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1943 New York Yankees

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

98-56, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (98-56)
Scored 669 runs, Allowed 542 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 618,330 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over St. Louis Cardinals


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1942 / 1944 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bill Dickey* 36 85 284 242 29 85 18 2 4 33 2 1 41 12 .351 .445 .492 .937 173 119 5 0 1
2 1B Nick Etten* 29 154 665 583 78 158 35 5 14 107 3 7 76 31 .271 .355 .420 .775 125 245 13 0 6
3 2B Joe Gordon 28 152 650 543 82 135 28 5 17 69 4 7 98 75 .249 .365 .413 .778 126 224 18 2 7
4 SS Frankie Crosetti 32 95 395 348 36 81 8 1 2 20 4 4 36 47 .233 .317 .279 .596 74 97 7 7 4
5 3B Billy Johnson 24 155 655 592 70 166 24 6 5 94 3 5 53 30 .280 .344 .367 .710 107 217 27 4 6
6 OF Bud Metheny* 28 103 408 360 51 94 18 2 9 36 2 3 39 34 .261 .333 .397 .731 112 143 6 0 9
7 OF Charlie Keller* 26 141 620 512 97 139 15 11 31 86 7 5 106 60 .271 .396 .525 .922 167 269 7 0 2
8 OF Johnny Lindell 26 122 500 441 53 108 17 12 4 51 2 5 51 55 .245 .329 .365 .694 102 161 14 4 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 SS Snuffy Stirnweiss 24 83 325 274 34 60 8 4 1 25 11 9 47 37 .219 .333 .288 .622 82 79 9 0 4
10 OF Roy Weatherly* 28 77 307 280 37 74 8 3 7 28 4 7 18 9 .264 .311 .389 .700 103 109 2 1 8
11 OF Tuck Stainback 31 71 243 231 31 60 11 2 0 10 3 3 7 16 .260 .285 .325 .609 77 75 3 1 4
12 C Ken Sears* 25 60 201 187 22 52 7 0 2 22 1 3 11 18 .278 .328 .348 .676 97 65 3 3 0
13 C Rollie Hemsley 36 62 199 180 12 43 6 3 2 24 0 1 13 9 .239 .290 .339 .629 83 61 4 0 6
14 IF Oscar Grimes 28 9 23 20 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .150 .261 .150 .411 21 3 0 0 0
15 Aaron Robinson* 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
16 P Spud Chandler 35 30 104 97 9 25 5 0 2 7 0 0 1 22 .258 .287 .371 .658 91 36 4 3 3
17 P Hank Borowy 27 29 87 74 2 15 4 1 0 7 0 0 5 17 .203 .253 .284 .537 56 21 3 0 8
18 P Butch Wensloff 27 29 86 79 6 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 25 .177 .217 .203 .419 22 16 2 0 3
19 P Tiny Bonham 29 28 85 76 5 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .197 .238 .211 .448 31 16 1 0 5
20 P Atley Donald* 32 22 51 47 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .128 .128 .149 .277 -20 7 1 0 4
21 P Bill Zuber 30 20 47 38 1 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 14 .184 .262 .316 .578 68 12 2 0 5
22 P Marius Russo 28 24 37 31 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .194 .286 .226 .512 50 7 0 0 2
23 P Johnny Murphy 34 37 20 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .053 .053 .053 .105 -69 1 0 0 1
24 P Tommy Byrne* 23 13 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -5 1 1 0 1
25 P Jim Turner* 39 18 13 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -55 1 0 0 0
26 P Marv Breuer 29 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 145 1 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 155 6024 5282 669 1350 218 59 100 635 46 60 624 561 .256 .337 .376 .713 107 1986 132 25 93
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 1 2 5 1 1 6 3 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 3 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Tiny Bonham 29 85 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Hank Borowy 27 87 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Marv Breuer 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Tommy Byrne* 23 14 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Spud Chandler 35 104 -2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
