1942 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1942 American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 103 51 y 1st Estate of Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Joe McCarthy WOR (AM)(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) The 1942 New York Yankees season was the team's 40th season. 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. Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1942 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 20 Tiny Bonham 38 Hank Borowy 30 Norm Branch 24 Marv Breuer 21 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 11 Lefty Gomez 18 Johnny Lindell 19 Johnny Murphy 36 Mel Queen 15 Red Ruffing 22 Marius Russo 30 Jim Turner Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 39 Rollie Hemsley 25 Eddie Kearse 12 Buddy Rosar Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti  6 Joe Gordon 34 Buddy Hassett 17 Ed Levy 14 Jerry Priddy 10 Phil Rizzuto  2 Red Rolfe Outfielders  7 Roy Cullenbine  5 Joe DiMaggio  7 Tommy Henrich  9 Charlie Keller  3 George Selkirk 16 Tuck Stainback Other batters 39 Mike Chartak Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher -- Paul Schreiber 33 Johnny Schulte Player stats Batting 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 C Bill Dickey 82 268 79 .295 2 37 1B Buddy Hassett 132 538 153 .284 5 48 2B Joe Gordon 155 538 162 .322 18 103 3B Frankie Crosetti 74 285 69 .242 4 23 SS Phil Rizzuto 144 553 157 .284 4 68 OF Joe DiMaggio 154 610 173 .305 21 114 OF Charlie Keller 152 544 159 .292 26 108 OF Tommy Henrich 127 483 129 .267 13 67 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 Rolfe 69 285 48 .219 8 25 Buddy Rosar 69 209 48 .230 2 34 Jerry Priddy 59 189 53 .280 2 28 Rollie Hemsley 31 85 25 .294 0 15 George Selkirk 42 78 15 .192 0 10 Roy Cullenbine 21 77 28 .364 2 17 Ed Levy 13 41 5 .122 0 3 Eddie Kearse 11 26 5 .192 0 0 Tuck Stainback 15 10 2 .200 0 0 Mike Chartak 5 5 0 .000 0 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 Tiny Bonham 28 226.0 21 5 2.27 71 Spud Chandler 24 200.2 16 5 2.38 74 Red Ruffing 24 193.2 14 7 3.21 80 Hank Borowy 25 178.2 15 4 2.52 85 Marv Breuer 27 164.1 8 9 3.07 72 Atley Donald 20 147.2 11 3 3.11 53 Lefty Gomez 13 80.0 6 4 4.28 41 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 Russo 9 45.1 4 1 2.78 15 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 31 4 10 11 3.41 24 Johnny Lindell 23 2 1 1 3.76 28 Norm Branch 10 0 1 2 6.32 13 Jim Turner Jim Turner (baseball) 5 1 1 1 1.29 2 Mel Queen Mel Queen (pitcher) 4 1 0 0 0.00 0 1942 World Series 1942 World Series NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4 September 30Sportsman's Park 34,7692 Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4 October 1Sportsman's Park 34,2553 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0 October 3Yankee Stadium 69,1234 Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6 October 4Yankee Stadium 69,9025 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2 October 5Yankee Stadium 69,052 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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: ButlerJohnson, 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 1942 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1942 World Series 1942 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 Category:American League champion seasons