1942 New York Yankees season

1942 New York Yankees
1942 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
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

1942 American League Records Sources:
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

1942 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 20 Tiny Bonham 38 Hank Borowy 30 Norm Branch 24 Marv Breuer 21 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 11 Lefty Gomez 18 Johnny Lindell 19 Johnny Murphy 36 Mel Queen 15 Red Ruffing 22 Marius Russo 30 Jim Turner		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 39 Rollie Hemsley 25 Eddie Kearse 12 Buddy Rosar Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti  6 Joe Gordon 34 Buddy Hassett 17 Ed Levy 14 Jerry Priddy 10 Phil Rizzuto  2 Red Rolfe		Outfielders  7 Roy Cullenbine  5 Joe DiMaggio  7 Tommy Henrich  9 Charlie Keller  3 George Selkirk 16 Tuck Stainback Other batters 39 Mike Chartak		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher -- Paul Schreiber 33 Johnny Schulte

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
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

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
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

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
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Russo, MariusMarius Russo	9	45.1	4	1	2.78	15

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
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

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Johnny Neun
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Billy Meyer
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Eddie Sawyer
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Buzz Boyle
B	Augusta Tigers	Sally League	Alton Biggs and Wally Schang
C	Amsterdam Rugmakers	Canadian–American League	Paul O'Malley and Tom Kain
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Doc Bennett
D	Butler Yankees	Pennsylvania State Association	Dallas Warren
D	Wellsville Yankees	PONY League	Walt Van Grofski
D	Fond du Lac Panthers	Wisconsin State League	Ray Powell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butler^[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

• 1942 New York Yankees
• 1942 World Series
• 1942 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com