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	Home	Road
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	67	0.568	2½	52–24	36–43
Boston Red Sox	82	72	0.532	8	45–34	37–38
Chicago White Sox	83	72	0.535	7½	42–36	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

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	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

[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
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

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
Red Ruffing	30	226	15	12	3.38	97
Marius Russo	30	189.1	14	8	3.28	87
Spud Chandler	27	172	8	7	4.60	56
Marv Breuer	27	164	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

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
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

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
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

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

Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1940.shtml
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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[1] Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference

[2] ttps://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

1940 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1940 All-Star Game 1940 World Series