1940 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 86-76
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 785
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,809
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 4th in the AL
AA: 62-75, 6th in the AL
A: 65-72, 6th 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
1B  Fred Sington 30 157 558 98 157 44 6 15 112 0 0 95 90 .281 .385 .462 .848 94.1 20.4 3.5
RF *Buddy Lewis 23 156 583 99 171 25 7 10 75 19 3 60 63 .293 .359 .412 .770 81.7 15.8 4.3
LF  Vince Dimaggio 27 149 535 67 131 27 4 21 91 2 0 67 106 .245 .328 .428 .756 76.1 13.2 4.4
SS  Luke Appling 33 137 518 80 151 24 7 1 51 16 3 62 72 .292 .367 .371 .738 73.0 15.0 3.7
2B  Tony Lazzeri 36 133 433 61 105 20 3 13 67 2 4 54 104 .242 .327 .393 .720 55.5 8.3 4.9
RF *George Selkirk 32 121 411 79 129 33 4 10 67 16 6 59 51 .314 .399 .487 .885 75.2 18.0 2.6
C  Bill Lewis 35 104 388 59 114 12 3 0 48 0 0 35 62 .294 .351 .340 .692 43.3 6.9 5.5
2B *Lonny Frey 29 112 315 44 88 15 3 4 40 6 5 27 33 .279 .336 .384 .720 37.9 6.1 2.3
SS  Skeeter Newsome 29 95 295 25 82 19 1 1 38 0 0 15 21 .278 .312 .359 .671 29.3 3.7 2.8
CF #Hersh Martin 30 106 256 41 77 13 3 5 46 0 0 26 27 .301 .368 .434 .802 39.7 8.8 1.3
LF  Bob Johnson 34 63 219 27 52 11 2 7 32 1 2 28 42 .237 .324 .402 .726 28.8 4.4 1.2
LF *Dick Siebert 28 81 191 20 46 5 3 0 16 1 0 13 5 .241 .288 .298 .586 15.0 0.7 1.1
C  Bennie Warren 28 46 126 11 21 2 0 1 9 0 0 20 23 .167 .277 .206 .483 8.0 0.0 2.3
1B  Marty Hopkins 33 40 113 14 21 2 0 0 5 0 0 23 22 .186 .321 .204 .525 8.5 0.0 1.1
P *Russ Bauers 26 43 119 9 20 4 0 0 14 0 0 1 24 .168 .175 .202 .377 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 25 43 120 5 26 2 1 0 5 0 2 3 24 .217 .236 .250 .486 6.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Johnny Dickshot 30 90 105 17 31 3 0 1 11 6 3 9 17 .295 .348 .352 .700 12.8 1.9 0.4
P *Thornton Lee 33 37 90 11 20 4 0 1 10 0 0 2 25 .222 .239 .300 .539 6.7 0.0 0.0
C  Sammy Holbrook 29 33 89 12 13 1 1 1 13 0 0 18 17 .146 .282 .213 .495 7.8 0.0 1.5
P  Mace Brown 31 25 59 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .102 .117 .102 .218 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Hubbell 37 14 27 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .185 .214 .222 .437 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Baecht 33 87 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bunny Hearn 36 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jumbo Brown 33 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Mahaffey 37 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Atley Donald 29 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Coffman 33 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 1964 5568 785 1468 267 48 91 757 69 28 619 849 .264 .337 .378 .715 700.1 123.1 42.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 2 8 2 8 8 5 8 8 7  
* - 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
*Marius Russo 25 19 18 .514 43 43 0 341.3 360 156 32 91 132 4.11 18.8
 Russ Bauers 26 21 18 .538 43 43 0 336.0 339 144 17 118 162 3.86 19.0
*Thornton Lee 33 17 11 .607 37 37 0 280.0 282 105 14 86 80 3.38 20.9
 Mace Brown 31 7 9 .438 25 13 0 171.0 183 77 7 67 59 4.05 6.9
 Ed Baecht 33 11 4 .733 87 0 18 101.3 86 28 2 33 47 2.49 15.8
