1939 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 95-67
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 911
Runs Allowed: 746
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,931
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the AL
AA: 83-54, 1st in the AL
A: 65-72, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Seattle (M) Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Bob Johnson 33 156 578 121 171 36 5 31 117 4 1 95 87 .296 .393 .536 .929 113.2 25.0 3.0
1B  Fred Sington 29 154 561 71 152 42 9 10 108 0 0 80 77 .271 .359 .431 .791 85.0 16.2 2.8
SS  Luke Appling 32 151 543 91 163 28 5 4 70 3 0 65 75 .300 .375 .392 .767 78.5 15.6 4.0
RF *Buddy Lewis 22 153 540 86 167 37 4 8 99 0 1 61 51 .309 .377 .437 .814 81.9 16.9 4.3
LF  Vince Dimaggio 26 157 555 77 162 34 5 16 98 1 0 42 88 .292 .342 .458 .799 81.0 15.9 4.3
RF  Johnny Dickshot 29 143 543 90 166 19 8 3 60 5 7 35 62 .306 .347 .387 .734 64.7 10.5 2.6
C  Bill Lewis 34 132 516 91 174 14 4 5 62 0 0 55 69 .337 .399 .409 .808 82.1 17.7 6.8
2B  Tony Lazzeri 35 132 458 88 135 23 8 13 76 1 0 76 94 .295 .393 .465 .858 81.1 17.6 3.8
2B *Lonny Frey 28 95 207 30 56 11 1 1 27 1 1 26 22 .271 .350 .348 .698 25.8 4.3 1.6
CF #Hersh Martin 29 105 179 26 48 12 1 3 27 0 0 28 23 .268 .370 .397 .767 25.7 4.9 1.3
C  Sammy Holbrook 28 57 162 34 37 3 1 1 18 0 0 30 32 .228 .357 .278 .635 18.9 2.3 2.3
1B  Marty Hopkins 32 74 150 26 41 9 1 1 23 0 0 32 31 .273 .400 .367 .767 24.9 4.8 1.3
LF *Dick Siebert 27 92 152 22 43 11 2 1 25 0 0 7 4 .283 .313 .401 .714 16.7 2.4 0.7
1B *Don Hurst 33 101 125 18 35 2 2 7 38 0 0 15 22 .280 .352 .496 .848 21.4 4.2 0.3
P *Russ Bauers 25 41 120 12 28 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 24 .233 .244 .267 .511 8.1 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 24 46 87 7 20 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .230 .244 .241 .486 5.8 0.0 0.0
P *Thornton Lee 32 38 80 7 15 1 1 0 11 0 0 2 19 .188 .202 .225 .427 3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Macfayden 34 27 68 7 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 .118 .130 .118 .248 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Hubbell 36 20 46 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 .174 .208 .196 .404 1.9 0.0 0.0
CF *Lloyd Waner 33 22 18 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .222 .300 .278 .578 0.9 0.0 0.1
P *Hub Pruett 38 51 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.1 0.0
P  Ed Baecht 32 17 8 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.1 0.2 0.0
2B #Del Young 27 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.1
P  Ed Fallenstein 30 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Belve Bean 34 31 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P *Bunny Hearn 35 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Coffman 32 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jumbo Brown 32 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 2088 5723 911 1640 287 58 104 884 15 10 658 832 .287 .359 .411 .770 821.1 158.9 39.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 2 8 1 5 2 8 2 1 8 2 1 3 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Russ Bauers 25 21 11 .656 41 41 0 317.7 317 155 16 113 137 4.39 15.8
*Marius Russo 24 14 15 .483 46 33 0 285.7 303 127 22 76 126 4.00 15.0
*Thornton Lee 32 20 8 .714 38 30 2 243.0 242 91 10 57 92 3.37 19.6
 Danny Macfayden 34 10 13 .435 27 27 0 204.0 262 98 5 37 64 4.32 7.1
*Carl Hubbell 36 10 5 .667 20 20 0 146.7 138 59 14 54 74 3.62 10.7
*Hub Pruett 38 7 4 .636 51 6 9 67.7 68 33 3 37 46 4.39 6.0
 Belve Bean 34 3 2 .600 31 1 4 42.3 41 17 1 24 13 3.61 4.2
 Dick Coffman 32 0 4 .000 31 0 2 36.7 56 27 4 11 4 6.63 0.0
 Ed Baecht 32 0 3 .000 17 13 3 33.7 39 18 1 19 18 4.81 0.8
*Bunny Hearn 35 5 0 1.000 20 0 4 28.7 30 12 1 12 17 3.77 3.7
 Jumbo Brown 32 1 1 .500 24 0 1 22.3 24 7 2 8 18 2.82 2.0
 Johnny Niggeling 35 3 1 .750 18 0 0 21.3 24 13 3 8 9 5.49 0.9
 Ed Fallenstein 30 1 0 1.000 3 2 0 10.0 4 1 1 1 2 0.90 1.3
Team Totals 32.2 95 67 .586 367 173 25 1459.6 1548 658 83 457 620 4.06 87.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 4 1 2 7 2 3 3 4 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 33.8
B.Lewis 1090.7 121 127 473 54 5 1 .991 40.4
S.Holbrook 369.0 41 48 174 17 3 0 .985 29.4
Team Total 1459.7 162 175 647 71 8 1 .989 37.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
F.Sington 1270.0 143 147 1554 110 15 148 .991 11.79
D.Hurst 128.0 13 22 152 16 2 14 .988 11.81
M.Hopkins 33.0 4 7 38 4 0 2 1.000 11.45
S.Holbrook 18.0 2 2 19 3 0 1 1.000 11.00
D.Siebert 10.7 0 7 13 2 0 0 1.000 12.66
Team Total 1459.7 162 185 1776 135 17 165 .991 11.78
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.31
T.Lazzeri 1084.7 122 129 277 451 13 98 .982 6.04
L.Frey 342.0 37 49 86 133 7 32 .969 5.76
M.Hopkins 22.7 2 4 4 7 0 2 1.000 4.37
D.Young 7.0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
H.Martin 1.3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1457.7 161 188 370 593 20 132 .980 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.97
B.Lewis 1153.3 130 135 72 327 35 21 .919 3.11
M.Hopkins 284.7 32 36 20 69 6 7 .937 2.81
D.Young 14.7 0 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.07
D.Siebert 7.0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1459.7 162 182 94 403 41 28 .924 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.56
L.Appling 1255.0 143 151 211 514 37 106 .951 5.20
L.Frey 149.7 14 22 18 66 3 11 .966 5.05
M.Hopkins 46.0 4 11 3 19 2 6 .917 4.30
D.Young 9.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 186 232 602 42 123 .952 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
B.Johnson 1321.7 144 156 312 7 17 4 .949 2.17
D.Siebert 73.0 10 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
H.Martin 46.0 6 8 13 0 1 0 .929 2.54
M.Hopkins 15.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Lewis 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Dickshot 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 181 352 7 18 4 .952 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.60
V.Dimaggio 1098.0 125 134 329 7 2 3 .994 2.75
H.Martin 321.0 35 54 107 1 5 1 .956 3.03
D.Siebert 22.7 2 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
L.Waner 18.0 0 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 207 448 9 7 4 .985 2.82
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.04
J.Dickshot 1086.0 126 132 248 5 1 2 .996 2.10
V.Dimaggio 174.3 21 26 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
D.Siebert 163.0 15 31 36 0 1 0 .973 1.99
B.Lewis 27.3 0 13 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
F.Sington 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
L.Waner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 207 339 7 2 2 .994 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
R.Bauers 317.7 41 41 21 47 4 5 .944 1.93
M.Russo 285.7 33 46 14 52 4 3 .943 2.08
T.Lee 243.0 30 38 22 53 1 5 .987 2.78
D.Macfayden 204.0 27 27 11 48 4 3 .937 2.60
C.Hubbell 146.7 20 20 6 28 1 2 .971 2.09
H.Pruett 67.7 6 51 3 9 1 2 .923 1.60
B.Bean 42.3 1 31 3 3 1 0 .857 1.28
D.Coffman 36.7 0 31 2 4 1 0 .857 1.47
E.Baecht 33.7 13 17 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.14
B.Hearn 28.7 0 20 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Brown 22.3 0 24 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.21
J.Niggeling 21.3 0 18 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.53
E.Fallenstein 10.0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.6 173 367 89 261 17 20 .954 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lewis .337
On-Base Pct Lewis .399
Slugging Pct Johnson .536
OPS Johnson .929
XR Johnson 113.2
Games Dimaggio 157
At-Bats Johnson 578
Runs Johnson 121
Hits Lewis 174
Total Bases Johnson 310
Singles Lewis 151
Doubles Sington 42
Triples Sington 9
Homeruns Johnson 31
RBIs Johnson 117
Stolen Bases Dickshot 5
Caught Stealing Dickshot 7
Walks Johnson 95
Strikeouts Lazzeri 94
ERA Lee 3.37
Wins Bauers 21
Losses Russo 15
Winning Pct Lee .714
Saves Pruett 9
Games Pitched Pruett 51
Games Started Bauers 41
Complete Games Bauers 13
Shutouts Lee 3
Innings Pitched Bauers 317.7
Hits Allowed Bauers 317
Homeruns Allowed Russo 22
Strikeouts Bauers 137
Walks Allowed Bauers 113
Walks per 9IP Macfayden 1.6
Hits per 9IP Lee 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Russo 4.0
WHiP Lee 1.23
OAVG Lee .260
OOBP Lee .303
OSLG Lee .353
OOPS Lee .656
Team All-Stars
Russ Bauers
Bob Johnson
Tony Lazzeri
Thornton Lee
Bill Lewis
Buddy Lewis
Hub Pruett
Player Salaries
Tony Lazzeri $ 8,750,000
Ed Baecht $ 8,600,000
Carl Hubbell $ 7,000,000
Bob Johnson $ 6,500,000
Don Hurst $ 5,000,000
Russ Bauers $ 3,728,571
Bill Lewis $ 3,590,000
Luke Appling $ 3,500,000
Hub Pruett $ 3,400,000
Thornton Lee $ 3,228,571
Buddy Lewis $ 3,078,571
Lonny Frey $ 2,485,714
Fred Sington $ 2,031,429
Belve Bean $ 2,000,000
Jumbo Brown $ 2,000,000
Bunny Hearn $ 1,500,000
Lloyd Waner $ 900,000
Dick Coffman $ 500,000
Dick Siebert $ 350,000
Johnny Dickshot $ 300,000
Bennie Warren $ 300,000
Vince Dimaggio $ 300,000
Ed Fallenstein $ 300,000
Marty Hopkins $ 300,000
Del Young $ 300,000
Hersh Martin $ 300,000
Johnny Niggeling $ 300,000
Marius Russo $ 300,000
Sammy Holbrook $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded George Blaeholder Detroit Don Hurst
2/3 Traded Bill Brubaker Boston (N) George Stumpf
5/1 Traded Milt Galatzer Montreal Tony Lazzeri
Hub Pruett
7/31 Traded Danny Macfayden Detroit Ed Baecht
Bunny Hearn