1933 New York Yankees season

1933 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
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The 1933 New York Yankees season was the team's 31st season in New York and its 33rd season overall. The team finished with a record of 91–59, finishing 7 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Senators	99	53	.651	--
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19½
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23½
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34½
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43½

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 33 Pete Appleton 20 Don Brennan 19 Jumbo Brown 33 Charlie Devens 11 Lefty Gomez 17 Danny MacFayden 16 Wilcy Moore 12 Herb Pennock 10 George Pipgras 15 Red Ruffing 26 George Uhle 14 Russ Van Atta		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 9,28 Joe Glenn  9 Art Jorgens 10 Tony Rensa Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti 22 Doc Farrell  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Lyn Lary  7 Tony Lazzeri 21 Joe Sewell 24 Billy Werber		Outfielders 25 Sammy Byrd  6 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs  3 Babe Ruth 27 Dixie Walker		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Jimmy Burke 29 Art Fletcher 30 Cy Perkins 21 Joe Sewell

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
3B	Sewell, JoeJoe Sewell	135	524	143	.273	2	54
OF	Chapman, BenBen Chapman	147	565	176	.312	9	98

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
Glenn, JoeJoe Glenn	5	21	3	.143	0	1

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
Allen, JohnnyJohnny Allen	25	184.2	15	7	4.39	119

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
Brennan, DonDon Brennan	18	85	5	1	4.98	46
Brown, JumboJumbo Brown	21	74	7	5	5.23	55

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
Appleton, PetePete Appleton	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Al Mamaux
A	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Billy Meyer
B	Durham Bulls	Piedmont League	Bob Murray and Bill Skiff
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Jack Sheehan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton^[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1933 New York Yankees
• 1933 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com