*Carl Hubbell 37 4 7 .364 14 8 0 92.7 100 61 9 47 52 5.92 0.8
*Bunny Hearn 36 3 4 .429 36 0 1 51.3 56 24 4 23 27 4.21 3.3
 Dick Coffman 33 2 3 .400 21 0 1 29.7 32 10 1 6 15 3.03 2.7
 Atley Donald 29 0 1 .000 18 0 2 20.0 15 5 1 8 5 2.25 2.5
 Roy Mahaffey 37 1 1 .500 12 0 1 13.7 25 10 0 5 2 6.59 0.0
 Jumbo Brown 33 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 5.7 5 0 0 6 4 0.00 1.0
 Elmer Burkart 23 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.7 3 2 0 4 0 3.86 0.3
 Ed Fallenstein 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 4 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.3 86 76 .531 347 144 23 1449.3 1488 624 87 498 585 3.88 91.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 6 4 4 3 4 1 4 6 1  
* - 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 .989 31.6
B.Lewis 867.0 97 101 351 20 0 0 1.000 31.6
B.Warren 323.7 37 41 139 12 0 0 1.000 29.4
S.Holbrook 256.0 28 29 114 8 4 0 .968 37.5
D.Siebert 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.3 162 172 605 40 4 0 .994 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
F.Sington 1261.7 141 144 1617 115 14 172 .992 12.36
D.Siebert 152.3 17 23 193 17 2 17 .991 12.41
M.Hopkins 49.9 5 6 65 8 0 5 1.000 13.17
B.Johnson 44.1 5 5 62 6 2 5 .971 13.88
S.Holbrook 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1510.0 168 180 1939 146 18 199 .991 12.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.20
T.Lazzeri 1036.0 116 129 281 480 19 120 .976 6.61
L.Frey 394.0 44 52 93 171 7 38 .974 6.03
M.Hopkins 28.6 2 4 9 11 0 3 1.000 6.29
S.Newsome 18.3 2 3 5 8 0 3 1.000 6.38
J.Dickshot 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.9 164 189 388 670 26 164 .976 6.44
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
B.Lewis 536.0 60 65 34 156 18 11 .913 3.19
L.Appling 503.0 58 58 29 152 16 14 .919 3.24
M.Hopkins 199.0 21 24 16 63 5 7 .940 3.57
D.Siebert 107.3 9 19 7 21 0 1 1.000 2.35
S.Newsome 28.0 2 8 6 6 1 0 .923 3.86
F.Sington 8.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13
L.Frey 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
S.Holbrook 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1386.0 151 178 93 400 41 33 .923 3.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.54
S.Newsome 636.0 75 77 90 295 13 62 .967 5.45
L.Appling 574.3 63 73 99 255 20 54 .947 5.55
L.Frey 236.0 24 41 34 94 13 18 .908 4.88
M.Hopkins 12.8 1 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 6.33
Team Total 1459.1 163 194 225 651 46 134 .950 5.40
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.96
G.Selkirk 515.2 57 62 116 4 5 3 .960 2.10
B.Johnson 409.4 46 48 88 2 2 1 .978 1.98
H.Martin 236.3 26 28 45 1 2 0 .958 1.75
B.Lewis 72.0 7 10 25 1 0 1 1.000 3.25
V.Dimaggio 67.0 9 9 18 0 1 0 .947 2.42
F.Sington 55.3 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
J.Dickshot 45.0 3 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
D.Siebert 34.0 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
Team Total 1434.3 157 179 323 8 10 5 .971 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.59
V.Dimaggio 1158.7 132 132 329 6 6 0 .982 2.60
H.Martin 270.7 29 36 66 1 2 1 .971 2.23
B.Johnson 23.5 2 2 6 0 1 0 .857 2.30
D.Siebert 20.0 1 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.15
Team Total 1472.8 164 176 407 8 9 1 .979 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
