 +
143 Wed, Sep 18     NYY @CHW  L   3-6       78-64    3     4.0       T Lee                             -
144                 NYY @CHW  W   9-8       79-64    3     4.0       S Sundra                   37,331 +
145 Thu, Sep 19     NYY @CHW  W  10-1       80-64    3     4.0       R Ruffing                   7,572 ++
146 Sat, Sep 21     NYY  BOS  W   5-4       81-64    3     4.5       T Bonham                   13,388 +++
147 Sun, Sep 22     NYY  BOS  W   6-3       82-64    3     3.5       M Russo                    27,518 ++++
148 Tue, Sep 24     NYY  WSH  W   6-5       83-64    3     2.5       J Murphy                          +++++
149                 NYY  WSH  W   9-4       84-64    3     2.5       J Murphy                   15,155 ++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Thu, Sep 26     NYY @PHA  W   5-4       85-64    3     2.5       R Ruffing                         +++++++
151                 NYY @PHA  W   2-0       86-64    3     2.5       T Bonham                    7,212 ++++++++
152 Fri, Sep 27     NYY @PHA  L   2-6       86-65    3     3.5       J Babich                    5,000 -
153 Sat, Sep 28     NYY @WSH  L   3-4       86-66    3     3.0       S Hudson                          --
154                 NYY @WSH  W   7-1       87-66    3     3.0       A Donald                    5,000 +
155 Sun, Sep 29     NYY @WSH  W   4-3       88-66    3     2.0       T Bonham                    7,000 ++

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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