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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)
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Batting - 96, Pitching - 92
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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1939/1941)

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 27, 1939

Purchased Alex Kampouris from the New York Giants.

1940

Signed Tommy Byrne as an amateur free agent.

Signed Tex Hoyle as an amateur free agent.

Signed Joe Murray as an amateur free agent.

Signed Joe Page as an amateur free agent.

Signed Spec Shea as an amateur free agent.

Signed Elmer Singleton as an amateur free agent.

Signed Snuffy Stirnweiss as an amateur free agent.

January 4, 1940

Traded Joe Beggs to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Lee Grissom.

January 27, 1940

Traded Vince DiMaggio to the Cincinnati Reds. Received players to be named later and $40,000. The Cincinnati Reds sent Frenchy Bordagaray (January 27, 1940) and Nino Bongiovanni (January 27, 1940) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

January 30, 1940

Sold Wally Judnich to the St. Louis Browns.

February 24, 1940

Traded Ed Levy to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jim Shilling and cash. Ed Levy returned to original teams on April 27, 1940.

March, 1940

Signed Johnny Johnson as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 27, 1940 (Standings)

Traded Ed Levy to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jim Shilling and cash. Ed Levy returned to original teams on April 27, 1940.

May 3, 1940 (Standings)

Purchased George Scharein from the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 15, 1940 (Standings)

Lee Grissom selected by the Brooklyn Dodgers off waivers.

September 10, 1940 (Standings)

Sold Alex Kampouris to the Brooklyn Dodgers.

September 11, 1940 (Standings)

Purchased Red Nonnenkamp from the Boston Red Sox.

October 1, 1940 (Standings)

Pete Suder drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1940 rule 5 draft.

December, 1940

Sold Tony DePhillips to the Cincinnati Reds.

Traded Jack Graham to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Received Boze Berger.

December 5, 1940

Sold Jake Powell to the San Francisco (PCL).

December 30, 1940

Traded Monte Pearson to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Don Lang and $20,000.

December 31, 1940

Sold Bump Hadley to the New York Giants.

Traded Bill Knickerbocker to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Silvestri.

1941

Signed Allie Clark as an amateur free agent.

Signed Monk Dubiel as an amateur free agent.

Signed Jim Dyck as an amateur free agent.

Ken Holcombe received from the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

Purchased Ellis Kinder from the Jackson (Kitty) for $5,000.

Signed Woody Main as an amateur free agent.

Signed Gus Niarhos as an amateur free agent.

Signed Vic Raschi as an amateur free agent.

Signed Dick Starr as an amateur free agent.

Signed Bill Wight as an amateur free agent.

February 15, 1941

Purchased Al Glossop from the Boston Braves.

February 25, 1941

Sold Babe Dahlgren to the Boston Braves.

March 18, 1941

Sold Johnny Riddle to the Cincinnati Reds.

March 27, 1941

Sold Steve Sundra to the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

1939/1941

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