Frankie Crosetti 32 395 -11 -1 0 0 0 6 9 3 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Traded 6
Bill Dickey* 36 284 23 -1 0 0 2 2 6 32 3.6 30 3.2 0.4 $20,000 Purchased 2
Atley Donald* 32 51 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
Nick Etten* 29 665 17 -2 0 0 -6 -7 14 16 1.8 22 2.4 -0.6 $ Traded *3
Joe Gordon 28 650 18 -1 0 0 17 7 14 55 5.7 38 4.1 1.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Oscar Grimes 28 23 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded /63
Rollie Hemsley 36 199 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 4 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Billy Johnson 24 655 4 0 0 0 11 0 14 29 3.0 18 1.9 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Charlie Keller* 26 620 43 2 0 0 6 -6 13 58 6.5 52 5.6 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent *7O
Johnny Lindell 26 500 -1 0 0 0 0 -3 11 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *O98/7
Bud Metheny* 28 408 4 0 0 0 -4 -4 9 5 0.6 9 1.0 -0.4 $ O9
Johnny Murphy 34 20 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Aaron Robinson* 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Unknown
Marius Russo 28 37 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ken Sears* 25 201 -1 -1 0 0 -1 2 5 4 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $ 2
Tuck Stainback 31 243 -8 1 0 0 1 -1 5 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded O87/9
Snuffy Stirnweiss 24 325 -6 -1 0 0 4 5 7 9 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 6/4
Jim Turner* 39 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Roy Weatherly* 28 307 0 -1 0 0 1 0 7 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Traded 8O
Butch Wensloff 27 86 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
Bill Zuber 30 47 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 28.2 6024 36 -6 0 0 31 29 130 220 22.7 189 20.2 2.5 $20,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Tiny Bonham 29 85 67 4 1.6 88 .246 .197 .257 .238 .332 .211 .355 .448 .687 31 .175 -6.9 -0.8 .323 .066 .013 1
Hank Borowy 27 87 70 5 2.0 88 .263 .203 .257 .253 .332 .284 .355 .537 .687 56 .228 -4.4 -0.5 .419 .149 .081 1
Marv Breuer 29 4 2 1 13.6 88 .333 .333 .257 .500 .332 .333 .355 .833 .687 145 .912 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .000 /1
Tommy Byrne* 23 14 12 0 0.0 88 .125 .091 .257 .231 .332 .091 .355 .322 .687 -5 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .273 .182 .000 1
Spud Chandler 35 104 79 10 3.4 88 .315 .258 .257 .287 .332 .371 .355 .658 .687 91 .456 -1.6 -0.2 .526 .124 .113 .0 1
Frankie Crosetti 32 395 282 29 2.8 88 .264 .233 .257 .317 .332 .279 .355 .596 .687 74 .365 -10.7 -1.2 .504 .149 .046 2.7 6
Bill Dickey* 36 284 164 53 8.8 88 .358 .351 .257 .445 .332 .492 .355 .937 .687 173 .824 24.8 2.7 .988 .314 .140 2.7 2
Atley Donald* 32 51 46 1 0.6 88 .150 .128 .257 .128 .332 .149 .355 .277 .687 -20 .032 -7.3 -0.8 .167 .021 .021 1
Nick Etten* 29 665 451 85 5.1 88 .268 .271 .257 .355 .332 .420 .355 .775 .687 125 .635 19.4 2.1 .712 .273 .149 4.9 *3
Joe Gordon 28 650 440 80 5.0 88 .262 .249 .257 .365 .332 .413 .355 .778 .687 126 .620 21.0 2.3 .741 .339 .164 6.5 *4
Oscar Grimes 28 23 17 1 1.6 88 .231 .150 .257 .261 .332 .150 .355 .411 .687 21 .172 -2.0 -0.2 .353 .150 .000 /63
