1942 New York Yankees season
1942 New York Yankees | |
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1942 American League 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.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | 0.669 | — | 58–19 | 45–32 |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | 0.612 | 9 | 53–24 | 40–35 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | 0.543 | 19½ | 40–37 | 42–32 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 28 | 39–39 | 36–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 30 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | 0.446 | 34 | 35–35 | 31–47 |
Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | 0.411 | 39½ | 35–42 | 27–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | 0.357 | 48 | 25–51 | 30–48 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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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[]
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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 |
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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[]
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[]
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 |
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Tiny Bonham | 28 | 226 | 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 | 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 |
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Marius 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 |
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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[]
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[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 | and Tom Kain |
C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Doc Bennett |
D | Butler Yankees | Pennsylvania State Association | |
D | Wellsville Yankees | PONY League | |
D | Fond du Lac Panthers | Wisconsin State League | Ray Powell |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butler[1]
Notes[]
- ^ 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[]
- New York Yankees seasons
- 1942 Major League Baseball season
- 1942 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in the Bronx
- American League champion seasons
- Yankee Stadium (1923)