B.Lewis 717.0 81 82 186 10 4 1 .980 2.46
G.Selkirk 434.8 48 52 110 1 4 0 .965 2.30
J.Dickshot 110.3 12 18 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Siebert 102.0 12 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Johnson 15.9 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.13
V.Dimaggio 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Sington 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Martin 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Frey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1392.0 155 173 339 11 9 1 .975 2.26
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.33
M.Russo 341.3 43 43 34 70 4 2 .963 2.74
R.Bauers 336.0 43 43 19 56 3 7 .962 2.01
T.Lee 280.0 37 37 21 60 2 5 .976 2.60
M.Brown 171.0 13 25 11 36 4 2 .922 2.47
E.Baecht 101.3 0 87 6 16 2 0 .917 1.95
C.Hubbell 92.7 8 14 4 20 0 3 1.000 2.33
B.Hearn 51.3 0 36 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.45
D.Coffman 29.7 0 21 3 8 1 1 .917 3.34
A.Donald 20.0 0 18 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
R.Mahaffey 13.7 0 12 0 3 1 1 .750 1.98
J.Brown 5.7 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
E.Burkart 4.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
E.Fallenstein 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 144 347 103 286 17 23 .958 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Selkirk .295
On-Base Pct Sington .385
Slugging Pct Sington .462
OPS Sington .848
XR Sington 94.1
Games Sington 157
At-Bats Lewis 583
Runs Lewis 99
Hits Lewis 171
Total Bases Sington 258
Singles Lewis 129
Doubles Sington 44
Triples Appling, Lewis 7
Homeruns Dimaggio 21
RBIs Sington 112
Stolen Bases Lewis 19
Caught Stealing Selkirk 6
Walks Sington 95
Strikeouts Dimaggio 106
ERA Lee 3.38
Wins Bauers 21
Losses Bauers, Russo 18
Winning Pct Lee .607
Saves Baecht 18
Games Pitched Baecht 87
Games Started Bauers, Russo 43
Complete Games Russo 21
Shutouts Bauers, Lee 2
Innings Pitched Russo 341.3
Hits Allowed Russo 360
Homeruns Allowed Russo 32
Strikeouts Bauers 162
Walks Allowed Bauers 118
Walks per 9IP Russo 2.4
Hits per 9IP Lee 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Bauers 4.3
WHiP Lee 1.31
OAVG Bauers .259
OOBP Lee .316
OSLG Lee .367
OOPS Lee .683
Team All-Stars
Russ Bauers
Player Salaries
Tony Lazzeri $ 8,750,000
Ed Baecht $ 8,600,000
Fred Sington $ 4,490,000
George Selkirk $ 3,942,857
Russ Bauers $ 3,728,571
Bill Lewis $ 3,590,000
Luke Appling $ 3,500,000
Thornton Lee $ 3,228,571
Buddy Lewis $ 3,078,571
Lonny Frey $ 2,485,714
Mace Brown $ 1,500,000
Bunny Hearn $ 1,500,000
Johnny Dickshot $ 1,157,143
Hersh Martin $ 1,058,571
Dick Siebert $ 810,000
Dick Coffman $ 500,000
Sammy Holbrook $ 350,000
Bennie Warren $ 300,000
Ed Fallenstein $ 300,000
Atley Donald $ 300,000
Vince Dimaggio $ 300,000
Elmer Burkart $ 300,000
Skeeter Newsome $ 300,000
Marius Russo $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Red Evans Cincinnati Skeeter Newsome
5/1 Traded Jumbo Brown
Round Draft Pick.
New York (G) George Selkirk
6/1 Traded Carl Hubbell
Marty Hopkins
Detroit Roy Mahaffey
Mace Brown
7/1 Released John Whitehead    
7/1 Released Bill Dietrich    
7/1 Released Johnny Niggeling    
7/31 Traded Bob Johnson Detroit Lynn King
7/31 Traded Roy Mahaffey St. Louis (C) Norm Schlueter