Rollie Hemsley 36 199 148 17 3.1 88 .243 .239 .257 .290 .332 .339 .355 .629 .687 83 .414 -4.8 -0.5 .514 .167 .100 .0 2
Billy Johnson 24 655 464 73 4.3 88 .289 .280 .257 .344 .332 .367 .355 .710 .687 107 .555 4.7 0.5 .594 .172 .086 3.8 *5
Charlie Keller* 26 620 387 106 7.5 88 .257 .271 .257 .396 .332 .525 .355 .922 .687 167 .775 45.2 4.8 .979 .465 .254 11.4 *7O
Johnny Lindell 26 500 356 51 3.9 88 .272 .245 .257 .329 .332 .365 .355 .694 .687 102 .513 0.3 0.0 .605 .229 .120 2.7 *O98/7
Bud Metheny* 28 408 284 47 4.5 88 .268 .261 .257 .333 .332 .397 .355 .731 .687 112 .579 5.2 0.6 .658 .242 .136 3.3 O9
Johnny Murphy 34 20 19 0 0.0 88 .091 .053 .257 .053 .332 .053 .355 .105 .687 -69 .000 -4.1 -0.5 .056 .000 .000 1
Aaron Robinson* 28 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .257 .000 .332 .000 .355 .000 .687 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Marius Russo 28 37 27 2 2.0 88 .250 .194 .257 .286 .332 .226 .355 .512 .687 50 .239 -1.9 -0.2 .440 .161 .032 1
Ken Sears* 25 201 141 20 3.9 88 .299 .278 .257 .328 .332 .348 .355 .676 .687 97 .508 -1.0 -0.1 .546 .118 .070 1.3 2
Tuck Stainback 31 243 181 21 3.2 88 .279 .260 .257 .285 .332 .325 .355 .609 .687 77 .418 -7.7 -0.8 .469 .095 .065 .0 O87/9
Snuffy Stirnweiss 24 325 236 26 3.0 88 .250 .219 .257 .333 .332 .288 .355 .622 .687 82 .395 -5.0 -0.6 .552 .248 .069 1.8 6/4
Jim Turner* 39 13 12 0 0.0 88 .091 .077 .257 .077 .332 .077 .355 .154 .687 -55 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .083 .000 .000 1
Roy Weatherly* 28 307 223 32 3.9 88 .254 .264 .257 .311 .332 .389 .355 .700 .687 103 .514 -0.6 -0.1 .581 .179 .125 5.1 8O
Butch Wensloff 27 86 70 3 1.2 88 .259 .177 .257 .217 .332 .203 .355 .419 .687 22 .104 -8.0 -0.9 .299 .076 .025 1
Bill Zuber 30 47 38 3 2.2 88 .292 .184 .257 .262 .332 .316 .355 .578 .687 68 .261 -1.9 -0.2 .485 .237 .132 1
League Average 3.8 87 .269 .249 .256 .321 .331 .340 .354 .661 .684 93 .495 .575 .199 .091
Team Total 28.3 6024 4217 670 4.3 88 .271 .256 .257 .337 .332 .376 .355 .713 .687 107 .560 48.7 5.0 .636 .236 .120 63.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Tiny Bonham 29 29 84 80 6 16 1 0 0 2 0 4 16 .200 .238 .213 .451 4 28 28
Hank Borowy 27 31 85 79 2 17 5 1 0 8 0 6 18 .215 .271 .304 .574 6 29 29
Marv Breuer 29 5 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 5 5
Tommy Byrne* 23 14 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 13 13
Spud Chandler 35 32 109 105 11 29 6 0 2 8 0 1 23 .276 .303 .390 .693 12 30 30
Frankie Crosetti 32 100 420 372 42 91 9 1 2 23 4 40 49 .245 .331 .290 .621 35 95 95
Bill Dickey* 36 89 309 262 35 97 21 2 5 39 2 47 13 .370 .466 .523 .989 63 85 85
Atley Donald* 32 23 50 50 4 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 .140 .140 .160 .300 1 22 22
Nick Etten* 29 162 712 626 92 179 40 6 16 127 3 86 33 .286 .372 .446 .818 103 154 154
Joe Gordon 28 160 695 582 97 153 32 6 19 82 5 111 79 .263 .383 .436 .819 97 152 152
Oscar Grimes 28 9 26 22 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 .182 .308 .182 .490 1 9 9
Rollie Hemsley 36 65 208 193 14 49 7 3 2 29 0 15 9 .254 .308 .352 .660 21 62 62
Billy Johnson 24 163 701 636 83 188 27 7 6 111 3 60 32 .296 .361 .388 .749 87 155 155
Charlie Keller* 26 148 669 549 115 157 17 12 35 102 8 120 63 .286 .414 .552 .966 126 141 141
Johnny Lindell 26 128 536 473 63 123 19 14 5 61 2 58 58 .260 .347 .391 .738 62 122 122
Bud Metheny* 28 108 431 387 61 107 20 2 10 43 2 44 36 .276 .350 .416 .766 57 103 103
