1942 New York Yankees | |
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1942 AL Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Estate of Jacob Ruppert |
General manager(s) | Ed Barrow |
Manager(s) | Joe McCarthy |
Local radio | WOR (AM) (Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) |
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The 1942 New York Yankees season was the team's 40th season in New York and its 42nd overall. 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.
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Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | -- |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | .612 | 9 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | .543 | 19.5 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 28 |
Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | .474 | 30 |
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | .446 | 34 |
Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | .411 | 39.5 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | .357 | 48 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1942 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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[edit]
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | Dickey, BillBill Dickey | 82 | 268 | 79 | .295 | 2 | 37 |
1B | Hassett, BuddyBuddy Hassett | 132 | 538 | 153 | .284 | 5 | 48 |
2B | Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon | 155 | 538 | 162 | .322 | 18 | 103 |
3B | Crosetti, FrankieFrankie Crosetti | 74 | 285 | 69 | .242 | 4 | 23 |
SS | Rizzuto, PhilPhil Rizzuto | 144 | 553 | 157 | .284 | 4 | 68 |
OF | DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio | 154 | 610 | 173 | .305 | 21 | 114 |
OF | Keller, CharlieCharlie Keller | 152 | 544 | 159 | .292 | 26 | 108 |
OF | Henrich, TommyTommy 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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Rolfe, RedRed Rolfe | 69 | 285 | 48 | .219 | 8 | 25 |
Rosar, BuddyBuddy Rosar | 69 | 209 | 48 | .230 | 2 | 34 |
Priddy, JerryJerry Priddy | 59 | 189 | 53 | .280 | 2 | 28 |
Hemsley, RollieRollie Hemsley | 31 | 85 | 25 | .294 | 0 | 15 |
Selkirk, GeorgeGeorge Selkirk | 42 | 78 | 15 | .192 | 0 | 10 |
Cullenbine, RoyRoy Cullenbine | 21 | 77 | 28 | .364 | 2 | 17 |
Levy, EdEd Levy | 13 | 41 | 5 | .122 | 0 | 3 |
Kearse, EddieEddie Kearse | 11 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 0 |
Stainback, TuckTuck Stainback | 15 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Chartak, MikeMike 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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Bonham, TinyTiny Bonham | 28 | 226 | 21 | 5 | 2.27 | 71 |
Chandler, SpudSpud Chandler | 24 | 200.2 | 16 | 5 | 2.38 | 74 |
Ruffing, RedRed Ruffing | 24 | 193.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.21 | 80 |
Borowy, HankHank Borowy | 25 | 178.2 | 15 | 4 | 2.52 | 85 |
Breuer, MarvMarv Breuer | 27 | 164.1 | 8 | 9 | 3.07 | 72 |
Donald, AtleyAtley Donald | 20 | 147.2 | 11 | 3 | 3.11 | 53 |
Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez | 13 | 80 | 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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Russo, MariusMarius 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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Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy | 31 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3.41 | 24 |
Lindell, JohnnyJohnny Lindell | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.76 | 28 |
Branch, NormNorm Branch | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.32 | 13 |
Turner, JimJim Turner | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 | 2 |
Queen, MelMel 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, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References[edit]
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