1940 New York Yankees season

1940 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City, New York (since 1903)
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

• October 14, 1939: Hank Sauer was drafted from the Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1939 minor league draft.^[1]

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 24 Tiny Bonham 24 Marv Breuer 21 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 11 Lefty Gomez 27 Lee Grissom 14 Bump Hadley 20 Oral Hildebrand 19 Johnny Murphy 16 Monte Pearson 15 Red Ruffing 22 Marius Russo 25 Steve Sundra		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Buddy Rosar Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti 12 Babe Dahlgren  6 Joe Gordon 10 Bill Knickerbocker  2 Red Rolfe		Outfielders 30 Mike Chartak  5 Joe DiMaggio  7 Tommy Henrich  9 Charlie Keller 17,27 Buster Mills 17 Jake Powell  3 George Selkirk		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher 33 Johnny Schulte

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

^[2]

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

• 1940 New York Yankees
• 1940 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com