Johnny Murphy 34 39 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37 37
Aaron Robinson* 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Marius Russo 28 25 36 32 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 .188 .278 .219 .497 2 24 24
Ken Sears* 25 63 215 200 26 58 8 0 2 26 1 12 19 .290 .340 .360 .700 24 60 60
Tuck Stainback 31 75 257 248 37 68 12 2 0 12 3 8 17 .274 .300 .339 .638 25 71 71
Snuffy Stirnweiss 24 87 346 293 41 68 9 5 1 30 12 53 39 .232 .350 .307 .657 32 83 83
Jim Turner* 39 19 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18 18
Roy Weatherly* 28 81 322 301 44 84 9 3 8 33 5 20 9 .279 .326 .409 .735 40 77 77
Butch Wensloff 27 31 89 84 7 16 2 0 0 5 0 5 26 .190 .236 .214 .450 4 29 29
Bill Zuber 30 21 46 41 1 8 1 2 0 3 0 5 15 .195 .283 .317 .600 4 20 20
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Tiny Bonham 29 4 265 91 265 237 13 39 2 0 0 8 0 0 11 50 .165 .205 .173 .378 6 41 4 1 16
Hank Borowy 27 2 162 54 162 144 6 26 5 2 0 14 0 0 6 34 .181 .213 .243 .456 31 35 4 0 12
Marv Breuer 29 5 183 86 183 157 7 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 11 69 .064 .125 .083 .208 -43 13 4 0 15
Tommy Byrne* 23 1 14 13 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -5 1 1 0 1
Spud Chandler 35 7 437 155 437 392 38 80 10 0 7 34 0 1 17 116 .204 .245 .283 .528 42 111 4 4 24
Frankie Crosetti 32 12 6443 1450 6443 5565 921 1368 241 62 89 568 103 58 712 711 .246 .342 .359 .701 83 2000 46 97 69
Bill Dickey* 36 16 6904 1735 6904 6166 920 1934 335 72 200 1199 36 31 659 277 .314 .383 .489 .871 127 3013 43 30 49
Atley Donald* 32 6 296 114 296 277 20 42 4 1 0 17 0 1 8 71 .152 .175 .173 .349 -5 48 7 0 11
Nick Etten* 29 5 2087 509 2087 1818 219 507 100 16 39 267 16 7 250 108 .279 .367 .416 .783 125 756 35 3 16
Joe Gordon 28 6 3785 888 3785 3310 561 921 171 38 142 570 66 43 432 436 .278 .364 .482 .846 125 1594 83 15 28
Oscar Grimes 28 6 871 271 871 735 98 176 31 9 8 85 15 5 113 137 .239 .342 .339 .681 82 249 9 2 21
Rollie Hemsley 36 16 5055 1461 5055 4621 532 1213 241 66 29 517 29 16 339 372 .262 .313 .362 .675 74 1673 37 4 91
Billy Johnson 24 1 655 155 655 592 70 166 24 6 5 94 3 5 53 30 .280 .344 .367 .710 107 217 27 4 6
Charlie Keller* 26 5 2990 682 2990 2461 494 725 102 51 122 492 41 16 509 300 .295 .416 .526 .942 155 1295 30 3 17
Johnny Lindell 26 3 525 150 525 466 54 114 18 12 4 55 2 5 51 60 .245 .324 .361 .685 99 168 14 4 4
Bud Metheny* 28 1 408 103 408 360 51 94 18 2 9 36 2 3 39 34 .261 .333 .397 .731 112 143 6 0 9
Johnny Murphy 34 11 329 356 329 281 29 43 13 0 0 19 1 0 26 97 .153 .227 .199 .427 12 56 1 1 21
Aaron Robinson* 28 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Marius Russo 28 5 264 112 264 231 22 50 8 1 0 25 1 0 17 52 .216 .270 .260 .530 42 60 4 0 16
Ken Sears* 25 1 201 60 201 187 22 52 7 0 2 22 1 3 11 18 .278 .328 .348 .676 97 65 3 3 0
Tuck Stainback 31 10 1649 601 1649 1565 196 413 65 10 12 147 23 6 41 166 .264 .288 .341 .630 69 534 20 13 30
Snuffy Stirnweiss 24 1 325 83 325 274 34 60 8 4 1 25 11 9 47 37 .219 .333 .288 .622 82 79 9 0 4
Jim Turner* 39 7 405 173 405 378 31 84 15 1 1 22 0 0 7 35 .222 .242 .275 .517 45 104 7 3 17
Roy Weatherly* 28 8 2923 757 2923 2710 405 775 149 41 43 279 42 49 167 160 .286 .329 .419 .748 98 1135 21 7 39
Butch Wensloff 27 1 86 29 86 79 6 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 25 .177 .217 .203 .419 22 16 2 0 3
Bill Zuber 30 7 140 143 140 123 7 16 4 4 0 5 0 0 6 33 .130 .171 .228 .398 10 28 4 0 11
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1942 / 1944 Batting Statistics