1942 New York Yankees season
| 1942 New York Yankees | ||
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| American League Champions | ||
| League | American League | |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
| City | New York City | |
| Owners | Estate of Jacob Ruppert | |
| General managers | Ed Barrow | |
| Managers | Joe McCarthy | |
| Radio | WOR (AM) (Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) | |
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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
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | — | 58–19 | 45–32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | .612 | 9 | 53–24 | 40–35 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | .543 | 19½ | 40–37 | 42–32 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 28 | 39–39 | 36–40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | .474 | 30 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | .446 | 34 | 35–35 | 31–47 |
| Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | .411 | 39½ | 35–42 | 27–47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | .357 | 48 | 25–51 | 30–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
| Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7 | |||||
| Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7 | |||||
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
| Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
| New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | |||||
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | |||||
| Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | |||||
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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| 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
[edit]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 |
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| 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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Marius Russo | 9 | 45.1 | 4 | 1 | 2.78 | 15 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 | 2 |
| Mel Queen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1942 World Series
[edit]NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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| 1 | Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4 | September 30 | Sportsman's Park | 34,769 |
| 2 | Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4 | October 1 | Sportsman's Park | 34,255 |
| 3 | Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0 | October 3 | Yankee Stadium | 69,123 |
| 4 | Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6 | October 4 | Yankee Stadium | 69,902 |
| 5 | Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2 | October 5 | Yankee Stadium | 69,052 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butler[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007