1940 New York Yankees season

{{short description|Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees}}

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = New York Yankees

| season = 1940

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Yankee Stadium

| city = New York City, New York

| owners = Estate of Jacob Ruppert

| general_managers = Ed Barrow

| managers = Joe McCarthy

| television =

| radio = 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sauerha01.shtml Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1940 New York Yankees
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colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|24\|Tiny Bonham}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Marv Breuer}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Spud Chandler}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Atley Donald}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Lefty Gomez}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Lee Grissom}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Bump Hadley}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Oral Hildebrand}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Johnny Murphy}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Monte Pearson}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Red Ruffing}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Marius Russo}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Steve Sundra}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Bill Dickey}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Buddy Rosar}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Frankie Crosetti}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Babe Dahlgren}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Joe Gordon}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Bill Knickerbocker}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Red Rolfe}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|30\|Mike Chartak}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Joe DiMaggio}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Tommy Henrich}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Charlie Keller}} {{MLBplayer\|17,27\|Buster Mills}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Jake Powell}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|George Selkirk}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer
-\|Joe McCarthy}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|32\|Earle Combs}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Art Fletcher}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Johnny Schulte}}

Player stats

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| = Indicates team 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

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| R ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Bill\|Dickey}}	106	372	45	92	.247	9	54	0
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Babe\|Dahlgren}}	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|155	568	51	150	.264	12	73	1
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Joe\|Gordon}}	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|155	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|616	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|112	173	.281	30	103	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|18
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Red\|Rolfe}}	139	588	102	147	.250	10	53	4
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Frankie\|Crosetti}}	145	546	84	106	.194	4	31	14
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Charlie\|Keller}}	138	500	102	143	.286	21	93	8
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Joe\|DiMaggio}}	132	508	93	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|179	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|.352	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|31	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|133	1
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|George\|Selkirk}}	118	379	68	102	.269	19	71	3
align="center"

{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1940.shtml|title = 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

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| R ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tommy\|Henrich}}	90	293	57	90	.307	10	53	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Buddy\|Rosar}}	73	228	34	68	.298	4	37	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Knickerbocker}}	45	124	17	30	.242	1	10	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Buster\|Mills}}	34	63	10	25	.397	1	15	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jake\|Powell}}	12	27	3	5	.185	0	2	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Chartak}}	11	15	2	2	.133	0	3	0
align="center"

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Red\|Ruffing}}	30	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|226.0	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|15	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|12	3.38	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|97
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Marius\|Russo}}	30	189.1	14	8	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|3.28	87
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Spud\|Chandler}}	27	172.0	8	7	4.60	56
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Marv\|Breuer}}	27	164.0	8	9	4.55	71
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Monte\|Pearson}}	16	109.2	7	5	3.69	43
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tiny\|Bonham}}	12	99.1	9	3	1.90	37
align="center"

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Atley\|Donald}}	24	118.2	8	3	3.03	60
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Steve\|Sundra}}	27	99.1	4	6	5.53	26
align="center" \| {{sortname\|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

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| SV ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Johnny\|Murphy}}	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|35	8	4	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|9	3.69	23
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bump\|Hadley}}	25	3	5	2	5.74	39
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Oral\|Hildebrand}}	13	1	1	0	1.86	5
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Lee\|Grissom}}	5	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System

|level7=AA|team7=Kansas City Blues|league7=American Association|manager7=Billy Meyer

|level8=AA|team8=Newark Bears|league8=International League|manager8=Johnny Neun

|level9=A|team9=Binghamton Triplets|league9=Eastern League|manager9=Bruno Betzel

|level10=B|team10=Norfolk Tars|league10=Piedmont League|manager10=Ray White

|level11=B|team11=Augusta Tigers|league11=Sally League|manager11=Phil Page

|level12=B|team12=Wenatchee Chiefs|league12=Western International League|manager12=John Kerr and Frank Morehouse

|level13=C|team13=Amsterdam Rugmakers|league13=Canadian–American League|manager13=Eddie Sawyer

|level14=C|team14=Akron Yankees|league14=Middle Atlantic League|manager14=Pip Koehler

|level15=C|team15=Idaho Falls Russets|league15=Pioneer League|manager15=Ted Mayer

|level16=C|team16=Joplin Miners|league16=Western Association|manager16=Paul O'Malley

|level17=D|team17=Neosho Yankees|league17=Arkansas–Missouri League|manager17=Ed Grayston

|level18=D|team18=Easton Yankees|league18=Eastern Shore League|manager18=Ray Powell

|level19=D|team19=Butler Yankees|league19=Pennsylvania State Association|manager19=Tom Kain

|level20=D|team20=Norfolk Yankees|league20=Western League|manager20=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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1940.shtml 1940 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1940&t=NYA 1940 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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