1940 New York Yankees season

1940 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Estate of Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s) Ed Barrow
Manager(s) Joe McCarthy
Local radio WABC (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jay C. Flippen)
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The 1940 New York Yankees season was the team's 38th season in New York and its 40th overall. 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. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. Their home games were played at the Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Detroit Tigers 90 64 .584 --
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 1
New York Yankees 88 66 .571 2
Boston Red Sox 82 72 .532 8
Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 8
St. Louis Browns 67 87 .435 23
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 26
Philadelphia Athletics 54 100 .351 36

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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 —

Roster

1940 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Dickey, BillBill Dickey 106 372 45 92 .247 9 54 0
1B Dahlgren, BabeBabe Dahlgren 155 568 51 150 .264 12 73 1
2B Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon 155 616 112 173 .281 30 103 18
3B Rolfe, RedRed Rolfe 139 588 102 147 .250 10 53 4
SS Crosetti, FrankieFrankie Crosetti 145 546 84 106 .194 4 31 14
OF Keller, CharlieCharlie Keller 138 500 102 143 .286 21 93 8
OF DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio 132 508 93 179 .352 31 133 1
OF Selkirk, GeorgeGeorge Selkirk 118 379 68 102 .269 19 71 3

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Other batters

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
Henrich, TommyTommy Henrich 90 293 57 90 .307 10 53 1
Knickerbocker, BillBill Knickerbocker 45 124 17 30 .242 1 10 1
Chartak, MikeMike Chartak 11 15 2 2 .133 0 3 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ruffing, RedRed Ruffing 30 226 15 12 3.38 97
Russo, MariusMarius Russo 30 189.1 14 8 3.28 87
Chandler, SpudSpud Chandler 27 172 8 7 4.60 56
Breuer, MarvMarv Breuer 27 164 8 9 4.55 71
Bonham, TinyTiny Bonham 12 99.1 9 3 1.90 37

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Donald, AtleyAtley Donald 24 118.2 8 3 3.03 60
Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez 9 27.1 3 3 6.59 14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy 35 8 4 9 3.69 23

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer
AA Newark Bears International League Johnny Neun
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Bruno Betzel
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Ray White
B Augusta Tigers Sally League Phil Page
B Wenatchee Chiefs Western International League John Kerr and Frank Morehouse
C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Eddie Sawyer
C Akron Yankees Middle Atlantic League Pip Koehler
C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Ted Mayer
C Joplin Miners Western Association Paul O'Malley
D Neosho Yankees Arkansas–Missouri League Ed Grayston
D Easton Yankees Eastern Shore League Ray Powell
D Butler Yankees Pennsylvania State Association Tom Kain
D Norfolk Yankees Western League Doc Bennett

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark, Binghamton, Amsterdam, Akron, Butler

Arkansas–Missouri League folded, July 1, 1940[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1940.shtml
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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