1940 New York Yankees

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1 Summary
2 Roster and Statistics
3 Batting Leaders
4 Pitching Leaders

[edit] Summary

The 1940 New York Yankees finished with a record of 88-66. They scored 817 runs and belted 155 home runs to go along with a .259 batting average. The offense was powered by Joe DiMaggio, who led the team with 31 home runs, 133 RBI, and 179 hits.

The team allowed 671 runs and had a team ERA of 3.89. Red Ruffing led the pitching staff with 15 wins and 97 strikeouts.

[edit] Roster and Statistics

Player Name	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	AVG
Infielders
Frankie Crosetti	SS	145	546	84	106	4	31	14	.299	.273	.572	.194
Babe Dahlgren	1B	155	568	51	150	12	73	1	.325	.384	.709	.264
Joe Gordon	2B	155	616	112	173	30	103	18	.340	.511	.851	.281
Bill Knickerbocker	SS	45	124	17	30	1	10	1	.333	.347	.680	.242
Red Rolfe	3B	139	588	102	147	10	53	4	.311	.366	.677	.250
Outfielders
Mike Chartak	OF	11	15	2	2	0	3	0	.350	.200	.550	.133
Joe DiMaggio	OF	132	508	93	179	31	133	1	.425	.626	1.051	.352
Tommy Henrich	OF	90	293	57	90	10	53	1	.408	.539	.947	.307
Charlie Keller	OF	138	500	102	143	21	93	8	.411	.508	.919	.286
Buster Mills	OF	34	63	10	25	1	15	0	.457	.587	1.044	.397
Jake Powell	OF	12	27	3	5	0	2	0	.214	.185	.399	.185
George Selkirk	OF	118	379	68	102	19	71	3	.406	.491	.897	.269
Catchers
Bill Dickey	C	106	372	45	92	9	54	0	.336	.355	.691	.247
Buddy Rosar	C	73	228	34	68	4	37	7	.357	.425	.782	.298
Team Totals	-	-	5286	817	1371	155	759	59	.340	.418	.758	.259

Player Name	G	GS	IP	W	L	Win %	SV	SO	BB	ERA	WHIP
Pitchers
Tiny Bonham	12	12	99.3	9	3	.750	0	37	13	1.90	0.967
Marv Breuer	27	22	164	8	9	.471	0	71	61	4.55	1.439
Spud Chandler	27	24	172	8	7	.533	0	56	60	4.60	1.419
Atley Donald	24	11	118.7	8	3	.727	0	60	59	3.03	1.449
Lefty Gomez	9	5	27.3	3	3	.500	0	14	18	6.59	2.015
Lee Grissom	5	0	4.7	0	0	.000	0	1	2	.00	1.277
Bump Hadley	25	2	80	3	5	.375	2	39	52	5.74	1.750
Oral Hildebrand	13	0	19.3	1	1	.500	0	5	14	1.86	1.710
Johnny Murphy	35	1	63.3	8	4	.667	9	23	15	3.69	1.153
Monte Pearson	16	16	109.7	7	5	.583	0	43	44	3.69	1.386
Red Ruffing	30	30	226	15	12	.556	0	97	76	3.38	1.301
Marius Russo	30	24	189.3	14	8	.636	1	87	55	3.28	1.247
Steve Sundra	27	8	99.3	4	6	.400	2	26	42	5.53	1.641
Team Totals	280	155	1372.9	88	66	.571	14	559	511	3.89	1.384

[edit] Batting Leaders

Category
Games	Babe Dahlgren and Joe Gordon	155
At Bats	Joe Gordon	616
Plate Appearances (approx.)	Joe Gordon	677
Batting Average	Joe DiMaggio	.352
On-Base %	Joe DiMaggio	.425
Slugging %	Joe DiMaggio	.626
OPS	Joe DiMaggio	1.051
Runs	Joe Gordon	112
Hits	Joe DiMaggio	179
Total Bases	Joe DiMaggio	318
Doubles	Joe Gordon	32
Triples	Charlie Keller	15
Home Runs	Joe DiMaggio	31
RBI	Joe DiMaggio	133
Walks	Charlie Keller	106
Strikeouts	Frankie Crosetti	77
Stolen Bases	Joe Gordon	18
Caught Stealing	Frankie Crosetti and Joe Gordon	8
Sacrifice Hits	Monte Pearson and Red Rolfe	7
Grounded into Double Plays	Babe Dahlgren	20

[edit] Pitching Leaders

Category
Wins	Red Ruffing	15
Losses	Red Ruffing	12
Saves	Johnny Murphy	9
Won-Loss %	Marius Russo	.636
ERA	Marius Russo	3.28
WHIP	Marius Russo	1.247
Innings Pitched	Red Ruffing	226
Games	Johnny Murphy	35
Games Started	Red Ruffing	30
Strikeouts	Red Ruffing	97
Complete Games	Red Ruffing	20
Shutouts	Tiny Bonham and Red Ruffing	3
Batters Faced	Red Ruffing	954
Earned Runs Allowed	Spud Chandler	88
Hits Allowed	Red Ruffing	218
Walks Allowed	Red Ruffing	76
Home Runs Allowed	Red Ruffing	24
Wild Pitches	Bump Hadley	5
Hit Batsmen	Spud Chandler	6

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