1940 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City, New York | |
Owners | Estate of Jacob Ruppert | |
General managers | Ed Barrow | |
Managers | Joe McCarthy | |
Radio |
WABC (AM) ( Mel Allen, Jay C. Flippen) | |
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The 1940 New York Yankees season was the team's 38th season. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. Their home games were played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished in third place with a record of 88–66, finishing two games behind the American League champion Detroit Tigers and one game behind the second-place Cleveland Indians.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 90 | 64 | 0.584 | — | 50–29 | 40–35 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 1 | 51–30 | 38–35 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 2 | 52–24 | 36–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 8 | 45–34 | 37–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 8 | 41–36 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 23 | 37–39 | 30–48 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 26 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 36 | 29–42 | 25–58 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4–1 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–12 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 4–18–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | |||||
Washington | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — |
1940 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen Bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Bill Dickey | 106 | 372 | 45 | 92 | .247 | 9 | 54 | 0 |
1B | Babe Dahlgren | 155 | 568 | 51 | 150 | .264 | 12 | 73 | 1 |
2B | Joe Gordon | 155 | 616 | 112 | 173 | .281 | 30 | 103 | 18 |
3B | Red Rolfe | 139 | 588 | 102 | 147 | .250 | 10 | 53 | 4 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 145 | 546 | 84 | 106 | .194 | 4 | 31 | 14 |
OF | Charlie Keller | 138 | 500 | 102 | 143 | .286 | 21 | 93 | 8 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 132 | 508 | 93 | 179 | .352 | 31 | 133 | 1 |
OF | George Selkirk | 118 | 379 | 68 | 102 | .269 | 19 | 71 | 3 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Tommy Henrich | 90 | 293 | 57 | 90 | .307 | 10 | 53 | 1 |
Buddy Rosar | 73 | 228 | 34 | 68 | .298 | 4 | 37 | 7 |
Bill Knickerbocker | 45 | 124 | 17 | 30 | .242 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Buster Mills | 34 | 63 | 10 | 25 | .397 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
Jake Powell | 12 | 27 | 3 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Chartak | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Ruffing | 30 | 226.0 | 15 | 12 | 3.38 | 97 |
Marius Russo | 30 | 189.1 | 14 | 8 | 3.28 | 87 |
Spud Chandler | 27 | 172.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.60 | 56 |
Marv Breuer | 27 | 164.0 | 8 | 9 | 4.55 | 71 |
Monte Pearson | 16 | 109.2 | 7 | 5 | 3.69 | 43 |
Tiny Bonham | 12 | 99.1 | 9 | 3 | 1.90 | 37 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Atley Donald | 24 | 118.2 | 8 | 3 | 3.03 | 60 |
Steve Sundra | 27 | 99.1 | 4 | 6 | 5.53 | 26 |
Lefty Gomez | 9 | 27.1 | 3 | 3 | 6.59 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Murphy | 35 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3.69 | 23 |
Bump Hadley | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5.74 | 39 |
Oral Hildebrand | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.86 | 5 |
Lee Grissom | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark, Binghamton, Amsterdam, Akron, Butler
Arkansas–Missouri League folded, July 1, 1940 [3]