1940 New York Yankees season

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.

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 radioWABC (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jay C. Flippen)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9064 0.584 50–29 40–35
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 1 51–30 38–35
New York Yankees 8866 0.571 2 52–24 36–42
Boston Red Sox 8272 0.532 8 45–34 37–38
Chicago White Sox 8272 0.532 8 41–36 41–36
St. Louis Browns 6787 0.435 23 37–39 30–48
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 26 36–41 28–49
Philadelphia Athletics 54100 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 11–118–1411–119–1318–412–1013–9
Chicago 11–116–1613–911–11–116–613–912–10
Cleveland 14–816–611–1110–1214–811–11–113–9
Detroit 11–119–1311–1114–811–1118–4–116–6
New York 13–911–11–112–108–1413–914–817–5
Philadelphia 4–186–168–1411–119–138–148–14
St. Louis 10–129–1311–11–14–18–18–1414–811–11
Washington 9–1310–129–136–165–1714–811–11

Roster

1940 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CBill Dickey1063724592.2479540
1BBabe Dahlgren15556851150.26412731
2BJoe Gordon155616112173.2813010318
3BRed Rolfe139588102147.25010534
SSFrankie Crosetti14554684106.19443114
OFCharlie Keller138500102143.28621938
OFJoe DiMaggio13250893179.352311331
OFGeorge Selkirk11837968102.26919713

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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
Tommy Henrich902935790.30710531
Buddy Rosar732283468.2984377
Bill Knickerbocker451241730.2421101
Buster Mills34631025.3971150
Jake Powell122735.185020
Mike Chartak111522.133030

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 Ruffing3022615123.3897
Marius Russo30189.11483.2887
Spud Chandler27172874.6056
Marv Breuer27164894.5571
Monte Pearson16109.2753.6943
Tiny Bonham1299.1931.9037

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 Donald24118.2833.0360
Steve Sundra2799.1465.5326
Lefty Gomez927.1336.5914

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 Murphy358493.6923
Bump Hadley253525.7439
Oral Hildebrand131101.865
Lee Grissom50000.001

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. https://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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