1940 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1940 American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 88 66 y 3rd Estate of Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Joe McCarthy WABC (AM)(Mel Allen, Jay C. Flippen) The 1940 New York Yankees season was the team's 38th season. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. Their home games were played at Yankee Stadium. 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. Offseason October 14, 1939: Hank Sauer was drafted from the Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1939 minor league draft.Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY 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 = Indicates league 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 3https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1940.shtml 1940 New York Yankees Statistics 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 30 226.0 15 12 3.38 97 Marius Russo 30 189.1 14 8 3.28 87 Spud Chandler 27 172.0 8 7 4.60 56 Marv Breuer 27 164.0 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 Minor League Baseball 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, 1940Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1940 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1940 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx