1949 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 71-91
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 771
Runs Allowed: 968
Exp W-L: 64-98
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,568,718
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 6th in the AL
AA: 76-61, 3rd in the AL
A: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
C  Gil Hodges 25 148 541 116 159 30 5 46 136 0 0 86 81 .294 .390 .623 1.012 120.5 22.9 2.0
3B  Lee Handley 35 139 506 57 130 15 3 5 36 11 7 36 37 .257 .306 .328 .634 47.5 2.4 4.6
RF  Don Ross 34 141 501 50 141 13 2 11 66 0 0 35 45 .281 .329 .381 .710 60.2 7.0 3.9
RF  Carden Gillenwater 31 140 416 57 93 15 2 4 35 2 2 81 75 .224 .349 .298 .647 49.5 3.8 3.3
CF *Milt Byrnes 32 135 439 71 139 46 6 11 75 0 1 61 66 .317 .400 .524 .924 83.0 15.7 2.5
2B  Alex Kampouris 36 125 369 46 94 12 4 4 32 0 0 44 74 .255 .334 .341 .676 41.8 3.8 5.3
2B *Bama Rowell 33 110 357 70 93 22 6 2 27 8 0 21 18 .261 .298 .373 .671 39.4 3.6 4.2
C *Aaron Robinson 34 96 311 57 87 10 2 17 54 0 0 63 26 .280 .400 .489 .889 59.8 10.1 5.1
LF *Bill Howerton 27 100 260 38 60 21 4 14 47 0 1 46 59 .231 .344 .504 .848 45.4 6.7 1.2
1B *Nick Etten 35 73 227 32 47 15 0 6 52 0 1 43 32 .207 .330 .352 .682 27.9 2.0 0.9
C  Roy Partee 31 106 214 28 62 11 1 3 29 0 0 31 20 .290 .378 .393 .770 32.0 4.4 2.3
2B  Marty Marion 31 84 232 20 56 12 2 0 19 0 0 9 19 .241 .267 .310 .578 17.8 0.0 3.1
1B  Howie Schultz 26 53 176 20 37 12 0 1 23 0 0 10 20 .210 .253 .295 .548 11.0 0.0 0.7
DH *Joe Collins 26 50 154 37 42 10 1 12 29 0 2 21 14 .273 .358 .584 .942 29.8 4.6 0.8
C  Joe Tipton 27 39 125 12 28 4 0 4 19 0 0 25 15 .224 .349 .352 .701 16.8 1.6 1.1
P *Cliff Chambers 27 26 63 5 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 9 .238 .250 .238 .488 3.4 0.0 0.0
P *Don Newcombe 23 27 66 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .167 .164 .182 .346 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Wyse 31 35 56 3 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .196 .211 .196 .407 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Erskine 22 20 54 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 11 .111 .109 .167 .276 0.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Frankie Gustine 29 30 54 6 13 7 1 0 5 0 0 8 10 .241 .333 .407 .741 6.8 0.6 0.8
P  Bob Joyce 34 66 39 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .103 .125 .128 .253 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF #Roy Cullenbine 35 32 37 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 6 .216 .370 .216 .586 3.7 0.2 0.1
P  Saul Rogovin 25 59 42 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .190 .357 0.6 0.0 0.0
SS #Jim Russell 30 18 33 3 8 3 0 0 4 1 1 7 6 .242 .375 .333 .708 4.3 0.5 0.1
SS  Eddie Joost 33 17 30 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 9 .067 .263 .067 .330 0.0 0.0 0.5
2B  Crash Davis 29 8 28 5 7 3 0 0 4 1 0 5 2 .250 .364 .357 .721 2.9 0.1 0.2
P  Russ Christopher 31 12 27 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .148 .179 .148 .327 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Gil Coan 27 23 26 7 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 .192 .300 .269 .569 2.6 0.2 0.1
3B  Bitsy Mott 31 8 28 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .179 .233 .179 .412 0.3 0.0 0.3
P  Mel Queen 31 14 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .087 .125 .087 .212 -0.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Lloyd Merriman 24 7 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .160 .192 .200 .392 -0.3 0.0 0.2
RF  Frankie Kelleher 32 6 17 4 6 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 .353 .421 .706 1.127 3.6 0.7 0.2
RF *Ted Beard 28 7 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Milo Candini 31 62 16 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .313 .294 .375 .669 2.1 0.2 0.0
LF *Hal Rice 25 17 16 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .688 1.063 3.5 0.8 0.1
P  Bill Bevens 32 33 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .091 .083 .091 .174 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Bill Glynn 23 7 10 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .300 .417 .400 .817 1.8 0.3 0.0
P  Bob Feller 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Grodzicki 32 34 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Hoerst 31 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Podbielan 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Howie Judson 23 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lloyd Hittle 25 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Poat 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2144 5563 771 1403 272 40 143 739 27 15 668 736 .252 .331 .393 .724 719.2 92.1 43.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 7 6 6 4 6 6 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6  
* - 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
*Cliff Chambers 27 10 9 .526 26 26 0 186.7 205 98 25 76 48 4.73 12.7
 Hank Wyse 31 12 10 .545 35 25 2 182.3 186 102 19 97 61 5.03 12.1
 Don Newcombe 23 8 9 .471 27 27 0 168.7 177 88 17 65 110 4.70 11.3
 Bob Joyce 34 10 12 .455 66 12 6 168.7 189 74 24 35 39 3.95 16.0
 Saul Rogovin 25 4 9 .308 59 16 3 161.0 226 135 23 88 53 7.55 0.0
 Carl Erskine 22 8 9 .471 20 20 0 140.3 153 83 12 70 53 5.32 6.8
 Milo Candini 31 6 7 .462 61 2 6 91.7 96 69 9 69 32 6.78 3.4
 Mel Queen 31 3 9 .250 14 14 0 82.7 99 73 16 60 32 7.95 0.0
 Russ Christopher 31 3 5 .375 12 12 0 77.0 82 48 7 51 23 5.61 2.8
 Bill Bevens 32 1 5 .167 33 1 1 61.7 76 38 5 34 21 5.55 2.4
 Johnny Grodzicki 32 1 3 .250 34 0 4 41.0 39 27 4 33 29 5.93 1.7
*Lloyd Hittle 25 4 0 1.000 19 1 2 27.7 30 9 1 15 7 2.93 4.2
 Bob Feller 30 0 1 .000 2 2 0 16.0 16 5 0 8 13 2.81 1.5
 Howie Judson 23 0 0 .000 10 0 1 14.0 15 6 1 4 2 3.86 1.6
 Bud Podbielan 25 0 2 .000 2 2 0 10.7 17 14 1 8 1 11.82 0.0
*Lefty Hoerst 31 1 1 .500 2 2 0 7.0 10 9 2 5 0 11.57 0.0
 Ray Poat 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 4 0 4.50 0.4
*Glenn Elliott 29 0 0 .000 3 0 0 4.3 6 4 0 3 0 8.31 0.0
 Ken Gables 30 0 0 .000 2 0 1 2.3 3 3 0 1 0 11.59 0.0
 Frank Seward 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 28.6 71 91 .438 430 162 26 1450.6 1629 888 168 726 525 5.51 77.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 4 6 5 8 8 8 7 8 8  
* - 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 .991 33.3
A.Robinson 729.6 79 89 316 33 3 1 .991 38.2
R.Partee 390.7 44 49 133 16 1 0 .993 63.6
J.Tipton 258.0 29 29 99 6 3 0 .972 16.7
N.Etten 62.0 7 7 22 3 1 0 .962 100.0
R.Cullenbine 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Hodges 1.7 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1449.9 160 176 571 58 9 1 .986 41.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.18
N.Etten 463.0 53 59 614 47 3 66 .995 12.85
H.Schultz 413.7 46 50 529 31 3 60 .995 12.18
C.Gillenwater 237.3 27 32 313 25 2 40 .994 12.82
J.Collins 205.0 24 27 300 22 0 42 1.000 14.14
C.Davis 44.0 5 5 46 4 0 4 1.000 10.23
J.Tipton 30.0 3 5 32 4 0 2 1.000 10.80
R.Cullenbine 19.0 2 4 28 1 0 3 1.000 13.74
B.Glynn 17.0 2 2 19 2 0 2 1.000 11.12
G.Hodges 11.0 0 4 21 1 0 3 1.000 18.00
A.Kampouris 5.7 0 1 11 0 0 1 1.000 17.49
F.Gustine 4.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
D.Ross 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 193 1922 137 8 223 .996 12.77
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.52
B.Rowell 697.3 77 93 201 358 14 93 .976 7.21
A.Kampouris 612.7 70 77 165 323 6 77 .988 7.17
E.Joost 61.0 6 8 17 17 3 4 .919 5.02
M.Marion 27.0 3 4 10 19 0 6 1.000 9.67
L.Handley 24.0 3 4 7 13 0 0 1.000 7.50
F.Gustine 11.0 2 3 5 9 0 4 1.000 11.45
C.Davis 9.0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00
D.Ross 6.3 0 4 3 3 0 3 1.000 8.53
M.Candini 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Russell 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 196 410 747 23 188 .981 7.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.91
L.Handley 726.0 83 89 35 186 11 21 .953 2.74
D.Ross 510.0 60 65 30 145 10 21 .946 3.09
M.Marion 114.7 9 22 11 32 0 2 1.000 3.38
J.Russell 44.0 5 5 3 7 2 2 .833 2.05
B.Mott 26.0 3 3 1 7 1 0 .889 2.77
F.Gustine 17.0 1 4 1 7 0 1 1.000 4.24
E.Joost 13.0 1 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.54
Team Total 1450.7 162 191 83 390 24 48 .952 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.51
M.Marion 407.7 45 54 70 189 11 42 .959 5.72
L.Handley 315.0 35 41 63 137 6 36 .971 5.71
C.Gillenwater 297.3 33 42 63 125 4 30 .979 5.69
A.Kampouris 237.0 28 29 44 121 8 26 .954 6.27
F.Gustine 108.7 13 15 12 48 4 8 .938 4.97
B.Mott 44.0 5 5 8 21 2 1 .935 5.93
C.Davis 17.0 2 2 3 7 0 3 1.000 5.29
E.Joost 13.0 1 4 1 11 0 1 1.000 8.31
J.Russell 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Partee 5.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1450.7 162 197 266 661 35 148 .964 5.75
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.99
G.Hodges 1213.0 138 140 229 1 3 0 .987 1.71
M.Byrnes 59.0 7 7 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.44
G.Coan 55.0 7 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
C.Gillenwater 45.0 5 6 9 2 0 2 1.000 2.20
B.Howerton 22.7 2 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.97
R.Cullenbine 15.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
N.Etten 14.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
F.Kelleher 11.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
B.Rowell 10.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
L.Merriman 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Rice 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 179 291 4 3 2 .990 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.67
M.Byrnes 780.3 86 93 208 3 1 3 .995 2.43
C.Gillenwater 369.7 43 48 107 3 3 0 .973 2.68
B.Howerton 216.0 24 30 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.92
L.Merriman 44.0 5 5 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.89
J.Russell 31.7 4 6 9 0 1 0 .900 2.56
R.Cullenbine 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Beard 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Ross 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 188 390 8 5 3 .988 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.12
D.Ross 588.7 70 70 144 6 0 0 1.000 2.29
B.Howerton 387.7 42 53 65 6 0 1 1.000 1.65
J.Collins 182.0 23 23 42 0 1 0 .977 2.08
M.Byrnes 112.0 10 19 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
C.Gillenwater 58.3 6 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
R.Cullenbine 40.0 4 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.68
T.Beard 35.0 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
F.Kelleher 28.0 3 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 3.21
H.Rice 17.0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
L.Handley 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Gustine 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 199 322 13 1 2 .997 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.37
C.Chambers 186.7 26 26 14 48 3 7 .954 2.99
H.Wyse 182.3 25 35 13 39 1 4 .981 2.57
B.Joyce 168.7 12 66 11 27 0 2 1.000 2.03
D.Newcombe 168.7 27 27 10 27 0 1 1.000 1.97
S.Rogovin 161.0 16 59 17 35 0 4 1.000 2.91
C.Erskine 140.3 20 20 7 28 2 3 .946 2.24
M.Candini 91.7 2 61 7 13 0 1 1.000 1.96
M.Queen 82.7 14 14 3 14 0 2 1.000 1.85
R.Christopher 77.0 12 12 5 16 1 1 .955 2.45
B.Bevens 61.7 1 33 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.90
J.Grodzicki 41.0 0 34 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.98
L.Hittle 27.7 1 19 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.28
B.Feller 16.0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
H.Judson 14.0 0 10 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.21
B.Podbielan 10.7 2 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.Hoerst 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Poat 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Elliott 4.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.16
K.Gables 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Seward 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.6 162 430 99 280 7 26 .982 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Byrnes .317
On-Base Pct Byrnes .400
Slugging Pct Hodges .623
OPS Hodges 1.012
XR Hodges 120.5
Games Hodges 148
At-Bats Hodges 541
Runs Hodges 116
Hits Hodges 159
Total Bases Hodges 337
Singles Ross 115
Doubles Byrnes 46
Triples Byrnes, Rowell 6
Homeruns Hodges 46
RBIs Hodges 136
Stolen Bases Handley 11
Caught Stealing Handley 7
Walks Hodges 86
Strikeouts Hodges 81
ERA Joyce 3.95
Wins Wyse 12
Losses Joyce 12
Winning Pct Wyse .545
Saves Candini, Joyce 6
Games Pitched Joyce 66
Games Started Newcombe 27
Complete Games Chambers 8
Shutouts Chambers 1
Innings Pitched Chambers 186.7
Hits Allowed Rogovin 226
Homeruns Allowed Chambers 25
Strikeouts Newcombe 110
Walks Allowed Wyse 97
Walks per 9IP Joyce 1.9
Hits per 9IP Wyse 9.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 5.9
WHiP Joyce 1.33
OAVG Newcombe .268
OOBP Joyce .324
OSLG Wyse .414
OOPS Newcombe .767
Team All-Stars
Milt Byrnes
Gil Hodges
Aaron Robinson
Player Salaries
Gil Hodges $ 5,290,000
Don Ross $ 4,180,000
Nick Etten $ 3,900,000
Milt Byrnes $ 2,750,000
Lee Handley $ 2,530,000
Hank Wyse $ 1,020,000
Alex Kampouris $ 1,000,000
Bob Joyce $ 1,000,000
Roy Cullenbine $ 1,000,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 700,000
Roy Partee $ 600,000
Russ Christopher $ 550,000
Bama Rowell $ 400,000
Johnny Grodzicki $ 350,000
Milo Candini $ 350,000
Ken Gables $ 350,000
Marty Marion $ 320,000
Bill Bevens $ 320,000
Bob Feller $ 310,000
Frankie Gustine $ 300,000
Bill Glynn $ 300,000
Glenn Elliott $ 300,000
Crash Davis $ 300,000
Joe Collins $ 300,000
Gil Coan $ 300,000
Cliff Chambers $ 300,000
Carl Erskine $ 300,000
Don Newcombe $ 300,000
Joe Tipton $ 300,000
Frank Seward $ 300,000
Howie Schultz $ 300,000
Jim Russell $ 300,000
Saul Rogovin $ 300,000
Hal Rice $ 300,000
Mel Queen $ 300,000
Lefty Hoerst $ 300,000
Ray Poat $ 300,000
Lloyd Hittle $ 300,000
Bitsy Mott $ 300,000
Lloyd Merriman $ 300,000
Frankie Kelleher $ 300,000
Howie Judson $ 300,000
Eddie Joost $ 300,000
Bill Howerton $ 300,000
Ted Beard $ 300,000
Bud Podbielan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bama Rowell
2/2 Signed     Roy Cullenbine
2/2 Signed     Hank Wyse
2/3 Traded Fred Sanford
$6,000,000
Tampa Bay Aaron Robinson
2/4 Signed     Alex Kampouris
2/4 Signed     Carden Gillenwater
2/4 Signed     Bob Joyce
2/5 Signed     Marty Marion
2/6 Signed     Roy Partee
2/8 Signed     Bill Bevens
2/12 Signed     Jack Salveson
2/13 Traded Jack Salveson Tampa Bay Clayton Lambert
2/21 Signed     Milt Byrnes
6/1 Released Stan Andrews    
6/1 Released Jack Creel    
6/1 Released Anse Moore    
6/1 Released Joe Orrell    
6/1 Released Bill Lefebvre    
6/1 Released Elmer Burkart    
6/1 Released Stan Ferens    
6/1 Released Clayton Lambert    
7/31 Traded Aaron Robinson Montreal Lefty Hoerst
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