1942 New York Yankees season

The 1942 New York Yankees season was the team's 40th season in New York and its 42nd overall. The team finished with a record of 103–51, winning their 13th pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games.

1942 New York Yankees
1942 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Estate of Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy
Local radioWOR (AM)
(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents
1942 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–13—11–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–11—9–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–2—7–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–7—16–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–16—6–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–6—11–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11—

Roster
1942 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBill Dickey8226879.295237
1BBuddy Hassett132538153.284548
2BJoe Gordon155538162.32218103
3BFrankie Crosetti7428569.242423
SSPhil Rizzuto144553157.284468
OFJoe DiMaggio154610173.30521114
OFCharlie Keller152544159.29226108
OFTommy Henrich127483129.2671367

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Red Rolfe6928548.219825
Buddy Rosar6920948.230234
Jerry Priddy5918953.280228
Rollie Hemsley318525.294015
George Selkirk427815.192010
Roy Cullenbine217728.364217
Ed Levy13415.12203
Eddie Kearse11265.19200
Tuck Stainback15102.20000
Mike Chartak550.00000

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
Tiny Bonham282262152.2771
Spud Chandler24200.21652.3874
Red Ruffing24193.21473.2180
Hank Borowy25178.21542.5285
Marv Breuer27164.1893.0772
Atley Donald20147.21133.1153
Lefty Gomez1380644.2841

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
Marius Russo945.1412.7815

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 Murphy31410113.4124
Johnny Lindell232113.7628
Norm Branch100126.3213
Jim Turner51111.292
Mel Queen41000.000

1942 World Series
Main article: 1942 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4September 30Sportsman's Park34,769
2Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4October 1Sportsman's Park34,255
3Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0October 3Yankee Stadium69,123
4Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6October 4Yankee Stadium69,902
5Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2October 5Yankee Stadium69,052

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Johnny Neun
AA Newark Bears International League Billy Meyer
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Eddie Sawyer
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Buzz Boyle
B Augusta Tigers Sally League Alton Biggs and Wally Schang
C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Paul O'Malley and Tom Kain
C Joplin Miners Western Association Doc Bennett
D Butler Yankees Pennsylvania State Association Dallas Warren
D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Walt Van Grofski
D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League Ray Powell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butler[1]

Notes
  1. 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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